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- Title
- 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
- Creator
- National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Description
- The paper explains the federal regulations that prohibits the deaf from working for the Work Projects Administration.
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration
- Title
- Building for Tomorrow, Benjamin M. Schowe, August 16, 1940
- Created
- August 16, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Description
- Schowe expresses concern about increased discrimination against deaf employees
- Subject
- Safety and health at work, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Labor Unions, United States. Work Projects Administration, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Worker's Compensation--Deaf
- Title
- Civil Service Supplement to the National Association of the Deaf Proceedings: N.A.D. Bulletin, November 1936
- Created
- November 1, 1939
- Creator
- National Association of the Deaf
- Type
- Publications
- Description
- Cover page discusses the Work Projects Administration
- Subject
- Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration
- Title
- The Deaf At Work by Benjamin M. Schowe, October 22, 1957
- Created
- October 22, 1957
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Description
- Schowe discusses the future of deaf employment and explores why Akron has many deaf employees compared to other cities
- Subject
- Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Communication--Deaf, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Occupational Training, Lipreading
- Title
- Deaf Men and Women At Work, November 16, 1940
- Created
- November 16, 1940
- Creator
- NAD Industrial Committee
- Type
- Pamphlets
- Description
- Booklet published by the National Association of the Deaf about Deaf men and women at work.
- Subject
- Insurance--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Deaf--Employment--Statistics
- Title
- The Deaf Wage-Earners: A Study in Adjustment to Occupation, Benjamin M. Schowe, no date
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Description
- Long article about deaf employment by Schowe, includes a lengthy comparsion to deaf employment in Great Britain
- Subject
- Occupational Training, Segregation, Safety and health at work, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, World War II, Communication--Deaf, War Manpower, Lipreading, Worker's Compensation--Deaf, Vocabulary--Deaf, Sign Language--American, Job placement--Deaf, Oralism vs. manualism debate
- Title
- Final Report of the Temporary W.P.A. Employment Committee, May 15, 1940
- Created
- May 15, 1940
- Creator
- National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Description
- Final report regarding the individuals involved in the regulations revision process and terminology in the revisions
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration, Vocabulary--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe on the behalf of the Akron division of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf to Fred R. Rauch, January 30, 1940
- Created
- January 30, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe asks Rauch to clarify a regulation
- Subject
- United States. Work Projects Administration, Discrimination in employment--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to A.G. Leisman, August 29, 1940
- Created
- August 29, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe outlines a strategy for Leisman to catch Pierce discriminating against deaf workers
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to A.L. Roberts, April 30, 1940
- Created
- April 30, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe reports to Roberts about his meeting in Washington and mentions expenditures
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Safety and health at work, United States. Work Projects Administration
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Arthur L. Roberts, March 21, 1940
- Created
- March 21, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe asks Roberts to help the committee out with its expenses
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Byron B. Burnes, April 8, 1941
- Created
- April 8, 1941
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe describes his scheme of distributing pamphlets to Burnes.
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Job placement--Deaf, Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf, Marketing channels, Worker's Compensation--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Carl Watson, January 6, 1940
- Created
- January 6, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe follows up with Watson about the new regulations posted by the Work Projects Administration
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Worker's Compensation--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Charles M. Smith, Counsel of Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, April 16, 1941
- Created
- April 16, 1941
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe tells Smith that his company has indeed discriminated against deaf employees and that the National Association of the Deaf is prepared to fight
- Subject
- Safety and health at work, Discrimination in employment--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Colonel F.C. Harrington, January 6, 1940
- Created
- January 6, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe asks Harrington to take action on the Work Projects Administration's new policies that bar deaf workers from employment
- Subject
- United States. Work Projects Administration, Workers' compensation Law and legislation, Discrimination in employment--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to E.R. Abernathy, January 12, 1940
- Created
- January 12, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe points out that state regulations may contradict federal regulations in this case.
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Ernest G. Draper, January 19, 1940
- Created
- January 19, 1940
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe quotes regulation to Draper and asks if those are actually federally or state based.
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to H.J. Summers, President of St. Louis Division of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, January 12, 1942
- Created
- January 12, 1942
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe outlines various evidence that supports the case of deaf employment and asks Summers to deal with local discrimination in St. Louis
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Safety and health at work
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Howard L. Benshoof, August 13, 1941
- Created
- August 13, 1941
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe offers advice to Benshoof
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Deaf--Employment--Statistics, Safety and health at work
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Irving S. Fusfeld, December 20, 1955
- Created
- December 30, 1955
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe asks Fusfeld to join him in the work towards equal employment for deaf people
- Subject
- Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States