This came to me from the Finger Lakes list and I thought that people would find it interesting. Marsha > Between 1910-1949 the govt. authorized a study of patients in mental > hospitals in 19 states. College students countrywide also participated in > this study. 520 rolls of microfilm in the Salt Lake city collection > involved this study. Look US...Medical Records...Eugenics. It is alpha > order so easy to find the proper film to order. > > My Mother participated in this study as a college student in Dec. 1927. She > answered questions about "Family Traits" for herself and siblings, her > parents and all their siblings and her grandparents and all their siblings. > It seems the questionairre was given to the college students in Dec. so that > they could consult their parents while home on Christmas vacation. > > For herself she answered questions about where she was born, church > affiliation, occupation, goals, physical traits, hobbies, termperment, > personal appearance, and general mental ability. This last included what > she enjoyed; singing, piano, penmanship, public speaking, foreign languages > etc etc. > > Very similiar questions were answered by her parents and about her 4 > grandparents in abbreviated/chart form. > For Grandparents and siblings questions were also asked about place of > birth, age at marriage, total # sons and dau., serious illnesses, cause of > death and personality traits. My Greatgrandfather loved to read about > history, I found out. > > Answers on this questionairre gave me personal knowledge of family members > born in the 1830's and 1840's. > > I don't know if Willard patients were participants but thought that this > report might be not widely known and thought I'd pass on another genealogy > resource. Barb >