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Oral History Interview: James Gashel
Collection
Identifier: 05-C2011.7
Abstract
Oral history interview with James Gashel collected by Ed Morman and Mark Riccobono on August 31, 2011, in the Recording Studio at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute.
Dates:
Created: 2011; Other: Majority of material found in 2011; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/2011
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
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- Blind – Employment 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 – Social conditions 1
- Board of Directors 1
- Charities. 1
- Community foundations. 1
- H.R. 4349 (77th Congress) 1
- H.R. 4688 (74th Congress) 1
- H.R. 5175 (79th Congress) 1
- Legal representation of people with disabilities 1
- Randolph-Sheppard Act, 1936; Amended, 1974 1
- Vocational Rehabilitation 1
- World Conference on Work for the Blind (1931) 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Atkinson, J. Robert (John Robert), 1887-1964 1
- Bulkley, Robert Johns, 1880-1965 1
- Department of Education--Rehabilitation Services Administration 1
- District of Columbia. Mayor’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped 1
- Foundation for the Handicapped and Elderly, Inc. 1
- Friedlander, Blaine P., 1928-2013 1
- Gashel, James 1
- George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates. Low Vision Center. 1
- Johns Hopkins University. Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute. 1
- Kurzweil, Ray 1
- McCahill, William P. (William Paul Michael), 1916-1999 1
- National Association of Blind Students 1
- National Federation of the Blind 1
- Randolph Sheppard Vendors of America 1
- Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 1
- Robinson, Leonard A. 1
- Robinson, Leonard A., 1904-1980 1
- Sheppard, Morris, 1875-1941 1
- Sloan, Louise L. (Louise Littig), 1898-1982 1
- Sunga, Roberto N., 1933- 1
- Swing Trim, Inc. (Swingtrim Corporation) 1
- The President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped 1 ∧ less
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