The Girls and Boys of Belchertown: A Social History of the Belchertown State School for the Feeble-Minded

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[ 187 ] Index Abbott, John, 111 abortions, 42, 155n71 Abrams, Arnold, 95–96, 98 Adams, Christopher, 111 admissions, 30–34; and age, 31, 32–33; by custodial commitment, 31, 32, 71–72, 152n2; freeze on, 110, 122, 170n24; by transfer, 30–31 Adult Living and Learning Unit, 107, 116–17, 173n7 Allen, Roswell, 1, 2 Almeidi, Lisa, 126 almshouses, 11, 20, 149n6; parallels to, of state-funded schools, 9, 17, 18 American Association of Mental Deficiency (AAMD), 86, 91 Americans with Disabilities Act, 141 Ames, Bruce, 140 Amherst College, 3, 5, 27, 47 Anderson, Dana, 137 appropriations. See federal funding; legislative appropriations Arc of Massachusetts, 82. See also Massachusetts Association for Retarded Children attendants, 49, 52–56, 57–59, 62–64, 66–67; backgrounds of, 49; in back wards (Buildings A and K), 85, 97, 101; duties of, 52–53, 56, 85; inadequate number of, 53, 55–56, 89; turnover among, 51 Atwood, Harrison H., 7 Aubin, Rena, 111 back wards: changes in, 98, 99, 101–2, 107, 117, 170n24; confinement to, as form of punishment, 58, 59, 85; poor conditions in, 54, 84–87, 97, 101; proposals for, 90, 94, 96, 98, 171n30; in “Tragedy of Belchertown” series, 84–86, 87, 88, 101. See also Building A; Building K Baggs, Milton, 2, 146n9 Barnes, Lawrence, 139–40, 141 Barry, Richard, 134 baseball, 28, 43, 155n56 Belchertown, Mass., 1–2, 3, 29–30, 77–79, 125, 145n2; Board of Trade of, 2, 4–5, 7, 48, 129; carriage industry in, 1–2, 145nn2,4; and founding of the school, 2–7; many residents of, as school employees, 8, 9, 48, 125, 158n3; population of, 48; and plans for reuse after school’s closing, 128–34, 179n7; rallies in, for community placement, 122, 176–77n38; water supply of, 3, 146n9, 147n7. See also Belchertown Sentinel; town-school relations Belchertown Community Garden, 129 Belchertown Economic Development and Industrial Corporation (BEDIC), 129, 130, 132–34, 179n8 Belchertown Fair, 79, 165n34 Belchertown Sentinel, 73, 77–78, 81, 108, 165n34, 167n1, 168–69n11; on founding of school, 1, 5, 8–9; [ 188 ] index Belchertown Sentinel (continued) response of, to criticisms of school, 88–89, 92–93, 96, 168–69n11; after school’s closing, 133, 181n31; on school’s public events, 35–36, 38, 39, 47, 67, 77–78, 135, 137; on town-school relations, 46–47, 78; on volunteering, 81, 109–10 Belchertown State School Friends Association, 74–80, 81–83, 100, 102, 107, 165n29; Benjamin Ricci and, 74, 83, 102, 104–5, 107, 120; and class action lawsuit, 104–5; founding of, 74; projects undertaken by, for the school, 74–75, 76–77, 79, 135, 164n19, 171–72n40, 176n34; and school’s increased transparency, 77–79. See also Bell, The Bell, The, 74, 76, 82–83, 119–21, 156n75, 166n45 Binet, Alfred, 20–21. See also StanfordBinet Test Birthday Box, 80. See also Birthday Bus project Birthday Bus project, 80, 165–66n36 Blatt, Burton, 167n7 Bleinberger, Ernest, 130–32 boarding out (family care program), 44–45 Board of Insanity, 4, 5, 6 Board of Trade, 2, 4–5, 7, 48, 129 Boltwood Program, 170n24 Bowser, Lawrence, 93–94; changes introduced by, 93–94, 170n24; resignation of, 92, 96, 169n21, 171n33; and William Fraenkel, 90, 92, 94, 168n8, 169n18 “boys” (term), xiv, 6, 27, 33, 61, 148n35. See also rhetoric of childhood Bridgeland Development LLC, 132–34 Buchanan, Linda, 111, 173n12 Building A, 85–87, 89; closing of, 96, 99, 101–2, 171n36 Building C, 24, 81, 173n7 Building D, 24, 171n35, 173n7 Building E, 24, 129, 173n7 Building F, 24, 76, 111, 129, 173n7 Building G, 24, 97, 102, 111, 113, 170n24, 173n7 Building K, 24, 89, 96, 97, 167n1, 171nn30,36; improvements in, 97, 170n24; poor conditions in, 84–85, 113 Building L, 24, 79, 81, 97 Building M, 24, 33, 53, 173n7 burial, 9, 46, 142, 143 Busquet, Michelle, 118 Campbell, Levin, 110 Caron, Charles, 68 carousel, 9, 46, 134–35, 137, 181nn32,33; sale of, 135–37, 183n50 carriage industry, 1–2, 145nn2,4 cemetery, xiv, 142–43, 184n76; naming of, after Albert Warner, xiv, 143. See also burial Central Vermont Railroad, 3 class action lawsuit. See Ricci v. Greenblatt closing of school, 125, 178nn46,47; ceremony for, 126–27; and community placement, 125, 138–40, 177n44; and sale of carousel, 135–37, 183n50; and town’s search for new uses of site, 128–34 clothing, 26, 51, 61 coffee breaks, 65–66 Cohen, Beryl, 104, 105–6, 113...