| Prologue: |
| Postcards of Institutions: Lucy Gwin, Mouth Magazine, shared hundreds of scanned postcards of state institution exteriors. |
| Worcester State Hospital Occupational Therapy Department Booklet: Lucy Gwin, Mouth Magazine, shared these images from a 1933 publication showing institution life from the nursery to working in industry |
| Eugenics: Eugenics was, quite literally, an effort to breed better human beings — by encouraging the reproduction of people with "good genes" and discouraging those with "bad genes." |
| Drug Ads: Lucy Gwin, Mouth Magazine, shared four different sets of drug ads. |
| "Psychotherapy and Drug Treatments": More Information about Psychotherapy and Drug Treatments |
| Treatments (lobotomies, baskets, water treatments, cells, restraints) Lucy Gwin, Mouth Magazine, shared several sets of images including the transorbital lobotomy, use of cages, water treatments, cells and various restraints. |
| Cells: More information about cells |
| The Transorbital Lobotomy: More information about the transorbital lobotomy |
| Water Treatments: More information about the water treatments |
| Cribs, Cages, and Baskets: More Information about cribs, cages and baskets |
| Restraints: More Information about restraints from the past |
| Bedlam by Albert Maisel (1946): The Council purchased a copy of the 1946 Life Magazine article entitled "Bedlam" by Albert Maisel. These photos are taken from that article. |
| A Place to Call Home |
| Institution Life: Lucy Gwin, Mouth Magazine, shared these photos showing institution life. They are from a museum located in St. Joseph, Missouri. |
| Photos of the New Haven, CT Regional Center, courtesy of the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation |
| Group Home in Sweden |
| Photos from "Public Hostage: Public Ransom – Inside Institutional America |
| A Selection of Photos of Pennhurst State Hospital and School |
| Normalization: William Bronston, M.D., shared a slide show on normalization produced in the late 1970s |
| Fairbault State Hospital: Mel Heckt from Minnesota donated several boxes of historical materials including a scrapbook of photos from Fairbault State Hospital. |
| Slide show of photos from You Choose, the 1991 call to action by Lucy Gwin |
| Tom Gilhool speaks about Gunnar Dybwad and historic PARC case (Audio Presentation) |
| Handicapism: A Report from the Center on Human Policy (Slide show with Audio) |
| Rosewood State Hospital in Maryland |
| A Place to Learn |
| Images of Education Settings prior to the 1950s. |
| Images from the book The Mentally Retarded Child: A Physiological Approach by: Hubert Robinson and Nancy Robinson (1965) |
| Images from the book Beyond the Limit: Innovations in Services for the Severely and Profoundly Retarded Edited by: Frank J. Menolascino, M.D., and Paul H. Pearson, M.D. (1974). |
| Lou Brown |
| Photos from the 1980's |
| Real Work |
| Metro Work Center: The photographs in this presentation come from a scrapbook of the Metro Work Center that depicts scenes from the day program in 1960s. |
| Images of assistive technology |