Louis Novak Memorial Card

August 1972

Title
Louis Novak Memorial Card
Date
August 1972
Identifier
MSS_1196_B01_F19_I04
Description
A scan of a memorial card for Louis Novak, a child with intellectual and developmental disabilities who died on August 20, 1972, at the age of 15 as a resident of Ridgeview. Novak drowned in an incident involving other residents of the institution. His death, along with other deaths and injuries to residents at institutions, heightened the call for better treatment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and deinstitutionalization.
Source
Patricia Clapp Papers
Finding Aid
Guide to the Patricia Clapp Papers, 1947-2015, MSS 1196
Container
Box 1, folder 19, Item 4
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Patricia Clapp Papers
Rights Information
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