[Northern Colony] [motion picture] / [production company unknown] 1963.

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[Northern Colony] [motion picture] / [production company unknown] 1963.

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A film showing overcrowding and lack of adequate care at Northern Colony, an institution for the severely mentally retarded in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The film was made during a tour of the facility by Governor John Reynolds in 1963, and was an attempt to demonstrate the need for more funding for the institution.

1 film reel of 1 (294 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. print.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924766

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled

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This agency opened in 1897 in Chippewa Falls, Wis., as the Wisconsin Home for the Feeble-Minded. Around 1923 the name was changed to the Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School. The name was changed to its present form in 1977. The center reported to the State Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106), 1891-1939; the Division of Mental Hygiene (WIHV88-A586) in the State Department of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488), 1939-1967; and various divisions within the Department of Health and Social Services (W...

Reynolds, John W., 1921-2002.

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