This collection consists of 58 series of subject files based on 58 broad subject classifications developed by the Office of Records Management during the Kennedy Administration to facilitate the filing and retrieval of White House records. These records pertain to the functions and operations of the White House, Federal Government, foreign and other governments. These records also contain correspondence from private companies or individuals.
Series & File Units
Subject Files on Physically Handicapped
This series contains information about programs, reports and various other information on the handicapped such as: hearing impaired and blind; federal disabilities programs; Talking Books Program; National Commission on Education for the Deaf; Americans with Disabilities Act; Helen Keller National Center for Deaf - Blind Youths and Adults; Temporary Handicapped Children's Child Care and Crisis Nurseries Act - Respire Program; Project ORBIS - Flying Eye Hospital; Center for the Visually Impaired; Deaf Awareness Week; spinal muscular atrophy; lip reading or speechwriting; National Multiple Sclerosis Society of 1988 Annual Report; handicapped and disabled persons - "Dwarf Community;†and several reports from MDA - To Assure the Free Appropriate Public Education of all Handicapped Children,1988-90; Education for Hearing Impaired; Central Florida Lions Eye and Tissue Bank; retinal diseases, and judicial duties of a blind person.
Date
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Local ID
HE001-06
NAID
498171316
Record Type(s)
Textual Records
Extent
1 linear foot
Restrictions
Access Restriction
Restricted - Possibly
Records may be closed under exemptions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Withdrawal sheets in processed folders will indicate specific restrictions.
Specific Access Restriction
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Presidential Records Act (PRA)
