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| Named Person: | Frank Kurt Cylke; James Gashel; Kenneth Jernigan; Mary Ellen Jernigan; Raymond Kurzweil; Marc Maurer; Patricia Maurer; John Nagle; Newel Perry; Jacobus tenBroek |
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| Document Type: | Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: | National Federation of the Blind.; American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults.; Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund. |
| OCLC Number: | 741959794 |
| Language Note: | Materials primarily in English. A significant portion of the collection is in Grade 2 Braille. |
| Notes: | Funded with support from The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), as part of the Bringing Blind History to Light project. Information on the history of the National Federation of the Blind, the NFB Affiliates, the American Action Fund, and the Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund can be found in the Historical Sketch in the Guide to the National Federation of the Blind Institutional Records. Detailed information on the scope and content of the collection can be found in the Guide to the National Federation of the Blind Institutional Records. |
| Description: | Approximately 1,758 linear feet (including 108 filing cabinets, 289 Paige boxes, 100 Hollinger boxes, 45 banker's boxes, and 21 oversized folders) |
| Other Titles: | NFB Institutional Records |
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Abstract:
Correspondence, publications, drafts, administrative files, case files, news clippings, legislative files, core documents, reference materials, speeches, fundraising materials, convention files, audio/video recordings, Braille documents, and miscellany documenting the interests, advocacy, and daily business of the national headquarters of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest national membership organization of blind people in the United States. Collection also includes the records of the state affiliates of the NFB and its sister organizations: the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults and the Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund. The NFB is an active organization and new records will be added as they become available.
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- Cylke, Frank Kurt.
- Gashel, James.
- Jernigan, Kenneth.
- Jernigan, Mary Ellen.
- Kurzweil, Raymond.
- Maurer, Marc.
- Maurer, Patricia.
- Nagle, John.
- Perry, Newel.
- tenBroek, Jacobus, -- 1911-1968.
- National Federation of the Blind.
- American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults.
- American Brotherhood for the Blind.
- Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund.
- National Organization of Parents of Blind Children.
- National Association of Blind Lawyers.
- National Association of Blind Students.
- National Association of Guide Dog Users.
- National Center for the Blind.
- Friends of Libraries for Blind and Physically Handicapped in North America.
- Social advocacy -- United States.
- Social reformers -- United States.
- Blindness -- Public opinion -- United States.
- Blindness -- Social conditions -- United States.
- Parents of blind children -- United States.
- Braille -- Study and teaching -- United States.
- Braille -- Standards -- United States.
- People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States.
- People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States.
