Video Interviews
(Listed Alphabetically by Interviewee)

Pete Benner, Executive Director,
American Federation of State,
County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME), Council 6.

Milt Conrath, Dakota County
Administrator, speaks of his
early years in the field.

Luther Granquist, with Anne
Henry, both of the Minnesota
Disability Law Center, served as
plaintiff counsel in the Welsch case.

Anne Henry of the
Minnesota Disability Law Center,
worked with Luther Granquist
on the Welsch case.

Miriam Karlins, former official of
the Department of Public Welfare,
worked with medical director, David
Vail, to eliminate dehumanizing
practices in state institutions.

Bruce Johnson headed an
interagency task force on
state hospital closings.

John Johnson, institutionalized
from the age of 5 to age 60,
now lives independently and
works at an area restaurant.

Geri Joseph, reporter for
the Minneapolis Morning Tribune,
did a series of articles on the
institutions in 1948 and 1950.

Len Levine, served as
Commissioner of the Department
of Human Services and worked
on the transition to state operated community services.

Toni Lippert speaks of her work
at the Metropolitan Council as
the regional planner for
developmental disabilities.

Sam Newlund, Minneapolis Star
Tribune reporter, with photographer
Earl Seubert produced an expose
in the 1960s about conditions at
Faribault State Hospital.

Maynard Reynolds, former
Chair, University of Minnesota,
Dept. of Special Education, speaks
of his role with an interim
legislative commission to study
the needs and problems in
Special Education.

John Rynders, Professor,
University of Minnesota,
describes the innovative
Project EDGE on Down
Syndrome he directed.

Jerry Walsh, first executive
director of Arc Minnesota,
described the major reasons
they succeeded in gaining
additional funds for
staffing at institutions.

Eleanor Welsch, mother of Patty
Welsch, whose parents filed the
landmark federal suit over lack of
care at Cambridge State Hospital.

Molly Woerhlin, past
President of Arc Minnesota

Lyle Wray served as the first
court appointed monitor for
the Welsch case.

Cambridge State Hospital Videos
Courtesy Roger Anderson

Before Project TEACH at Cambridge
State Hospital

After Project TEACH at Cambridge
State Hospital

Activities at Cambridge
State Hospital (1960s)

Physical Therapy at Cambridge
State Hospital (1961)