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Letter from Thomas Gilhool to Attorney General Edward Biester

May 4, 1979

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Letter from Thomas Gilhool to Attorney General Edward Biester
  • Title
  • Letter from Thomas Gilhool to Attorney General Edward Biester
  • Date
  • May 4, 1979
  • Identifier
  • MSS_1002_B002_F17_I01
  • Description
  • A letter from Thomas Gilhool to Edward G. Biester, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, requesting the state not appeal the decision to close Pennhurst and to create community alternatives instead. This letter details the problems of institutions, the success of community placements. In discussing duty to provide community placement, Mr. Gilhool references the Joyce Z. case.
  • 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 17, Item 1
  • 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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