California Council of the Blind
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The Isabelle Grant Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02-C2010.10
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, diplomas, and awards belonging to Dr. Isabelle Grant, the first blind public school teacher in the State of California. The collection also contains evidence of her advocacy work overseas with the blind and her support of mainstreaming blind students with their sighted peers, as well as materials related to her 1972 Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
Dates:
Created: 1913-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1949-1975; Other: Date acquired: 12/20/2010
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
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- Blind Travel 1
- Blind teachers 1
- Blind – Employment 1
- Blind – Rehabilitation 1
- Discrimination in employment 1
- Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
- Loyalty oaths. 1
- Mainstreaming in education. 1
- Older people with visual disabilities 1
- Public welfare - California. 1
- Right to organize 1
- Sheltered Workshops 1
- Social Advocacy 1
- Social service - California. 1
- Students with disabilities – Education (Secondary) – United States. 1
- Students with disabilities – Education – Africa. 1
- Students with disabilities – Education – Pakistan. 1
- Supplemental security income program. 1
- U.S. Constitution - Fourteenth Amendment 1 ∧ less
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