Benjamin M. Schowe, Sr., Papers

Title: Benjamin M. Schowe, Sr., Papers

Abstract: The Papers of Benjamin Marshall Schowe, Sr.

URI / Handle The Papers of Benjamin Marshall Schowe, Sr. consists of 28 boxes (14.5 linear feet) which includes correspondence and personal papers. The collection is dated from 1912 to 1977and includes approximately 30,000 pages of correspondence and some 10,000 pagesof manuscripts and notebooks. A large amount of this collection focuses on the problems in Deaf peoplelives such as employment and education and many papers discuss Schowepersonal philosophies. The bulk of materials are dated from his years with Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Only two boxes of this collection have been digitized. The digital collection focuses on recruiting, promotion, insurance, and discrimination related to Deaf people and employment from 1920 through 1975.

: Akron Committee Finally Gets to The Source of W.P.A. Discrimination by the W.P.A. Committee of the Akron Division of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, no date; The paper explains the federal regulations that prohibits the deaf from working for the Work Projects Administration., Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:40:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 9 B26f08-a28-01thumb.jpg: 23673 bytes, checksum: 74ff06b13399a75637ec4c7527754e1a (MD5) B26f08-a28-02thumb.jpg: 25461 bytes, checksum: 34d14aaa29b629465df05aa64d435280 (MD5) B26f08-a28-03thumb.jpg: 21284 bytes, checksum: cdb374efc7d57928c2e82fff93eb8624 (MD5) B26f08-a28-01display.jpg: 143959 bytes, checksum: 40f924053679f2628d2c04eb6d3cbcbf (MD5) B26f08-a28-02display.jpg: 157801 bytes, checksum: bda26112088c91c7506b58b408e98cf0 (MD5) B26f08-a28-03display.jpg: 122784 bytes, checksum: a6374afd7d91acd1a08a4976681bcaa6 (MD5) B26f08-a28-01master.tif: 24008560 bytes, checksum: 85235c7f29f50bf36541fc6e05030923 (MD5) B26f08-a28-02master.tif: 24201600 bytes, checksum: 9c1aae3191c62092e4885950ab6d6aac (MD5) B26f08-a28-03master.tif: 24465408 bytes, checksum: 8828348aa61bff8ab3e1a41a8c06f7ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-28

: August Valentine Report; A report of discrimination in Illinois, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:40:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 B26f08-a35-01thumb.jpg: 15306 bytes, checksum: 4a0b4ee49e7e1c56845e6e3286a769ab (MD5) B26f08-a35-01display.jpg: 62196 bytes, checksum: e25f073908586384afcaac97db4ed785 (MD5) B26f08-a35-01master.tif: 24493992 bytes, checksum: 858f7f604286d51f338ccbb8c4e6aaaf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-28

: Expenditures of W.P.A. Employment Committee to February 2, 1940; List of expenditures by members of the employment committee, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:43:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 B26f09-a30-01thumb.jpg: 18876 bytes, checksum: 2a5c465dd0e3d957129e1b68297843c3 (MD5) B26f09-a30-01display.jpg: 93052 bytes, checksum: 8af18ef9295ce924dbad2ae844d72cdb (MD5) B26f09-a30-01master.tif: 24027896 bytes, checksum: 9386848e9b1db13e8b31cc3e6ddd0dc7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-07-11

: Final Report of the Temporary W.P.A. Employment Committee, May 15, 1940; Final report regarding the individuals involved in the regulations revision process and terminology in the revisions, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:46:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 15 B26f12-a13-01thumb.jpg: 24627 bytes, checksum: bdb7029c02f495bef9d610a8fbe6ede5 (MD5) B26f12-a13-02thumb.jpg: 23164 bytes, checksum: 892610b67eef904a5a4165c7783c31b6 (MD5) B26f12-a13-03thumb.jpg: 25422 bytes, checksum: bf92a486468606f989bff44b23c2cedc (MD5) B26f12-a13-04thumb.jpg: 25795 bytes, checksum: dc2bf28dccd7c480fa5a53f9f5ab2c0b (MD5) B26f12-a13-05thumb.jpg: 22395 bytes, checksum: 70bf30fdd8aee987d4eb4d41098759ed (MD5) B26f12-a13-01display.jpg: 129706 bytes, checksum: 41b06f4690e62c0bd3bcf9b89613ba30 (MD5) B26f12-a13-02display.jpg: 134319 bytes, checksum: 41ba7dc2c09525bcf61eb3e3c5cec9d5 (MD5) B26f12-a13-03display.jpg: 141580 bytes, checksum: 18ce1c35377f16ed116a12e955f5842e (MD5) B26f12-a13-04display.jpg: 147566 bytes, checksum: 22b2068c05695b266fcb9679cdfde195 (MD5) B26f12-a13-05display.jpg: 123051 bytes, checksum: a1e52edcf983f0b89d1805c59b0608cb (MD5) B26f12-a13-01master.tif: 24436452 bytes, checksum: 3de8e1d9a3de8b0b8771af781d51b4f8 (MD5) B26f12-a13-02master.tif: 24210388 bytes, checksum: 667a20a8c097ce8b4af354058468458f (MD5) B26f12-a13-03master.tif: 24116364 bytes, checksum: 5fe562a99948a0965b0d49667b5873d2 (MD5) B26f12-a13-04master.tif: 23739000 bytes, checksum: 0ebeb20445a6aa5a008e1669cafda05e (MD5) B26f12-a13-05master.tif: 24312744 bytes, checksum: 34f8d6f3c92b23466f07a98934909f84 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-07-12

