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BANC MSS 99/143 z
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Heumann (Judith E.) papers
Creator:
Heumann, Judith E.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 99/143 z
Physical Description:
24.3 linear feet
19 cartons, 1 box, and 1 oversize folder
Physical Description:
13.9 GB
(1,000 files)
Date (inclusive): 1947-2007
Abstract: The Judith E. Heumann papers document her activism as a disability rights advocate worldwide, focusing on the years 1983-2006,
when she co-directed the World Institute on Disability (WID), was Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), and was an Adviser on Disability and Development at the World Bank. There is a small
amount of personal material and records pertaining to her advocacy to teach in New York City's public schools and on behalf
of the Independent Living Movement. The collection includes correspondence; biographical materials and media about Heumann;
writings; materials pertaining to the Independent Living Movement, the WID, OSERS, and the World Bank; writings by others,
publications, and ephemera related to people with disabilities, disability rights, and disability justice; audiovisual materials;
and digital files.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Collection is open for research, with the exception of the World Bank email files found in digital folders 001-012. These
emails are unprocessed and are unavailable for researcher use.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Judith E. Heumann papers were given to The Bancroft Library between 1998 and 2001 by Ilse and Judith Heumann.
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Judith Ellen "Judy" Heumann is a lifelong advocate for the rights of people with disabilities worldwide. Huemann was born
December 18, 1947 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and raised in Brooklyn. She contracted polio in 1949 and began to use a wheelchair.
Heumann graduated from Long Island University in 1969. After passing her licensure test for a teaching certificate, she was
denied employment with the New York City Public Schools because of her inability to walk. In 1970, she won one of the earliest,
if not the first, disability-based employment discrimination lawsuits in the nation. Heumann received her Master's in Public
Health from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975. She was a founding member of the Berkeley Center for Independent
Living, and co-founded the World Institute on Disability (WID), with Ed Roberts and Joan Leon. Heumann served as co-director
of the WID until 1993, when Bill Clinton appointed her Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services (OSERS). Heumann served as the World Bank's first Adviser on Disability and Development from 2002-2006. Barack Obama
appointed her as the first Special Advisor on International Disability Rights for the U.S. State Department, where she served
from 2010-2017, and Heumann served as a Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation from 2017-2019.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to audio-visual materials may be restricted due to technical limitations.
[Identification of item], Judith E. Heumann papers, BANC MSS 1999/143z,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Marjorie Bryer in 2022. Digital files processed by Christina Velazquez Fidler in 2023.
The Judith Heumann digital files were received on 32 5.25 inch floppy disks; 12 5.25 floppy disks, and 23 CD-ROMs. The files
were scanned for viruses using Malware Bites. Forensic disk images of the source media were made by Library staff using AccessData
FTK Imager. Archivists extracted and analyzed the files in FTK, TreeSize Professional and custom scripts, screening material
for personal identifiable information (PII). One disk was a duplicate, seven 5.25" floppy disks failed to image, one 5.25"
floppy disk contained a single corrupted file, and three 5.25" disks were empty.
Judith Heumann photograph collection (BANC PIC 1999.091)
Betty Medsger papers, 1978-1980 (BANC MSS 2015/184)
Center for Independent Living records, approximately 1970-2008 (BANC MSS 2000/43c)
[Photographs from the Center for Independent Living records] (BANC PIC 2019.086)
Judith Heumann: DRILM: Pioneering Disability Rights Advocate and Leader in Disabled in Action, New York; Center for Independent
Living, Berkeley;World Institute on Disability;and the US Department of Education, 1960s-2000 (https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/221954)
The Judith E. Heumann papers document her activism as a disability rights advocate worldwide, focusing on the years she co-directed
the World Institute on Disability (WID) (1983-1993), was Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services (OSERS) (1993-2001), and was an Adviser on Disability and Development at the World Bank (2002-2006). There is a small
amount of personal material and records pertaining to her advocacy to teach in New York City's public schools and on behalf
of the Independent Living Movement.
The collection has been divided into nine series: Correspondence, Biographical Materials, and Personalia; Writings; the Independent
Living Movement; World Institute on Disability; the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; the World Bank;
Resources (writings by others, publications, and ephemera related to people with disabilities, disability rights, and disability
justice); Audiovisual Materials; and Digital Files.
Digital materials routed to the Digital Collections Unit of The Bancroft Library.
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted to The Bancroft Library.
See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Heumann, Judith E. -- Archives
People with disabilities--Civil rights--United States
People with disabilities -- Civil rights.
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws., etc.
Children with disabilities -- Education.
Children with disabilities -- New York (State)
World Institute on Disability
United States. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
World Bank.
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Women's rights.
Born digital
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