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Letter from Bob Nelkin to Richard Thornburgh on Pennhurst Mandate

October 27, 1979

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Letter from Bob Nelkin to Richard Thornburgh on Pennhurst Mandate
  • Title
  • Letter from Bob Nelkin to Richard Thornburgh on Pennhurst Mandate
  • Date
  • October 27, 1979
  • Identifier
  • MSS_1002_B002_F16_I02
  • Description
  • A letter from Bob Nelkin to Governor Richard Thornburgh regarding the lack of Government action on the District Court Mandate for community placements for the 61 children then at Pennhurst. Nelkin mentions that the children who have been placed in community living arrangements in the five months since the mandate is equal to the number of children who have died since then.
  • Source
  • Bob Nelkin Collection of ACC-PARC Records
  • Finding Aid
  • Guide to the Bob Nelkin Collection of ACC-PARC Records
  • Series
  • II. State School and Hospital (SSH) and Interim Care Committee Records 1972-1997
  • Subseries
  • 1. Pennhurst State School and Hospital 1954-1984
  • Container
  • box 2, Folder 16, Item 2
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Bob Nelkin Collection of ACC-PARC Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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