02. JtB Special Collections
Record Group
Identifier: 02
Archival collections, manuscripts, and artifacts managed by the Jacobus tenBroek Library.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
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 Kenneth Jernigan Collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: A2013.1
Dates:
Other: 1998, no date
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 Peggy Chong Collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: C2010.8