American Association of Workers for the Blind
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Betty G. Arneson Collection
Collection
Identifier: 28-28-C2010.7
Abstract
The Betty G. Arneson Collection consists of manuals, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, and transcribing equipment regarding her time as a Braille transcriber for the National Braille Association (NBA) and part of the transcribing team of the Red Cross. Also, within the collection is Arneson’s work that showcases example of her various work transcribing school textbooks and a short story.
Dates:
1960-1979 ; Majority of material found within 1962-1973
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 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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Blind – Education 2
- Blind – Employment 2
- Blind – Rehabilitation 2
- Braille – Study and teaching 2
- Older people with visual disabilities 2
- Right to organize 2
- Sheltered Workshops 2
- Blind – Transportation 1
- Blind--Printing and writing systems. 1
- Blindness – Public opinions 1
- Blindness – Social conditions 1
- Braille - Transcription - Guidebooks. 1
- Braille – Standards 1
- Braille--Transcription 1
- Direct-mail fund raising 1
- Discrimination against people with disabilities 1
- Equipment and supplies. Transcription 1
- Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
- Loyalty oaths. 1
- Mathematical notation - Transliteration 1
- Minimum wage – Law and legislation – United States 1
- Parents of Blind Children 1
- People with disabilities – Civil rights – United States 1
- People with disabilities – Legal status, laws, etc. – United States 1
- Perkins Brailler 1
- Public welfare - California. 1
- Self-help devices for people with disabilities 1
- Social Advocacy 1
- Social reformers 1
- Social security income program – Laws and legislation – United States 1
- Social service - California. 1
- Supplemental security income program. 1
- Transcribing services 1
- U.S. Constitution - Fourteenth Amendment 1
- Vending stands – Law and legislation – United States 1 ∧ less
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