National Federation of the Blind
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview: Fredric Schroeder
Collection
Identifier: 05-C2012.9
Abstract
Oral history interview with Fredric Schroeder collected by Anna Kresmer on November 28, 2012, in the Recording Studio at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute.
Dates:
Created: 2012; Other: Majority of material found in 2012; Other: Date acquired: 11/28/2012
The Jacobus tenBroek Personal Papers
Collection
Identifier: 02-02-C2005.1
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, publications, teaching materials, research materials, and case files pertaining to the writings, advocacy work, and academic career of Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, founder and president of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), president of the International Federation of the Blind (IFB) and the American Brotherhood for the Blind, member and chairman of the California State Social Welfare Board, legal scholar, university professor, and civil and constitutional...
Dates:
Created: 1924-1997, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1938-1978; Other: Date acquired: 04/00/1998
The Kenneth Jernigan Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02-C2012.1
Abstract
Correspondence in print and Braille, news clippings, printed matter, photographs, scrapbooks, and magnetic tape audio recordings related to the personal and professional life of Kenneth Jernigan, president of the National Federation of the Blind, director of the Iowa Commission for the Blind (ICB), executive director of the American Brotherhood for the Blind, teacher, administrator, and advocate for the blind. The collection also documents his interactions as director of the ICB with the...
Dates:
Created: 1935-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1986
The National Federation of the Blind Institutional Records
Collection
Identifier: 01-C2011.1
Abstract
Correspondence, publications, drafts, administrative files, case files, news clippings, legislative files, core documents, reference materials, speeches, fundraising materials, convention files, audio/video recordings, Braille documents, and miscellany documenting the interests, advocacy, and daily business of the national headquarters of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest national membership organization of blind people in the United States. Collection also...
Dates:
Created: 1940-2011, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-2002
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- Subject: Blind – Rehabilitation X
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- Unprocessed Material 1
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- Blind – Education 3
- Blind – Employment 3
- Social Advocacy 3
- Blindness – Public opinions 2
- Blindness – Social conditions 2
- Older people with visual disabilities 2
- People with disabilities – Civil rights – United States 2
- Right to organize 2
- Sheltered Workshops 2
- Social reformers 2
- Blind – Transportation 1
- Blindness 1
- Board of Directors 1
- Braille – Standards 1
- Braille – Study and teaching 1
- Direct-mail fund raising 1
- Discrimination against people with disabilities 1
- Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
- Legislation – Iowa 1
- Loyalty oaths. 1
- Minimum wage – Law and legislation – United States 1
- Orientation and mobility instructors 1
- Parents of Blind Children 1
- People with disabilities – Legal status, laws, etc. – United States 1
- Public welfare - California. 1
- Public welfare - Iowa 1
- Self-help devices for people with disabilities 1
- Social security income program – Laws and legislation – United States 1
- Social service - California. 1
- Students with disabilities – Education – United States 1
- Supplemental security income program. 1
- U.S. Constitution - Fourteenth Amendment 1
- Vending stands – Law and legislation – United States 1 ∧ less
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