Access Press History Note Columns
by Luther Granquist

Gerald Walsh Led The Arc in Major Change of Course
(First printed in Access Press December 10, 2009)

"Ugly Laws" Were a Very Ugly Way to Discriminate
(First printed in Access Press November 10, 2009)

Institutionalized Children Lived in Bleak Conditions
(First printed in Access Press October 10, 2009)

Teaching Contract in June 1881 Was Very Different
(First printed in Access Press September 10, 2009)

Restraints Were Just Plain Wrong Back Then, Too
(First printed in Access Press August 10, 2009)

Children’s Needs Met by Opening of Faribault in 1879
(First printed in Access Press July 10, 2009)

Author Didn’t Disguise Contempt for Her Subjects
(First printed in Access Press June 10, 2009)

Taking Babies From Their Moms Seemed Best for Family
(First printed in Access Press May 10, 2009)

Let Them Write Their Friends!
(First printed in Access Press April 10, 2009)

Department for Incurables Questioned Years Later
(First printed in Access Press March 10, 2009)

1962 Recount Involved Two Candidates for Governor
Who Were Supporters of Children with Disabilities
(First printed in Access Press February 10, 2009)

Lobotomies Were 'Suitable' Treatment
(First printed in Access Press January 10, 2009)

Making Waves: Waving at Women was Forbidden
at State Facility
(First printed in Access Press December 10, 2008)

Innovative Positioning
(First printed in Access Press November 10, 2008)
 Article: "Boy, therapist still inspire each other"

Fifty-Cent Piece
(First printed in Access Press October 10, 2008)

Institutions "Grew" Gentlemen Farmers
(First printed in Access Press September 10, 2008)

Report on "Mentally Defective" Children Reflects Past Attitude
(First printed in Access Press August 10, 2008)

William Henry Eustis
(First printed in Access Press July 10, 2008)

Sam Newlund’s Storied Career
(First printed in Access Press June 10, 2008)

The Awful Price of Freedom
(First printed in Access Press May 10, 2008)

Rufus Alexander
(First printed in Access Press April 10, 2008)

The Welsch Case, 1972
(First printed in Access Press March 10, 2008)

Stamps Buy State Hospital Bus
(First printed in Access Press February 10, 2008)

Operation Citizenship
(First printed in Access Press January 10, 2008)

Jessie Haskins
(First printed in Access Press December 10, 2007)

"Unbelievable" Lack of Staff
(First printed in Access Press October 10, 2007)