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  • Collection: Disability History and Advocacy

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A photo from Sarah Sitton's book, "Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857-1997," which displays the close quarters of patients at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum (now the Austin State Hospital).

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A 1935 Dallas newspaper article in support of forced sterilization for mentally ill individuals.

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An educational "yearbook" about the mental hygiene movement and the work of the Texas Society of Mental Hygiene.

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MIGHT Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 3 March 1, 1982

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A pamphlet with a hand-drawn cover detailing the counseling and psychological resources available to students at UT Austin

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Clip from a video of the Pioneers of MIGHT celebration, including commentary from Virginia Roberts, previous MIGHT president. The celebration honored the founding members of MIGHT in Austin, TX.

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A 1975 patient record documenting a patient who was transferred to a San Antonio Mental Hospital after being originally admitted to the Dimmit Memorial Hospital for appendicitis.

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Volume 1, No. 1 of a newsletter produced by the University of Texas at Austin Services for Handicapped Students.
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