Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The Leonard A. Robinson Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02-C2015.1
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, and documents related to the professional career of Leonard A. Robinson, a blind lawyer and government employee who was involved in the passage of the Randolph-Sheppard Act and the development of Blind Services in the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Federal Government and Washington, D.C. The collection contains materials related to the writing and publishing of Robinson’s book, Light at the Tunnel End.
Dates:
Created: 1927-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1927-1975; Other: Date acquired: 12/31/2015
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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- Associations, institutions, etc.--Law and Legislation--United States--Congresses. 1
- Blind – Education 1
- Blind – Rehabilitation 1
- Blind – Transportation 1
- Blind--Rehabilitation--Economic aspects--United States. 1
- Blind--Research 1
- Blind--Services for--Maryland. 1
- Blind--Services for--United States. 1
- Blind--Services for--Washington Metropolitan Area. 1
- Blindness – Public opinions 1
- Braille – Standards 1
- Braille – Study and teaching 1
- Charities. 1
- Community foundations. 1
- Direct-mail fund raising 1
- Discrimination against people with disabilities 1
- H.R. 4349 (77th Congress) 1
- H.R. 4688 (74th Congress) 1
- H.R. 5175 (79th Congress) 1
- Minimum wage – Law and legislation – United States 1
- Older people with visual disabilities 1
- Parents of Blind Children 1
- People with disabilities – Civil rights – United States 1
- People with disabilities – Legal status, laws, etc. – United States 1
- Randolph-Sheppard Act, 1936; Amended, 1974 1
- Right to organize 1
- Self-help devices for people with disabilities 1
- Sheltered Workshops 1
- Social Advocacy 1
- Social reformers 1
- Social security income program – Laws and legislation – United States 1
- Vending stands – Law and legislation – United States 1
- Vocational Rehabilitation 1
- World Conference on Work for the Blind (1931) 1 ∧ less
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