Diary and list, October 25-December 19, 1865; March-May 1865.

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Diary and list, October 25-December 19, 1865; March-May 1865.

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Diary (October 25-December 19, 1865) of Wilbur's early months at the Experimental School discusses care of inmates; his struggles with Mrs. Ross, the incompetent matron; his visits to the deaf and dumb asylum, the institutional supervisor of the Experimental School; and Wilbur's social activities in Jacksonville. Also near the end a 4 page summary report on sick and wounded soldiers of the 95th Ohio Infantry, stationed near Spanish Fort, Alabama (March-May 1865).

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Lincoln Developmental Center

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Lincoln Developmental Center, an Illinois state developmental center for mentally handicapped children, was initially established (1865) by Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb directors instructed by the General Assembly to found an Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois at Jacksonville. Following a five year trial period, the school was incorporated as the Illinois Institution for the Education o...

Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

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The Illinois Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb was established (1839) at Jacksonville to admit all educable "deaf and dumb" individuals without charge. After initially being governed by a private board of directors, the state assumed full control (1849), and the school became the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb (1849-1903), and then the Illinois School for the Deaf (1903- ). The Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities originally held investigative...

Wilbur, Charles T., 1835-ca. 1909.

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During the Civil War, Wilbur served as assistant surgeon of the 59th Ohio Infantry (November 1861-June 1862) and then as assistant surgeon (August 1862-June 1864) and surgeon (June 1864-August 1865) of the 95th Ohio Infantry. In 1865 he was the organizing head of the Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois, in Jacksonville. The school later moved to Lincoln, was often renamed, and eventually became the Lincoln Development...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 95th (1865).

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