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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: August Valentine Report
Creator: National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type: Manuscripts
Description: A report of discrimination in Illinois
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: Employment with the Works Progress Administration (Deaf Mute's Journal, February 1938)
Created: February 1, 1938
Creator: V.O.S. in Fanwood Journal
Type: Clippings
Description: Article encourages locals to see their local organizations for jobs with the Work Projects Administration
Subject: Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Job placement--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

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: The Industrial Potential of the Deaf, by Benjamin M. Schowe, April 11, 1954
Created: April 11, 1954
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Schowe writes about the potential of the deaf worker post-war
Subject: World War I, United States. Work Projects Administration, World War II, Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Brothers Ayers and Robinson, January 3, 1940
Created: January 3, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe outlines a plan of action to challenge the WPA's decision to exclude the deaf from manual labor
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from Earl L. Scott to Raymond Pleake, March 8, 1940
Created: March 8, 1940
Creator: Scott, Earl L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Letter from the Work Projects Administration to Pleake telling him that his deafness excludes him from protected employment
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from Ernest G. Draper to Colonel F.C. Harrington, January 8, 1940
Created: January 8, 1940
Creator: Draper, Ernest G.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Draper asks Harrington to reconsider regulations for the Work Projects Administration
Subject: United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from Fred R. Rauch to K.B. Ayers, April 10, 1940
Created: April 10, 1940
Creator: Rauch, Fred R.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Rauch admits the need for revision of the Work Projects Administration regulations regarding deaf workers
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration, Safety and health at work

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, Director of the Division of the Deaf and Deafened, Michigan Department of Labor and Industry, to Benjamin M. Schowe, May 20, 1941
Created: May 20, 1941
Creator: Howard, Jay Cooke
Type: Correspondence
Description: Howard discusses various deaf clients in Michigan that he has or needs to place.
Subject: United States. Work Projects Administration, Employment--Deaf--United States, Job Placement--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 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 National Fraternal Society of the Deaf Work Projects Administration Committee to E.R. Abernathy, January 10, 1940
Created: January 10, 1940
Creator: National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type: Correspondence
Description: Abernathy is asked to set up a meeting with Watson about the new regulations posed by the Work Projects Administration
Subject: 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

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