Oral history interview of Carl Erskine. Carl was a former pitcher for the Dodgers and became involved with SOI when he wanted his son Jimmy to be involved in sports. He is asked to answer the following questions: "When did you first become aware of...
Oral history interview of Dennis Schmidt. Dennis is the retired executive director of the Special Olympics Indiana. He is asked to answer the following questions: "What was the Special Olympics Indiana program like (in terms of size, even variety,...
Thomas Foster's transcribed interview of Charlene Foster about a disabled girl. According to Foster, people thought that the girl was a gorilla because of the way she looked.
Jan Nottoli's transcribed interview of Mary Quillen about a girl named Sharon. According to Quillen, she and Sharon went to the same camp and the girls picked on Sharon. Sharon believed anything that people told her because she was mentally...
Deborah Bates's transcribed interview of Cora and Ules Slinker about a feeble-minded man they knew. According to the Slinkers, this man worked well with machinery, but he wasn't very bright and couldn't do much else.
Toni Lee Earleywine's transcribed interview of Marcella Earleywine about a mysterious noise. Earleywine states that her aunt and uncle kept hearing a weird noise and when it was investigated, there was an escapee from an asylum in their attic.
Jim Allen's transcribed personal account of Harly and Gerty Banning. According to Allen, the Bannings were somewhat feeble-minded and people made fun of them.
Mike Short's transcribed interview of Mike Wilson about Tex. According to Wilson, Tex wandered around Terre Haute, Indiana, wearing all of the clothes he owned. Tex used to be a successful businessman until he sustained a head injury. Now her...
Kenneth Hass's transcribed interview of Mrs. Carl Hass about a woman who used to live across the street from her. According to Hass, the woman was mentally disabled and once squeezed a child to death.
Ann Ledgerwood's transcribed interview of Greg Wimmenauer about Bill Conley. According to Wimmenauer, Conley went fishing with his brothers and they tied him to a pole on a sandbar in the White River. After three days the brothers came back for...
Jayliene Davis's transcribed interview of Debbie DeFreeze about an insane woman in Terre Haute, Indiana. According to DeFreeze, people make fun of the woman a lot because she is mentally ill.
Jeff English's transcribed account of a clown who was mentally disturbed. According to English, the clown would run around town acting like he was driving. English also stated that once the clown tried to push a car out of the snow with his bicycle.
Jan Nottoli's transcribed interview of Dianne Lalas about a girl she went to camp with. According to Lalas, this girl believed that saints were talking to her. The girl was mentally disabled.
Thomas Foster's transcribed interview of Charlene Foster about a disabled girl. According to Foster, people thought she was an animal because of her looks.
