Southbury Training School
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id: CT066-S01
title: Southbury Training School: history and bibliography
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A residential campus provides evidence for the history of disability services and institutional life.
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbury_Training_School
credit: Southbury Training School
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT066-S02
title: Connecticut DDS: regional services and Southbury residential facility
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A residential campus provides evidence for the history of disability services and institutional life.
url: https://portal.ct.gov/dds/about/dds-regions
credit: Connecticut DDS
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT066-P01
title: Southbury Training School campus
kind: Photographs
date: 2015-05-31 18:31:19
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: Southbury Training School Southbury Training School
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southbury_Training_School.jpg
credit: Johnny Hirschauer / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Active historic institution; do not label as abandoned.
file: images/southbury-40664732.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Southbury_Training_School.jpg
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id: CT066-P02
title: Lenore H. Davidson Administration Building at Southbury Training School
kind: Photographs
date: 2018-06-17 10:42:31
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: The administration building at the Southbury Training School named after Lenore H. Davidson. The building houses the administrative offices of the Training School as well as a location of the Connecticut State Employees Credit Union.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lenore_H._Davidson_Administration_Building_at_Southbury_Training_School.jpg
credit: Hirschauerj / CC0
notes: CC0 public domain dedication; attribution appreciated but not required. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Active historic institution; do not label as abandoned.
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license_url: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Lenore_H._Davidson_Administration_Building_at_Southbury_Training_School.jpg
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id: CT066-P03
title: Ernest N. Roselle School Building at Southbury Training School
kind: Photographs
date: 2018-06-17 10:41:52
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: The building facing Route 172 at Southbury Training School. Is the largest building on campus and houses medical and dental units, the old gymnasiums and classrooms, as well as other day program areas for residents.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernest_N._Roselle_School_Building_at_Southbury_Training_School.jpg
credit: Hirschauerj / CC0
notes: CC0 public domain dedication; attribution appreciated but not required. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Active historic institution; do not label as abandoned.
file: images/southbury-70008313.jpg
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license_url: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Ernest_N._Roselle_School_Building_at_Southbury_Training_School.jpg
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-007
title: Greenhouse plants viewed through a window
kind: Photographs
date: 2016-01-13
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: Large greenhouse leaves viewed through glass at Southbury. Plants inside the school's greenhouse appear through the window in this January 2016 photograph.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southbury_Training_School_VI.JPG
credit: Karl Thomas Moore / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Modern view of historic campus; do not label as an early institutional photograph. Close-up cannot independently establish institution; source-specific greenhouse context, not patient care. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: CC BY-SA 4.0
file: images/ED-H2-HT-SP-007.webp
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-008
title: Southbury Training School greenhouse
kind: Photographs
date: 2016-03-02
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: Small greenhouse structures and seed/herb display inside the Southbury greenhouse. A March 2016 photograph records the greenhouse as part of the school's working campus.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southbury_Greenhouse_MMI.JPG
credit: Karl Thomas Moore / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Modern view of historic campus; do not label as an early institutional photograph. Contemporary horticultural context; not a historical institutional interior. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: CC BY-SA 4.0
file: images/ED-H2-HT-SP-008.webp
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-009
title: The Great Lawn at Southbury Training School
kind: Photographs
date: 2018-06-17
institution: Southbury Training School
summary: The Great Lawn in front of the Ernest N. Roselle School faces Route 172, photographed in June 2018.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Lawn_at_the_Southbury_Training_School.jpg
credit: Hirschauerj / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Modern view of historic campus; do not label as an early institutional photograph. Reuse: CC0 1.0
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