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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: 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: 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: 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 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 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

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: Rough Draft of Letter (2)
Creator: Unknown
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Rough draft thanking the Work Projects Administration for revising their regulations
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration, Safety and health at work

Title: Rough Draft of Letter, Unknown Author and Recepient, No date
Creator: Unknown
Type: Manuscripts
Description: A rough draft letter regarding deaf workers
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

Title: W.P.A. Committee: Final Report (June 1940)
Created: June 1, 1940
Creator: The Frat
Type: Clippings
Description: The committee discusses the revised regulations.
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration

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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