Scrapbook, 1862-1881.

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Scrapbook, 1862-1881.

Collection of newspaper clippings concerns institutions for the deaf, feeble-minded, insane, and epileptics; the Board of State Commissoners of Public Charities; statistical reports on numbers of insane, idotic, deaf, dumb, blind, and paupers in Illinois; treatment and schooling of mentally retarded individuals in Illinois and other states; and site selection for state charitable institutions.

ledger 1 volume.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7385015

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children.

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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. Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities

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Illinois. Board of Public Charities.

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Illinois Institution for the Education of Feeble-Minded Children

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