The girls and boys of Belchertown
Hornick, Robert N.
The girls and boys of Belchertown a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded / [electronic resource] : Robert Hornick. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beginnings -- "Idiots for life"; the language of state care -- The officer and the dentist -- Working at the state school -- Family and friends -- The tragedy of Belchertown -- Endings -- Ghosts and graveyards.
9781613762080 1613762089
Belchertown State School--History--20th century.
People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--History--Massachusetts--20th century.
Children with mental disabilities--Education--History--Massachusetts--20th century.
Electronic books.
LC4633.B45 / H67 2012
371.9209744
The girls and boys of Belchertown a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded / [electronic resource] : Robert Hornick. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beginnings -- "Idiots for life"; the language of state care -- The officer and the dentist -- Working at the state school -- Family and friends -- The tragedy of Belchertown -- Endings -- Ghosts and graveyards.
9781613762080 1613762089
Belchertown State School--History--20th century.
People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--History--Massachusetts--20th century.
Children with mental disabilities--Education--History--Massachusetts--20th century.
Electronic books.
LC4633.B45 / H67 2012
371.9209744