Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social MovementA collection of primary and secondary sources documenting the history of disability around the world. Document types include video recordings; histories; biographies; reference works; artwork; literary works; personal narratives, oral histories, diaries, and interviews; correspondence; organizational records; government documents; posters, pamphlets, brochures, and ephemera; curricular documents; research reports; periodicals and newspapers; speeches; photographs; and more. Covers 1492-present, with bulk of documents from the twentieth century.
Unpublished primary sources drawn from several archives: General Records of the Department of State (RG59); Regulations and Circulars, 1940-1946;
Records Created or Inherited by HM Treasury (T);
Records Created or Inherited by the Manpower Services Commission
Records Created or Inherited by the Ministry of Health and Successors, Local Government Boards and Related Bodies (MH). Ministry of Health: Health Divisions: Public Health Services, Registered Files (93000 Series) and Other Records (MH55);
Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, and of Related, Predecessor and Successor Bodies (PIN). Ministry of Pensions and Successors: Disablement Services Branch Records (PIN38);
Records of Departments Responsible for Labour and Employment Matters and Related Bodies (LAB). Ministry of Labour and Successors: Disabled Persons, Registered Files (DP Series) and other records (LAB 20);
Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards (RG220). General Government. Records of Temporary Organizations Established During the Clinton Administration 1992-96 (RG220.21). Records of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform; Records of the American National Red Cross; Records of the American National Red Cross. General Records, 1919-1999; Records of the Cabinet Office (CAB). Cabinet: Memoranda (CP and C Series) (CAB129); Records of the Disabled Persons Employment Corporation Ltd and of Remploy Ltd (BM). Remploy Ltd: Trade and Agency Agreements (BM11); Records of the Ministry of Munitions and Successors, Including Papers of David Lloyd George (MUN); Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (RG16). General Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 1879-1981 (RG16.3). Records of the Commissioner and Secretary of Agriculture (RG16.3.1). General Correspondence, 1906-1975; Records of the Office of War Information, 1926-1951 (RG208); Records of the Unemployment Assistance Boards, the Supplementary Benefits Commission, and of Related Bodies (AST). Supplementary Benefits Commission: Registered Files (SBC Series) (AST36); and the Reinhold Niebuhr Papers, 1907-1990.
