- Collection:
- Georgia Disability Community Oral History Project, 2015-2017
- Title:
- Harriet Van Norte interviewed by Charles Hopkins and Bob Herrin, 21 June 2017.
- Creator:
- Van Norte, Harriet
Hopkins, Charles
Herrin, Bob - Date of Original:
- 2017-06-21
- Subject:
- Georgia.--Division of Mental Health
Mentally ill--Services for--Georgia
Mentally ill--Services for
Georgia - People:
- Van Norte, Harriet
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Harriet Van Norte talks about how she came to work in the Department of Public Health as the admissions coordinator of the state mental health hospitals, and remembers the growth in community services in the early 1970s. Van Norte talks about how she used the relationships formed throughout her career to develop the Georgia mental health department, especially in terms of fundraising for program development. Van Norte describes the training programs held across the state of Georgia to educate practitioners about community-based care as a result of deinstitutionalization movement of the 1980s. Van Norte talks about the in- and out-of-state assistance provided to the state of Georgia in order to promote the de-institutionalization movement. The interviewers conclude by highlighting the impact that Van Norte had on the state of Georgia and about her contribution to the quality of Georgia's disability services.
Harriet Van Norte moved to Georgia in the 1970's, where she worked for one year as a before she began working as the Admission Coordinator at the Department of Public, and where she later served as the Director of Residential Services overseeing the state mental health hospitals. Van Norte later worked as the Director of Consumer Affairs at the Georgia Public Service Commission, where, after work hours, she worked to secure funding for projects to help people with developmental disabilities.
Interviewed by Charles Hopkins and Bob Herrin. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL391GDC-017/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Georgia Disability Community Oral History Project, GDC-017, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 interview (approximately 54 min.)) : sound, color
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Disability Community Oral History Project
http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL391GDC-ead.xml - Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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