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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
,
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
The Deaf Wage-Earners: A Study in Adjustment to Occupation, Benjamin M. Schowe, no date
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Manuscripts
Description
Long article about deaf employment by Schowe, includes a lengthy comparsion to deaf employment in Great Britain
Subject
Occupational Training
,
Segregation
,
Safety and health at work
,
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States
,
World War II
,
Communication--Deaf
,
War Manpower
,
Lipreading
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
,
Vocabulary--Deaf
,
Sign Language--American
,
Job placement--Deaf
,
Oralism vs. manualism debate
Title
Letter from A.J. Reed to Franz L. Ascher, April 16, 1935
Created
April 16, 1935
Creator
Reed, A.J.
Type
Correspondence
Description
Reed informs Ascher of insurance policies for worker's compensation
Subject
Safety and health at work
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Byron B. Burnes, April 8, 1941
Created
April 8, 1941
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Schowe describes his scheme of distributing pamphlets to Burnes.
Subject
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Job placement--Deaf
,
Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf
,
Marketing channels
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Carl Watson, January 6, 1940
Created
January 6, 1940
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Schowe follows up with Watson about the new regulations posted by the Work Projects Administration
Subject
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Eleanor E. Sherman, September 19, 1939
Created
September 19, 1939
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Schowe explains about state laws governing worker's compensation and insurance for disabled workers
Subject
Insurance--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
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 J.E. Trainer, June 29, 1953
Created
June 29, 1953
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Schowe asserts that deafness is not an impairment of earning capacity
Subject
Safety and health at work
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Rae Martino, January 27, 1942
Created
January 27, 1942
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Schowe assigns tasks to Martino and explains the work of the industrial committee
Subject
Employment Opportunities--Disabilities--United States
,
Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States
,
Marketing channels
,
Public Relations
,
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Tom L. Anderson, March 30, 1941
Created
March 30, 1941
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Schowe outlines the main topics of his committee's work regarding employment and the deaf
Subject
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Organizations--Deaf--United States
,
Safety and health at work
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
,
Unemployment--Deaf
,
Occupational aptitude tests
Title
Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to W.S. Williams, Vocational Counselor, September 15, 1941
Created
September 15, 1941
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Schowe makes suggestion for further research
Subject
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
,
Deaf--Employment--Statistics
Title
Letter from C.B. Morcom to Franz L. Ascher, Chairman of the National Association of the Deaf, April 17, 1935
Created
April 17, 1935
Creator
Morcom, C.B.
Type
Correspondence
Description
Morcom assures Ascher that insurance companies don't want to discriminate against deaf workers
Subject
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
,
Safety and health at work
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 17, 1940
Created
May 17, 1940
Creator
Howard, Jay Cooke
Type
Correspondence
Description
Howard comments on an article Schowe published in the American Annals of the Deaf
Subject
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
,
Labor Unions
Title
Letter from S.E. Williams, Superintendent, to Franz L. Ascher, Chairman of the National Association of the Deaf, April 12, 1935
Created
April 12, 1935
Creator
Williams, S.E.
Type
Correspondence
Description
Williams denies that his company has turned down insurance to a deaf worker
Subject
Safety and health at work
,
Insurance--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
Letter to W. Theodore Griffing, no date.
Description
Schowe takes issue with Griffing's comments about worker's compensation in an article published in the American Annals of the Deaf
Subject
Insurance--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
Title
To A Select List of Placement Officers, Benjamin M. Schowe, April 10, 1941
Created
April 10, 1941
Creator
Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type
Correspondence
Description
Open letter to various employment placement officers asking them to fill out information cards about deaf employees
Subject
Job placement--Deaf
,
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
,
Employment--Deaf--Statistics
Title
Vocational Association of the Deaf: Committee on Industrial Practices, Progress Report, March 1, 1951
Created
March 1, 1951
Creator
Vocational Association of the Deaf Industrial Practices Committee
Type
Manuscripts
Description
Schowe and the committee discuss vocational training and other aspects of barriers to deaf employment
Subject
Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States
,
Occupational Training
,
Job placement--Deaf
,
Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf
,
Communication--Deaf
,
Lipreading
,
Safety and health at work
,
Worker's Compensation--Deaf
,
Discrimination in employment--Deaf
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