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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 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: Final Report of the Temporary W.P.A. Employment Committee, May 15, 1940
Created: May 15, 1940
Creator: National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Final report regarding the individuals involved in the regulations revision process and terminology in the revisions
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf, United States. Work Projects Administration, Vocabulary--Deaf

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 Tom L. Anderson to P. French Sitton, March 21, 1942
Created: March 21, 1942
Creator: Anderson, Tom L.
Type: Correspondence
Description: Anderson thanks Sitton for his efforts and encourages him to consult with local organizations first.
Subject: Discrimination in employment--Deaf

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: Report from D.W. Wilson Jr. to Benjamin M. Schowe, no date
Creator: Wilson, D.W.
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Report about the best way to educate and train deaf workers
Subject: Civil Works Administration, Deaf--Employment--Statistics, Occupational Training, Public Works Administration, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Oralism vs. manualism debate

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

Title: War-Time Evolution of Employment Opportunities For the Deaf, Benjamin M. Schowe, January 3, 1943
Created: January 3, 1943
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Manuscripts
Description: Schowe describes the difficulties facing the deaf employee in search for jobs but presents some ideas that work to the deaf employee's advantage
Subject: Employment Opportunities--Deaf--United States, Discrimination in employment--Deaf, Deaf--Employment--Statistics, Occupational Training

Title: A Worm's Eye View of W.P.A. by Benjamin M. Schowe, 1938
Created: January 1, 1938
Creator: Schowe, Benjamin M., 1893-1979
Type: Publications
Description: Schowe outlines the discrimination problems that the deaf have faced in gaining government employment
Subject: United States. Work Projects Administration, Discrimination in employment--Deaf

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: 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