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1	Remembering Buck v. Bell: its history and contemporary relevance Dooley, Tadhg January 2003 (has links) Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses. / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-02 Buck v. Bell Sterilization
2	The Eugenic Origins of Indiana's Muscatatuck Colony: 1920-2005 Bragg, Abigail Nicole 09 1900 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis examines the widely unknown history and origins of Muscatatuck Colony, located in Butlerville, Indiana. The national eugenics movement impacted the United States politically, medically, legally, and socially. While the United States established mental institutions prior to the eugenics movement, many institutions, including ones in Indiana, were founded as eugenic tools to advance the agenda of achieving a “purer” society. Muscatatuck was one such state institution founded during this national movement. I explore various elements that made the national eugenics movement effective, how Indiana helped advance the movement, and how all these elements impacted Muscatatuck’s founding. I investigate the language used to describe people that were considered “mentally inferior,” specifically who the “feeble-minded” were and how Americans were grouped into this category. I research commonly held beliefs by eugenicists of this time-period, eugenic methods implemented, and how these discussions and actions led to the establishment of Muscatatuck in 1920. Muscatatuck Colony, though a byproduct of the national eugenics movement, outlived this scientific effort. Toward the mid and late twentieth century, Muscatatuck leadership executed institutional change to best reflect American society’s evolving thoughts on mental health and how best to treat people with mental disabilities. Muscatatuck Colony reveals a complicated narrative of how best to treat or care for people within these institutions, a complex narrative that many mental institutions share. Eugenics United States Eugenics Movement Muscatatuck Muscatatuck Urban Training Center Institution building Medical Compulsory sterilizations Institutionalization Buck v. Bell The Indiana State Board of Charities The Muscatatuck Colony The Muscatatuck State School State institutions Indiana history Eugenics history United States history Medical history Mental institutions The Eugenics Record Office Oscar McCulloch David Starr Jordan Dr. Harry Sharp 1907 Indiana Eugenics Law

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Remembering Buck v. Bell: its history and contemporary relevance

The Eugenic Origins of Indiana's Muscatatuck Colony: 1920-2005