: Letter from the Committee on W.P.A. Employment to A.R. Norris, February 14, 1940; The committee asks Norris to send photostats of his complaints to build a case for the discrimination complaint to federal authorities, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:40:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 B26f08-a33-01thumb.jpg: 21654 bytes, checksum: edec568d11641d711c1505a6bf5843a6 (MD5) B26f08-a33-01display.jpg: 129043 bytes, checksum: 489886d5e1d97443353c234fa75dfe0d (MD5) B26f08-a33-01master.tif: 24502456 bytes, checksum: c556ad1484b75fa9aba6402d2d12c4cf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-28

: Letter from the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf Work Projects Administration Committee to E.R. Abernathy, January 10, 1940; Abernathy is asked to set up a meeting with Watson about the new regulations posed by the Work Projects Administration, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:38:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 B26f08-a13-01thumb.jpg: 19211 bytes, checksum: dd04b7345abeae2d69be2e24d5a6e8eb (MD5) B26f08-a13-01display.jpg: 105518 bytes, checksum: d04968ee47ec8ef18aeb0ba382087e6c (MD5) B26f08-a13-01master.tif: 24130928 bytes, checksum: 2417c10cf361410f4986fe1c5b75153a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-27

: Letter from the Special Committee on W.P.A. Employment to August Valentine, March 28, 1940; The committee urges Valentine to return for a certificate because the denial of such a certificate would prove a case of discrimination, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:41:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 B26f08-a39-01thumb.jpg: 20208 bytes, checksum: e2cee2609d3db23ce56ea478d76bcca6 (MD5) B26f08-a39-01display.jpg: 113557 bytes, checksum: af422d526f827c3d1f5d21d3d7808b02 (MD5) B26f08-a39-01master.tif: 23932436 bytes, checksum: 09cb79430c27382e42199281db1170f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-28

: Letter from the Special Committee on W.P.A. Employment to Raymond Pleake, March 28, 1940; The committee thanks Pleake for sharing his experiences, explains their new duties, and asks him to see his local officials about his case and includes reports of other cases of discrimination, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:41:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 6 B26f08-a38-01thumb.jpg: 20158 bytes, checksum: e07200eab292d0ff0c2b90e85ec3c07a (MD5) B26f08-a38-02thumb.jpg: 19953 bytes, checksum: 8c0d0703fd57be5b4e4be810f59d8ffa (MD5) B26f08-a38-01display.jpg: 113478 bytes, checksum: 9bda39e8d17dfbb92c882c56f1a74b54 (MD5) B26f08-a38-02display.jpg: 107303 bytes, checksum: 6d7f241d782b152d52843a7c4740a6b3 (MD5) B26f08-a38-01master.tif: 24448684 bytes, checksum: 38ce400e88989fc7acb040d4921a9e0d (MD5) B26f08-a38-02master.tif: 23931332 bytes, checksum: 3c6a48a0a0e201ed9fb9887775538b1c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-28

: Vote For Your Friends, Willkie and McNary, Political Flyer, no date; Frat supports Willkie and McNary campaign due to their work with the deaf, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-23T22:19:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 B04f16-a09-01thumb.jpg: 25574 bytes, checksum: 469cfcc953a5c661793270b4d0b7b10e (MD5) B04f16-a09-01display.jpg: 183361 bytes, checksum: 470bbee3dcca9eb57d0a9ed72f726d88 (MD5) B04f16-a09-01master.tif: 21750024 bytes, checksum: fced4839f7431ca5a11f1bc3e31fd35d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-05-16

: The W.P.A. Committee Gets Action.; Victory for the committee in revising the regulations, Made available in DSpace on 2005-08-24T14:41:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 B26f08-a45-01thumb.jpg: 22769 bytes, checksum: 6e5642933964e4409acba26ffd7828a3 (MD5) B26f08-a45-01display.jpg: 150359 bytes, checksum: 9072188d081a4cfac22fdb55642f5d56 (MD5) B26f08-a45-01master.tif: 24404236 bytes, checksum: f78e187509b440b8dfa1b7e7dc6a5303 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-28

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