TY - BOOK AU - Hornick,Robert N. ED - Project Muse. TI - The girls and boys of Belchertown: a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded SN - 9781613762080 AV - LC4633.B45 H67 2012 U1 - 371.9209744 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - Belchertown State School KW - History KW - 20th century KW - People with mental disabilities KW - Institutional care KW - Massachusetts KW - Children with mental disabilities KW - Education KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781613762080/ ER -