Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center, May 24, 1961 [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1961.

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Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center, May 24, 1961 [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1961.

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Negative taken for May 26, 1961, Arkansas Gazette article "Hot Springs Center Doing Wonders for the Disabled," B1:2. At the Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, 150 students are receiving vocational training and therapy. Disabled students study various professions, including office work and mechanical work, such watch making and repair. Patricia Nelson of Benton, Saline County, Arkansas, was accidentally shot eight years ago and paralyzed from the waist down. In the year-long course she is taking she studies typing, shorthand, spelling, accounting, and other business machines. Nelson plans to become a private secretary. The Rehabilitation Center is in the old Army-Navy Hospital, which was given to the state of Arkansas by the United States Government.

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...