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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
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Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
Expenditures of W.P.A. Employment Committee to February 2, 1940
Created
February 2, 1940
Creator
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type
Financial records
Description
List of expenditures by members of the employment committee
Subject
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
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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
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Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf
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Employment--Deaf--United States
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 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 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
More Re W.P.A. (The Frat, April 1940)
Created
April 1, 1940
Creator
The Frat
Type
Clippings
Description
Announcement of nationwide committee on discrimination in Work Projects Administration
Subject
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
United States. Work Projects Administration
Title
On Putting An Education to Work, Benjamin M. Schowe, June 21, 1944
Created
June 21, 1944
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Manuscripts
Description
Schowe describes characteristics desirable in gaining employment for deaf employees
Subject
War Manpower
,
Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States
,
Safety and health at work
,
United States. Work Projects Administration
Title
Press Release--Schowe's address, no date
Creator
Empire State Association of the Deaf
Type
Publications
Description
Press release announces Schowe's address and explains his subject for the address.
Subject
Lipreading
,
Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States
,
Safety and health at work
,
United States. Work Projects Administration
Title
A Worm's Eye View of W.P.A. by Benjamin M. Schowe, 1938
Created
January 1, 1938
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Publications
Description
Schowe outlines the discrimination problems that the deaf have faced in gaining government employment
Subject
United States. Work Projects Administration
,
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
Title
The W.P.A. Committee Gets Action.
Created
April 13, 1940
Creator
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type
Manuscripts
Description
Victory for the committee in revising the regulations
Subject
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
United States. Work Projects Administration
Title
W.P.A. Committee: We Get Action (The Frat, May 1940)
Created
May 1, 1940
Creator
The Frat
Type
Clippings
Description
The committee reports that the Work Projects Administration will revise its definition of disability and total deafness
Subject
Discrimination in employment-_Deaf
,
United States. Work Projects Administration
Title
WPA Regulations: Akron Committee Finally Gets to the Source of Discrimination (The Frat, March 1940)
Created
March 1, 1940
Creator
The Frat
Type
Clippings
Description
The Frat explains exactly how the Work Projects Administration discriminates against deaf workers
Subject
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
United States. Work Projects Administration
Title
WPA Rulings (The Frat, February 1940)
Created
February 1, 1940
Creator
The Frat
Type
Clippings
Description
A report from the Akron committee on Work Projects Administration regulations and a letter from Fred R. Rauch
Subject
United States. Work Projects Administration
,
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
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