Featured Documents Related to Americans with Disabilities

List of Featured Documents Related to Americans with Disabilities

Herbert Hoover Library

• Letter from Helen Keller to Herbert Hoover Regarding His Donation to the American Foundation for Overseas Blind, 12/18/1958. National Archives Identifier: 5900000.
• Letter from Helen Keller to Herbert Hoover Regarding Her Upcoming Trip to the Far East, 02/04/1955. National Archives ID: 5899998

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his Wheelchair with Fala and Ruthie Bie at Top Cottage, Hyde Park, New York, 02/1941. National Archives ID: 6037487.
• Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Dr. Egleston Regarding his Polio Attack, 10/11/1924. National Archives ID: 6037479.
• Bill from Dr. Linder Inc. for Leg Braces with a Handwritten Note from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 07/05/1926. National Archives ID: 6037482.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Exercising in a Pool at Warm Springs, 1928. National Archives ID: 6037485.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Exercising in the Walking Court at Warm Springs, Georgia, 1928. National Archives ID: 6037486.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Swimming in a Pool at Warm Springs, Georgia, 10/29. National Archives ID: 6037484.
• Statement on the New National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 09/23/1937. National Archives ID: 6037480.
• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Receives a Birthday Cake in the Oval Office, White House from William Green of the American Federation of Labor, 01/30/1942. National Archives ID: 6037481.
• Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Keller in Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, 08/25/1954 Archives ID: 195945.

Harry S. Truman Library

• Truman presents Blinded Veterans Association, Inc., with official insignia, 4/12/1948 National Archives ID: 6087938.
• Press Release, Proclamation for National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1945, 9/22/1945. National Archives ID: 6087935.
• Letter to Committee Members and Chairman of State Governor's Committees from Harry S. Truman, 12/3/1949. National Archives ID: 6087925.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

• Letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to John Beaulieu, 10/24/1956. National Archives ID:594355.

John F. Kennedy Library

• Visit of Debbie Sue Brown, the March of Dimes Poster Child, 1/12/62.
• President John F. Kennedy Meets the McGrath Family. 11/14/1961. National Archives ID: 6050296
• Statement by the President regarding the need for a National plan in mental retardation, 10/1961. National Archives ID: 6050301
• Remarks of the President to members of the Panel on Mental Retardation Rose Garden, 10/18/1961. National Archives ID: 6050316
• Letter from Chairman Melvin J. Maas of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped to President Kennedy, 2/26/1963. National Archives ID: 6050320
• Memo from Stafford L. Warren on Mental Retardation, 10/2/1963. National Archives ID: 6050323
• Note from Governor Hughes of New Jersey on Mental Retardation. National Archives ID: 6050324
• Offprint of public law 88-156, Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, 10/24/1963. National Archives ID: 6050326
• Report to the President: A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation, 10/1962. National Archives ID: 6050329

Lyndon B. Johnson Library

• President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing H.R. 18763, the Bill to Authorize Pre-School and Early Education Programs for Handicapped Children, 09/30/1968. National Archives ID: 6037517
• Press Release - Remarks of the President at the Gallaudet Centennial Banquet, 06/06/1964. National Archives ID: 6037515
• President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Bill Establishing the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology, 06/08/1965 National Archives ID: 6037516
• Memorandum from William D. Carey to Ervin Duggan, 12/19/1967. The memo pertains to a letter from Eunice Kennedy Shriver, dated 12/12/1967, in which she refers to seeing President Johnson at the White House signing the Mental Retardation Bill, and asks him to approve additional funds for the program. In addition to the letter from Shriver and the memo from Carey, also attached are instructions from President Johnson to his aides, and an inquiry from Ervin Duggan to William Carey about the additional funds. National Archives ID: 6037514

Richard Nixon Library

• Fact Sheet - President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 03/28/1974. National Archives ID: 6037500
• Report of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1972. National Archives ID: 6037501
• Press Release -Executive Order #11776 Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities, 03/28/1974. National Archives ID: 6037499

Gerald R. Ford Library

• Enrolled Bill S. 6 - Education for All Handicapped Children, 1975. National Archives ID: 6037497
• Briefing Paper for President Gerald R. Ford's Meeting with the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 10/11/1974. National Archives ID: 6037494
• Memorandum from Jim Cannon to President Gerald R. Ford Concerning Enrolled Bill S. 6 - Education for All Handicapped Children, 11/28/1975. National Archives ID: 6037496
• Memorandum from Jim Connor to Jim Cannon Concerning Enrolled Bill S. 6 - Education for All Handicapped Children, 11/29/1975. National Archives ID: 6037495

Jimmy Carter Library

• The White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals Newsletter, Spring 1977. National Archives ID: 6037498

Ronald Reagan Library Library

• National Employ the Handicapped Week Proclamation, 10/02/1981. National Archives ID: 6037512
• Learning Disabilities Awareness Month Proclamation, 10/11/1985. National Archives ID: 6037513
• National Disabled American Week Proclamation, 11/05/1988. National Archives ID: 6037511

George Bush Library

• President George H. W. Bush Signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, 07/26/1990. National Archives ID: 6037489.
• Memorandum For Governor Sununu from Roger B. Porter and David Q. Bates Regarding Development of Administration Disability Policy, 04/21/1989. National Archives ID: 6037491
• Fact Sheet - The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 07/26/1990. National Archives ID: 6037490
• Remarks By The President During Ceremony for the Signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 07/26/1990. National Archives ID: 6037492
• Statement By The President: July 26, 1990, 07/26/1990 National Archives ID: 6037493

William J. Clinton Library

• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton Posing for a Photograph with Special Olympics Athletes at a White House Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037505.
• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Chris Jennings, and others, Participating in a Disability Community Outreach Group Meeting in the Cabinet Room, 09/10/1997. National Archives ID: 6037502
• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Signing Executive Order 13078, Increasing Employment of Adults with Disabilities, in the Oval Office, 03/13/1998. National Archives ID: 6037503
• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Signing a Memorandum on Outreach Actions to Increase Employment of Adults with Disabilities, 07/29/1998. National Archives ID: 6037504
• Photograph of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Delivering Remarks with President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton at a White House Special Olympics Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037506
• Photograph of Tracy Chapman and Eric Clapton Performing at a White House Special Olympics Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037507
• Photograph of Whoopi Goldberg Delivering Remarks at a White House Special Olympics Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037508
• Letter from Maria Shriver to President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton. National Archives ID: 6037510
• Draft of President's Radio Address on Expanding Opportunities for Americans with Disabilities. National Archives ID: 6037509