The Barton Project: AOTA 2017 Conference Handouts

Hi and thank you for stopping here to look at the poster handouts that are being distributed at the 2017 AOTA conference!If you were unable to get a copy of the handout of the poster presentation, the files below are hi-res JPG scans that you can download and view in a larger format.This version of the timeline is one small step of a multi-year project attempting to document George Barton ' s life.  I was always struck by the fact that his life story was documented in such a limited way as compared to other occupational therapy founders.  The lack of previously published information on Barton motivated my effort.Having personal geographic proximity to Clifton Springs made the project interesting from that perspective as well.This effort started by happenstance and with a meeting my wife Caroline had with George Barton Jr. ' s wife Barbara.  She was kind enough to supply materials to us that started this inquiry.  A visit to Consolation House also yielded results with the owners (at that time) looking to have the occupational therapy community have possession of some additional ephemera.We accepted these materials with the promise to use them for study and for advancing the biography of George Barton which has previously not been fully highlighted.Over the last several years I have combined those materials with other biographical research and  began constructing blog posts that are now catalogued under thewww.OTHistory.com site.Over the last year it ha...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - Category: Occupational Health Tags: Barton history Source Type: blogs