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Belchertown

Author : Doris M. Dickinson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738589725
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Belchertown written by Doris M. Dickinson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belchertown, a photographic celebration of small-town life in western Massachusetts, depicts the story of the community from its settlement to the 1960s. An industrious group, Belchertown residents worked to establish shops, work fields, and manufacture carriages in the early years. The town was once known as the Detroit of the carriage industry. These labors and the benefits they generated are illustrated in this exciting new book. Despite changes in the transportation industry that made Belchertown increasingly accessible by trains and later by cars, residents succeeded in preserving the municipality's small-town character. Through the opening and the closing of the Belchertown State School and the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir, the town remained a comfortable haven from the hustle and bustle of city life. Residents enjoyed doing business in town, attending local schools, churches, and civic organizations, and gathering together for the celebrated Belchertown Fair. The 200 vintage images in this book, primarily selected from the extensive photograph collection housed at the Stone House Museum of the Belchertown Historical Association, depict the idyllic nature of life in Belchertown through the years.

The Girls and Boys of Belchertown

Author : Robert N. Hornick
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN 13 : 155849944X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book The Girls and Boys of Belchertown written by Robert N. Hornick and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During much of the twentieth century, people labeled "feeble-minded," "mentally deficient," and "mentally retarded" were often confined in large, publicly funded, residential institutions located on the edges of small towns and villages some distance from major population centers. At the peak of their development in the late 1960s, these institutions--frequently called "schools" or "homes" --housed 190,000 men, women, and children in the United States. The Girls and Boys of Belchertown offers the first detailed history of an American public institution for intellectually disabled persons. Robert Hornick recounts the story of the Belchertown State School in Belchertown, Massachusetts, from its beginnings in the 1920s to its closure in the 1990s following a scandalous exposé and unprecedented court case that put the institution under direct supervision of a federal judge. He draws on personal interviews, private letters, and other unpublished sources as well as local newspapers, long out-of-print materials, and government reports to re-create what it was like to live and work at the school. More broadly, he gauges the impact of changing social attitudes toward intellectual disability and examines the relationship that developed over time between the school and the town where it was located. What emerges is a candid and complex portrait of the Belchertown State School that neither vilifies those in charge nor excuses the injustices perpetrated on its residents, but makes clear that despite the court-ordered reforms of its final decades, the institution needed to be closed.

You'll Like it Here

Author : Ed Orzechowski
Publisher : Levellers Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book You'll Like it Here written by Ed Orzechowski and published by Levellers Press. This book was released on 2017-05-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass

Author : Mark Doolittle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass written by Mark Doolittle and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Belchertown State School

Author : Katherine Anderson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467105015
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Belchertown State School written by Katherine Anderson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first decade of the 20th century, the state of Massachusetts established itself as a leader in the education of individuals with disabilities. The third state school for the feebleminded was built in rural Belchertown, in the western part of the state. Opened in 1915, Belchertown State School would eventually encompass almost 900 acres of land and would become the largest employer in town. For nearly 60 years, the state school educated individuals with disabilities who were otherwise excluded from public education, training the "residents" to become independent members of their families and of society. The model was a success until reports of abuse and neglect began to surface, culminating in the landmark 1972 Ricci v. Greenblatt case, which ultimately led to the state school's closure in 1992. The state school's rich history, maintained and curated by the late Donald LaBrecque, chronicles the rise of special education and developmental services and the ultimate collapse of the state school system.

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts

Author : William Richard Cutter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts written by William Richard Cutter and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unsilenced: A Teacher's Year of Battles, Breakthroughs, and Life-Changing Lessons at Belchertown State School

Author : Howard C. Shane
Publisher : Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781681255156
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book Unsilenced: A Teacher's Year of Battles, Breakthroughs, and Life-Changing Lessons at Belchertown State School written by Howard C. Shane and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1969, and fresh-out-of-college smart-aleck Howard Shane has just landed his first teaching job--at Belchertown State School, a bleak institution where people with disabilities endure endless days of silence, tedium, and neglect. Howard is stunned by the conditions at Belchertown and the challenges of his new job, but as he gets to know his diverse, endearing, and intelligent students, he becomes consumed with a mission: to unlock their communication skills and help them reach their full potential. Pitting his youthful idealism and passion against the rigidity of a rule-bound administrator, Howard battles his way to small joys and victories with his students--and, along the way, learns just as much as he teaches. A stirring and spellbinding memoir from internationally renowned AAC expert Howard Shane (Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School), Unsilenced is a candid look at a pivotal era in disability history and a deeply personal account of how all human beings can flourish when we care for each other and fight for change. Hear an Excerpt Read by Howard Shane, Ph.D.

Massachusetts Town Greens

Author : Eric Hurwitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493019287
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Massachusetts Town Greens written by Eric Hurwitz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state of Massachusetts still has and continues to celebrate its town or village greens. These greens date back to Colonial times where they served as the physical and spiritual centers for these early towns. Today many town greens continue to be the center of town events, fairs, and other gatherings. Massachusetts Town Greens explores the history of these remarkable greens and provide a guide to current events.

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revoluntionary War

Author : Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1000 pages
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Download or read book Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revoluntionary War written by Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report

Author : Massachusetts. Department of the State Auditor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report written by Massachusetts. Department of the State Auditor and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass

Author : Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass written by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Massachusetts: a Guide to Its Places and People

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Publisher : US History Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1603540202
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Massachusetts: a Guide to Its Places and People written by and published by US History Publishers. This book was released on 1937 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts Subject: Massachusetts; Massachusetts -- Guidebooks Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin company Pages: 800 Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: 6573 Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: Prelinger Library Collection: prelinger_library; additional_collections; americana Full catalog record: MARCXML.

Holstein-Friesian Herd-book, Containing a Record of All Holstein-Friesian Cattle ...

Author : Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1532 pages
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Download or read book Holstein-Friesian Herd-book, Containing a Record of All Holstein-Friesian Cattle ... written by Holstein-Friesian Association of America and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Massachusetts Register

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Massachusetts Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Northeastern Reporter

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 956 pages
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Download or read book The Northeastern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cases argued and determined in the courts of Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, with key number annotations." (varies)

Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Download or read book Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Source Book in Bioethics

Author : Albert R. Jonsen
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589014145
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Source Book in Bioethics written by Albert R. Jonsen and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-07 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government agencies and commissions, courts, and legislatures have during the past several decades produced reports, rendered decisions, and passed laws that have both defined the fundamental issues in the field of bioethics and established ways of managing them in our society. Providing a history of these key bioethical decisions, this Source Book in Bioethics is the first and only comprehensive collection of the critical public documents in biomedical ethics, including many hard-to-find or out-of-print materials. Covering the period from 1947 to 1995, this volume brings together core legislative documents, court briefs, and reports by professional organizations, public bodies, and governments around the world. Sections on human experimentation, care of the terminally ill, genetics, human reproduction, and emerging areas in bioethics include such pivotal works as "The Nuremberg Code," "The Tuskegee Report," and "In the Matter of Baby M," as well less readily available documents as "The Declaration of Inuyama," the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences statement on genetic engineering, and "The Warnock Committee Report" on reproductive technologies from the United Kingdom. Three eminent scholars in the field provide brief introductions to each document explaining the significance of these classic sources. This historical volume will be a standard text for courses in bioethics, health policy, and death and dying, and a primary reference for anyone interested in this increasingly relevant field.