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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 Industrial Potential of the Deaf, by Benjamin M. Schowe, April 11, 1954
Created: April 11, 1954
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Schowe writes about the potential of the deaf worker post-war
Subject: World War I, United States. Work Projects Administration, World War II, Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--United States

Title: The Kingdom of Inquiring Minds
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Notes
Description: Schowe talks about his job in economics which is really all about reading.
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Reading

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 Byron B. Burnes, February 24, 1941
Created: February 21, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks for further clarification of the role of the industrial committee
Subject: Organizations--Deaf--United States, Employment--Deaf--United States

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 Guilbert C. "General" Braddock, August 7, 1941
Created: August 7, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Personal letter discussing National Association of the Deaf business, Reunions, and labor pamphlets.
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Insurance--Deaf

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Jay Cooke Howard, August 7, 1941
Created: August 7, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks Howard about who should be in charge of a labor bureau for the deaf- state or federal?
Subject: Workers' compensation Law and legislation, Job placement--Deaf, Employment--Deaf--United States, Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf

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 18, 1941
Created: May 18, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe congratulates Michigan on its success with placing deaf persons in employment and doing so in-directly.
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Leonard M. Elstad, September 4, 1952
Created: September 4, 1952
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe writes to Elstad, informing him that he cannot go to Washington, but asks him to mention the issue of handicapped workers at a conference
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Employment--Handicapped--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Members of the NAD Industrial Committee, January 28, 1941
Created: January 28, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe contacts his new committee for the NAD industrial committee and outlines a course of action
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Vocabulary--Deaf, Organizations--Deaf--United States, Deaf--Employment--Statistics, Occupational Training

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Tom L. Anderson, February 17, 1941
Created: February 17, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks Anderson to clarify the role of the Industrial Committee
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Organizations--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Tom L. Anderson, January 3, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe accepts chairmanship of the National Association of the Deaf's Industrial Committee
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Organizations--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Tom L. Anderson, March 15, 1941
Created: March 15, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe outlines a plan for a pamphlet for employers
Subject: Vocabulary--Deaf, Organizations--Deaf--United States, Employment--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Tom L. Anderson, March 18, 1941
Created: March 18, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe complains of problems with his committee and tries to outline a course of action.
Subject: Occupational Training, Employment--Deaf--United States, Organizations--Deaf--United States, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Memorandum from Benjamin M. Schowe to Alan B. Crammattee, December 23, 1956
Created: December 23, 1956
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks Crammatte to consider a study of deaf employment and developing guidelines for such.
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Deaf Means of Communication

Title: On employment for Gallaudet grads
Created: January 1, 1958
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Manuscripts, Notes
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, College graduates--Washington (D.C.)

Title: Psychology of Careers by Donald Super
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Notes
Description: The psychology of the handicapped worker and the possibility of integration
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Psychology--Employment

Title: Two ways to provide employment for handicapped workers.
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Notes
Description: Schowe writes about how a company goes about hiring deaf and disabled workers and the accompanying accomodations
Subject: Employment--Deaf--United States, Employment--Handicapped--United States

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