Minnesotan Clifford N. Harris at a hospital for veterans. Harris developed lung problems from exposure to gas in World War I and from railroad work. He remained in the hospital for fifteen years and was released in 1942.

A letter Charles Dight sent to Adolf Hitler in 1933, congratulating him on the advancement of National Socialist eugenics in Germany. Hitler responded by inviting Dight to a lecture in Munich. From the Charles Fremont Dight papers, 1883–1984. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Treehouse residence of Dr. Charles F. Dight, 4818 Thirty-ninth Avenue South, Minneapolis, July 21, 1930.

Portrait of Charles Fremont Dight, president and founder of the Minnesota Eugenics Society, undated.

Dr. Frederick Kuhlmann, Director of the Division of Research under the State Board of Control. Photograph for the St. Paul Daily News, ca. 1930.

Postcard depicting the exterior of the Faribault State School for the Feeble-Minded in 1920. Photograph by A. J. Swanson.

The Exhibit of Institutions under the charge of the State Board of Control at the Minnesota State Fair in 1915.

Members and staff of the Minnesota Board of Control in Faribault, 1936.

Governor Luther Youngdahl setting fire to restraints at Anoka County Hospital, October 31, 1949. Photograph by Hi Paul. Published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on November 1, 1949, with the article, “Halloween Fire Heralds Reform—Anoka State Hospital Burns Straitjackets.” Original caption: “A flaming pile of strait jackets, manacles, and straps marked the end of the use of restraints at the Anoka State Hospital Monday night. Gov. Youngdahl, the moving force behind Minnesota’s mental health program, is shown personally setting the torch to the devices.