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Title: Letter from Guilbert C. Braddock to Benjamin M. Schowe, August 27, 1941
Created: August 27, 1941
Creator: Braddock, Guilbert C.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Braddock discusses the Kenner situation with Schowe and various cases of discrimination and job placements.
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Occupational Training, Job placement--Deaf

Title: Letter from H.J. Summers, President of St. Louis Division of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf to Benjamin M. Schowe, 1942
Created: January 1, 1942
Creator: Summers, H.J.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Summers describes a specific incident of discrimination at the St. Louis Ordnance Plant
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Safety and health at work

Title: Letter from Howard L. Benshoof to Benjamin M. Schowe, August 6, 1941
Created: August 6, 1941
Creator: Benshoof, Howard L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Benshoof asks Schowe for information and assistance in job placement
Subject: Job placement--Deaf, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Ignatius Bjorlee, Superintendent of the Maryland State School for the Deaf to Benjamin M. Schowe, February 5, 1943
Created: February 5, 1943
Creator: Bjorlee, Ignatius
Type: Correspondence
Description: Bjorlee tells Schowe about how some firms intentionally develop regulations to make it easy to dismiss deaf employees
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from I.M. Robinson to Harry Slonaker, March 16, 1940
Created: March 16, 1940
Creator: Robinson, I.M.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Robinson thanks Slonaker for offering evidence of discrimination and urges him to take local action
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from Jay Cooke Howard to Benjamin M. Schowe, February 15, 1941
Created: February 15, 1941
Creator: Howard, Jay Cooke
Type: Correspondence
Description: Howard talks to Schowe about committee members and some issues related to discrimination in employment.
Subject: Occupational aptitude tests, Job placement--Deaf, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Loel F. Schreiber to Benjamin M. Schowe, September 30, 1943
Created: September 30, 1943
Creator: Schreiber, Loel F.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schreiber outlines his efforts in Phoenix to Schowe regarding increasing deaf employment
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Marcus L. Kenner to Benjamin M. Schowe, April 16, 1940
Created: April 16, 1940
Creator: Kenner, Marcus L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Kenner boasts that he has gotten a concession from the Work Projects Administration and that the National Association of the Deaf was indeed on top of matters
Subject: United States. Work Projects Administration, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Percival Hall to Colonel F.C. Harrington, January 8, 1940
Created: January 8, 1940
Creator: Hall, Percival
Type: Correspondence
Description: Hall asks Harrington to consider the new Work Projects Administration rules carefully.
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration, Safety and health at work

Title: Letter from Percival Hall to Kreigh B. Ayers, December 7, 1937
Created: December 7, 1937
Creator: Hall, Percival
Type: Correspondence
Description: Hall tells Ayers that he has no experience with Work Projects Administration workers and discrimination cases
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration, Vocabulary--Deaf

Title: Letter from Robert O'Leary to Benjamin M. Schowe, January 13, 1940
Created: January 13, 1940
Creator: O'Leary, Robert
Type: Correspondence
Description: Denial of discrimination and request for specific cases
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from Russell J. Darst to Benjamin M. Schowe, June 21, 1940
Created: June 21, 1940
Creator: Darst, Russell J.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Darst tells Schowe of a case of discrimination and of trouble with the local office
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from the Committee on W.P.A. Employment to A.R. Norris, February 14, 1940
Created: February 14, 1940
Creator: National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type: Correspondence
Description: The committee asks Norris to send photostats of his complaints to build a case for the discrimination complaint to federal authorities
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from the Special Committee on W.P.A. Employment to August Valentine, March 28, 1940
Created: March 28, 1940
Creator: National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type: Correspondence
Description: The committee urges Valentine to return for a certificate because the denial of such a certificate would prove a case of discrimination
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from the Special Committee on W.P.A. Employment to Raymond Pleake, March 28, 1940
Created: March 28, 1940
Creator: National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type: Correspondence
Description: 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
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from Tom L. Anderson to Benjamin M. Schowe, April 1, 1941
Created: April 1, 1941
Creator: Anderson, Tom L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Anderson asks Schowe to keep him in the loop
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Organizations--Deaf--United States, Oralism vs. manualism debate

Title: Letter from Tom L. Anderson to Benjamin M. Schowe, December 7, 1941
Created: December 7, 1941
Creator: Anderson, Tom L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Several letters concerning Balfour's claim of discrimination in employment
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Labor Unions

Title: Letter from Tom L. Anderson to Benjamin M. Schowe, January 8, 1941
Created: December 8, 1941
Creator: Anderson, Tom L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Anderson is upset that Schowe won't head up the National Association of the Deaf's Industrial Committee
Subject: Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Job placement--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--United States, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Tom L. Anderson to Benjamin M. Schowe, June 20, 1941
Created: June 20, 1941
Creator: Anderson, Tom L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Anderson apologizes for his delayed response and congratulates Schowe on his handling of the Missouri affair.
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Organizations--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from Tom L. Anderson to P. French Sitton, March 21, 1942
Created: March 21, 1942
Creator: Anderson, Tom L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Anderson thanks Sitton for his efforts and encourages him to consult with local organizations first.
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

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