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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: 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 A.G. Leisman to Benjamin M. Schowe, August 26, 1940
Created: August 26, 1940
Creator: Leisman, A.G.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Leisman describes how local officials have found loopholes to federal regulations that allow deaf workers
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

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 13, 1940
Created: August 13, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe informs Leisman that the federal authorities won't tolerate discrimination but that it may still happen locally
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

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.G. Leisman, October 26,1940
Created: October 26, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Discrimination has improved in Wisconsin
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 A.L. Roberts, February 10, 1940
Created: February 10, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe urges for increased action
Subject: United States. Work Projects Administration, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to A.L. Roberts, January 16, 1940
Created: January 16, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks Roberts to publish a letter in the Frat about discrimination against deaf workers by the Work Projects Administration
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, 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 Brothers Ayers and Robinson, April 12, 1940
Created: April 12, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe disputes Rauch's arguments and defense of the regulations banning deaf employment
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Vocabulary--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Brothers Ayers and Robinson, April 12, 1940
Created: April 12, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe brings up arguments about Rauch's letter to Ayers
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Vocabulary--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

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 Benjamin M. Schowe to Chalmer Snably, February 14, 1940
Created: February 14, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe thanks Snably for reporting a case of discrimination and urges him to take up the case with his local official
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

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 Dow Harter, January 6, 1940
Created: January 6, 1940
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe appeals to congressmen for help in combating discrimination in Work Projects Administration regulations
Subject: United States. Work Projects Administration, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

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