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Texas Archives Month 2021 Poster - Documenting Disability History in Texas

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Texas Archives Document Disability History

Our historical collections reflect the spectrum of roles those with disabilities have played in American society. Texas archives also capture the ways in which governments, organizations, and institutions have identified, responded to, and provided resources for disabled individuals and groups. Of special note is the Texas Disability History Collection at the University of Texas at Arlington, where members of the university community were instrumental in advancing disability rights on college campuses.

Spotlight on Collections

Texas Disability History Collection (University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections)
https://library.uta.edu/txdisabilityhistory

Student Amanda Oei signs a question for her interpreter, Paula Golem to ask teacher Barbara Macintosh at Eastern Hills Elementary School, Fort Worth, 11/06/1985. She has a pencil in her right hand and is looking up with her lips in an "o" shape.

View image of Amanda Oie signs, Id#10014286, on the Texas Disability History Collection Site.

View image of Judy Parman wearing an orthopedic brace, Id#20062731, on the Texas Disability History Collection Site.

Charles Buckner is a veteran of the United States Navy. He fought in Iwo Jima where he lost his leg. Mr. Buckner is currently employed with the Mathis Artificial Limb and Brace Company. He is shown participating in on-the-job training as he makes an artificial leg. Mr. Buckner is dressed in a button-up shirt and trousers.

View image of Charles Buckner training at the Mathis Artificial Limb and Brace Company, Id#20062742, on the Texas Disability History Collection Site.

A unique system built and installed on a van allows John Dycus to drive. Dycus sits in the driver’s seat operating the vehicle. He wears glasses, a short beard and mustache.

View image of A unique system built and installed on a van allows John Dycus to drive, Id#10014369, on the Texas Disability History Collection Site.

View image of Artist Randy Souders painting the Wise County Courthouse in Decatur, Texas, Id#20036050, on the Texas Disability History Collection Site.

Jim Hayes with two unidentified athletes in wheelchairs, possibly at Texas Hall during basketball practice, University of Texas at Arlington, n.d. Jim is in the center pointing up as two players on the side watch and listen. There are folded up bleachers behind them.

View image of Jim Hayes with two unidentified athletes in wheelchairs, Id#10014501, on the Texas Disability History Collection Site.

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Archives (University of Texas at Austin Division of Diversity and Community Engagement)
https://hogg.utexas.edu/who-we-are/history

The Hogg Foundation: A Historical Perspective video
Presented by Bill Bush
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health 2016

Documentary: In a Strange Land video
As part of a larger campaign the reform and modernize the state hospital system in Texas, the Hogg Foundation presented its own vision for mental health services in April 1956, with the release of In a Strange Land.

C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department (University of Texas at El Paso)

Photograph of Anita Blair in a floral print dress with a curtain behind her and her guide dog. Anita Blair 01. Samuel Fant photograph collection, PH056, C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library.
Anita Blair 01. Samuel Fant photograph collection, PH058,
C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department.
The University of Texas at El Paso Library.

Photograph Anita Blair in a polka dot dress and a wide brim hat with a curtain behind her and with her guide dog. Anita Blair 02. Samuel Fant photograph collection, PH056, C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library.
Anita Blair 02. Samuel Fant photograph collection, PH058,
C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department.
The University of Texas at El Paso Library.

Anita Blair (1916-2010), a safety activist elected to serve as a representative to the Texas state legislature in 1952, was the first blind woman elected to any state legislature in the United States.

Anita Blair Papers
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=finding_aid

Samuel Fant Photograph Collection:
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1209&context=finding_aid

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas Legislative Council, Study Committee on Programs for the Handicapped Public Hearing Audiotapes https://tsl.access.preservica.com/tda/texas-state-government/legislature/leg-council/#handicappedHearing
Texas Department on Aging and Disability https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/30036.xml
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Records https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/10207.xml
Texas School for the Deaf Minutes and Agenda https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/30131.xml
Josephine T. Lamb Collection https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/80026.xml
American Disabilities Act at 30: Out of the Stacks https://www.tsl.texas.gov/outofthestacks/americans-with-disabilities-act-at-30/

More Resources:

Search Texas Archival Repositories Online (TARO) for related collections
TARO: https://txarchives.org/home
Disability History Online Archival Resource Guide
UTA Libraries: https://libguides.uta.edu/oar/disability
Documenting Disability in the Historical Record (Society of American Archivists)
https://www2.archivists.org/groups/accessibility-and-disability-section/documenting-disability-in-the-historical-record

The 2021 Texas Archives Month Poster features the following images:

Harp Class for the Blind, Third Annual Tea, 1962. Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society Collection, Fort Worth Public Library Archives
http://www.fortworthtexasarchives.org/digital/collection/p16084coll24/id/50/rec/5
Senator Criss Cole shaking hands with a guest at his Governor for a Day ceremony, January 10, 1970. Current Events Photographic Documentation Program collection, 1970/151-36. Texas State Library and Archives Commission https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/50110.xml
Institute for the Blind, 1894 [Austin]. Artwork of Austin (Chicago: W.H. Parish Pub. Co., 1894), 1/2 26. Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Still image from the documentary, In a Strange Land, 1956. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas at Austin
Anita Blair 01, Samuel Fant photograph collection, PH058. C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department, The University of Texas at El Paso
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1209&context=finding_aid
[Jim Hayes with two unidentified athletes in wheelchairs], n.d. 10014501.
Texas Disability History Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections
https://library.uta.edu/txdisabilityhistory/img/10014501