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Title: The Deaf At Work by Benjamin M. Schowe, October 22, 1957
Created: October 22, 1957
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Schowe discusses the future of deaf employment and explores why Akron has many deaf employees compared to other cities
Subject: Vocational Rehabilitation--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Communication--Deaf, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Occupational Training, Lipreading

Title: Deaf Men and Women At Work, November 16, 1940
Created: November 16, 1940
Creator: NAD Industrial Committee
Type: Pamphlets
Description: Booklet published by the National Association of the Deaf about Deaf men and women at work.
Subject: Insurance--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Deaf--Employment--Statistics

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.L. Roberts to Benjamin M. Schowe, August 28, 1941
Created: August 28, 1941
Creator: Roberts, A.L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Roberts tells Schowe that he is going to check into discrimination at Western Electric
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Ann Murray, Assistant Supervisor of PWA Projects, December 10, 1937
Created: December 10, 1937
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe is concerned that if immediate action is not taken, deaf workers would lose their chance at employment
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Disabilities--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Boyce R. Williams, April 16, 1954
Created: April 16, 1954
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe claims that discrimination is difficult to define and capture
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

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 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 Charles M. Smith, Counsel of Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, April 16, 1941
Created: April 16, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe tells Smith that his company has indeed discriminated against deaf employees and that the National Association of the Deaf is prepared to fight
Subject: Safety and health at work, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to H.J. Summers, President of St. Louis Division of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, January 12, 1942
Created: January 12, 1942
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe outlines various evidence that supports the case of deaf employment and asks Summers to deal with local discrimination in St. Louis
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Safety and health at work

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Howard L. Benshoof, August 13, 1941
Created: August 13, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe offers advice to Benshoof
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Deaf--Employment--Statistics, Safety and health at work

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Howard L. Benshoof, September 22, 1941
Created: September 22, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe reports to Benshoof some research results regarding discrimination
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Irving S. Fusfeld, December 20, 1955
Created: December 30, 1955
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks Fusfeld to join him in the work towards equal employment for deaf people
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Jay Cooke Howard, July 24, 1941
Created: July 24, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe writes to Howard about various issues regarding deaf employment, especially discrimination
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Jay Cooke Howard, May 24, 1941
Created: May 24, 1941
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe asks Howard for help with committee work
Subject: Organizations--Deaf--United States, Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Kreigh B. Ayers, January 18, 1942
Created: January 18, 1942
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe thanks Ayers for an article about job discrimination and discusses vocational training with residency requirements
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Occupational Training

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Leonard Outhwaite, Consultant on Minority Groups, War Production Board, March 8, 1942
Created: March 8, 1942
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe tells Outhwaite that hazards to deaf employees are more imagined than real
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Safety and health at work

Title: Letter from Benjamin M. Schowe to Leonard Outhwaite, January 15, 1942
Created: January 15, 1942
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Correspondence
Description: Schowe presents a case of discrimination against deaf workers in St. Louis in relation to the defense industry
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

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