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Those who have driven through Boulder over the years have seen the large collection of buildings near the river on the south side of town.

The history of that complex will be presented as the Montana Historical Society kicks off its Thursday evening program series with “A Matter of Right, and Not of Charity: The Early History of the Montana State School in Boulder, 1893-1950” Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m.

University of Montana graduate student Chelsea Chamberlain will discuss the good and the not so good as the school evolved over the years to serve the deaf, blind and cognitively impaired. She did extensive research at the MHS Research Center this summer as MHS Sobotka Intern.

Placing Montana’s institution into its national historical context, Chamberlain will discuss how Montana superintendents' educational and social priorities ran up against those of students and graduates who actively shaped the school's development.

Chamberlain’s work will be used to nominate Boulder School for the National Register of Historic Places and also for her master’s degree thesis.

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