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In 1980, David J. Crawford, a Rutland architect, was commissioned by the State of Vermont to complete a survey of facilities at BTS. The title of the document is "Facilities Study of Brandon Training School, Brandon, Vermont for State of Vermont…

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This photograph was published in 1960 in a Vermont newspaper with the following caption: LIFE IN ONE DORM where crowded conditions prevail is typified by this group photo of some seventy persons who live in the dormitory and the dorm's staff members…

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This brief pedigree describes an inmate who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in 1920, when she was 14 years old. The "Defects" attributed to her are horrifying: "Sex; Venereal, Syphilis and Gonorrhea; Raped by…

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The inmate described in this pedigree was 16 years old when she was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in 1922. She had already given birth to two children. Her defect is stated to be "Two illegitimate children; sex." …

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This pedigree describes a female patient with Downs Syndrome who was 9 years old at the time of her admission to the institution in 1922. Note the assigned cause: "Mother had headaches and brooded over news of insane stepsister." In the early 20th…

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This document describes a 15-year-old girl with the mental status of "high imbecile" who was transferred to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children from the Vermont Industrial School in Vergennes. According to the pedigree, she initially…

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This pedigree describes a boy who was was 13 at the time of his commitment to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children. Under "History," the social worker has written "ran away; stole; masturbation."

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Admitted to the Vermont State School for Feeble-Minded Children when she was 8 years old, the child described in this pedigree likely came to the attention of state authorities when her mother died. Her defects are listed as "Masturbation.…

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This pedigree features a man with microcephaly who had bounced between various institutions throughout his first 23 years. Because Vermont did not have its own institution for "feebleminded children" until 1915, the Burlington Overseer of the Poor…

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This pedigree describes a woman who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in 1922 when she was 22 years old. Her family was the subject of a broader family pedigree. According to the eugenic fieldworker, sexual…
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