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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: Letter from A.G. Leisman to Benjamin M. Schowe, April 8, 1941
Created: April 8, 1941
Creator: Leisman, A.G.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Leisman gives Schowe some information about the unemployed deaf in Wisconsin
Subject: Unemployment--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--Statistics, Occupational Training, Safety and health at work

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Byron B. Burnes, April 19, 1941
Created: April 19, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks Burnes about what is going on with Tom L. Anderson and suggests that placement officers have thus far demonstrated great interest in the pamphlets
Subject: Unemployment--Deaf, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Job placement--Deaf, Marketing channels

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Lloyd S. Bower, January 25, 1934
Created: January 25, 1934
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe tells Bower the Civil Works Administration is not hiring
Subject: Unemployment--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 William Hunter, January 19, 1934
Created: January 19, 1934
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe informs Hunter he cannot find employment for him at this time
Subject: Employment--Deaf--Statistics, Unemployment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Jay Cooke Howard to Benjamin M. Schowe, February 18, 1941
Created: February 18, 1941
Creator: Howard, Jay Cooke
Type: Correspondence
Description: Howard shares some cases for the committee
Subject: Unemployment--Deaf, Job placement--Deaf, Safety and health at work

Title: Letter from Jay Cooke Howard to Benjamin M. Schowe, July 21, 1941
Created: July 21, 1941
Creator: Howard, Jay Cooke
Type: Correspondence
Description: Howard investigates allegations of unemployment in Flint but is unable to find any cases.
Subject: Unemployment--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--Statistics

Title: Letter from Lloyd S. Bower to Ralph Dann, January 19, 1934
Created: January 19, 1934
Creator: Bower, Lloyd S.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Bower asks Dann if Schowe can get him a job in Akron with the Civil Works Administration after being laid off by Firestone during the Great Depression
Subject: Unemployment--Deaf, Great Depression

Title: Letter from Margarette B. Helmle to Benjamin M. Schowe, May 5, 1941
Created: May 5, 1941
Creator: Helmle, Margarette B.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Helmle offers Schowe a sampling of data from New York regarding deaf employment
Subject: Employment--Deaf--Statistics, Unemployment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Reverend A.G. Leisman to Benjamin M. Schowe, July 18, 1941
Created: July 18, 1941
Creator: Leisman, A.G.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Leisman tells Schowe that the recent business surge has reduced unemployment among the deaf
Subject: Unemployment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Tom L. Anderson to O.C. Tabb, Secretary-Treasurer of Crawford-Austin Manufacturing Company, October 13, 1942
Created: October 13, 1942
Creator: Anderson, Tom L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Anderson responds to Tabb's request for deaf workers
Subject: Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Unemployment--Deaf, Insurance--Deaf

Title: Letter from Wallace K. Gibson to Benjamin M. Schowe, May 19, 1943
Created: May 19, 1943
Creator: Gibson, Wallace K.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Gibson asks Schowe for information on deaf industrial organizations
Subject: Job placement--Deaf, Unemployment--Deaf, Labor Unions--Deaf

Title: Letter to K.B. Ayers from Art Sibler, February 19, 1940
Created: February 19, 1940
Creator: Sibler, Art
Type: Correspondence
Description: Sibler tells Ayers that a friend has been laid off and they suspect that discrimination is the cause
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Unemployment--Deaf