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- Title
- Civil Works Project for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, January 26, 1934
- Created
- January 26, 1934
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Letter to ministers from Schowe asking for their assistance in making contacts with the deaf and hard of hearing
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf, Unemployment--Deaf
- Title
- The Deaf War Workers: A Study in Utilization, Benjamin M. Schowe
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Articles
- Description
- Also includes an extensive examination of deafness and identity
- Subject
- World War II, Employment--Deaf--United States, Safety and health at work, Discrimination--Deaf, Occupational Training, Lipreading, Segregation, Prejudices
- Title
- The Function of A Fact-Finding Information Center in the Employment of the Deaf, Benjamin M. Schowe, November 13, 1944
- Created
- November 13, 1944
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Description
- Schowe calls for the establishment of a Bureau of the Handicapped within the Government's Labor Bureau
- Subject
- Job placement--Deaf, Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Ben Maidenburg, Editor of the Beacon Journal, September 16, 1969
- Created
- September 16, 1969
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Letter to the Editor from Schowe discussing the problems of minority groups, the "poverty war", and the deaf.
- Subject
- Letters to the editor, Oralism vs. manualism debate, Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Ben Maidenburg, Editor of the Beacon Journal, September 16, 1969
- Created
- September 16, 1969
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Letter to the Editor from Schowe discussing the problems of minority groups, the "poverty war", and the deaf.
- Subject
- Letters to the editor, Oralism vs. manualism debate, Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Boyce R. Williams, April 10, 1955
- Created
- April 10, 1954
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe addresses the problem of discrimination against deaf workers
- Subject
- Communication--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Discrimination--Deaf, Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Boyce R. Williams, April 3, 1957
- Created
- April 3, 1957
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe discusses workplace accommodations for general handicapped employees but admits that such is not the same for deaf workers and it is harder to measure the import of communication on jobs.
- Subject
- Employment--Deaf--United States, Discrimination--Deaf, Promotions, Work environment Barrier-free design, Occupational Training
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Clifton A. Woodrum, United States Representative, August 20, 1941
- Created
- August 20, 1941
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe writes to Woodrum on behalf of Homer Smoak, pointing out that the Civil Service cannot discriminate based on deafness
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--United States
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Duncan Smoak, August 20, 1941
- Created
- August 20, 1941
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe writes to Smoak with suggestions as to how to deal with the Civil Service's hearing requirements
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to E.R. Abernathy, Superintendent of the Ohio School for the Deaf, April 14, 1954
- Created
- April 14, 1954
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe criticizes an recent article in the Chroncile that characterizes the deaf as suspicious and uncooperative
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf, Stereotype (Psychology)
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Geno M. Vescovi, Counselor for the Deaf, September 25, 1962
- Created
- September 25, 1962
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M. Jr.
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe tells Vescovi he will have better luck with foremen or experience hourly rate workers for lobbying for deaf employees
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf, Safety and health at work
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to G.O. Erickson, November 15, 1939
- Created
- November 15, 1939
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe suggests that the National Association of the Deaf form a committee specifically for Employment
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf, Insurance--Deaf, Worker's Compensation--Deaf, Workers' compensation Law and legislation, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Vocabulary--Deaf, Organizations--Deaf--United States
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Jay Cooke Howard, Director of the Division of the Deaf and Deafened, Michigan Department of Labor and Industry, May 8, 1941
- Created
- May 8, 1941
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe discusses the Lumbermens strike and the booklets for distribution for job placement services. He also expresses his displeasure at the Office of Personnel Management's exclusion of deaf and handicapped workers.
- Subject
- Strikes and Lockouts, Discrimination--Deaf, Job placement--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to RMG and Friends, May 15, 1942
- Created
- May 15, 1942
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe talks about a play by Gallaudet's troupe then about discrimination against deaf workers
- Subject
- Safety and health at work, Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to W. Richard Kennedy, November 16, 1956
- Created
- November 16, 1956
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe writes a sample letter to parents for W. Richard Kennedy, encouraging parents to become actively involved in combating job discrimination against deaf workers
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Wallace K. Gibson, May 26, 1943
- Created
- May 26, 1943
- Creator
- Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Schowe discourages the deaf from organizing.
- Subject
- Labor Unions--Deaf, Safety and health at work, Discrimination--Deaf, Occupational Training
- Title
- Letter from Duncan Smoak to Benjamin M. Schowe, August 16, 1941
- Created
- August 16, 1941
- Creator
- Smoak, Duncan
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Duncan Smoak writes to Schowe asking him to help convince Congressman Woodrum to eliminate a requirement for normal hearing for the Civil Service
- Subject
- Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from Edward Pine, Coordinator of Improving Opportunities of the Deaf, to Edward Cole, President of General Motors Corporation, August 5, 1970
- Created
- August 5, 1970
- Creator
- Pine, Edward
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Pine rejects Steiner's assertions and states that General Motors' policy is de facto discrimination
- Subject
- Employment--Deaf--United States, Discrimination--Deaf, Safety and health at work
- Title
- Letter from Edward Pine, Coordinator of Improving Opportunities of the Deaf, to Edward Cole, President of General Motors Corporation, July 17, 1970
- Created
- July 17, 1970
- Creator
- Pine, Edward
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Pine asks Cole to open General Motors to deaf employees
- Subject
- Employment--Deaf--United States, Safety and health at work, Discrimination--Deaf
- Title
- Letter from E.R. Abernathy, Superintendent of Ohio School for the Deaf, to Benjamin M. Schowe, April 17, 1954
- Created
- April 17, 1954
- Creator
- Abernathy, E.R.
- Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- Abernathy agrees with Schowe's prior letter about an article in the Chroncile that characterized the deaf as suspicious and uncooperative
- Subject
- Stigma, Stereotype (Psychology), Discrimination--Deaf