Disability Rights Leadership Archive Video Collection, bulk ca. 1902-2000

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Summary

Title:
Disability Rights Leadership Archive video collection,
Dates:
bulk ca. 1902-2000
Abstract:
381 VHS videocassettes, one sound cassette, and transcripts of select video interviews in the collection. The collection is the result of a three-year grant-funded collaboration between the University of San Francisco and Access Video to collect archival documentation on disability, especially on the disability rights movement and the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The collection includes original video interviews with leaders in the movement as well as documentaries, archival film and news footage, and feature films (including silent films) that include depictions of people with disabilities. A copy of the original grant proposal is included.

Interviewees include John Wodatch, Ralph Neas, Tom Harkin, Bob Bergdorf, Bobby Silverstein, Carolyn Ossolinik, Justin Dart, Pat Wright, C. Boyden Gray, Dick Thornburgh, Pat Morrissey, Chai Felblum, Julia Elwood, Arlene Mayerson, Marilyn Golden, Randy Johnson, Melissa Shulman, Senator Ted Kennedy, Diane Lipton, Jim Weisman, Mary Lou Breslin, and George Bush.
Extent:
381 VHS videocassettes, 1 sound cassette. Also, transcripts for select interviews (shelved with Motion Picture notes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Disability Rights Leadership Archive video collection. Motion Picture 942 D, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Disability Rights Leadership Archive video collection consists of 381 VHS videocassettes, one sound cassette, and transcripts of select video interviews in the collection. The collection is the result of a three-year grant-funded collaboration between the University of San Francisco and Access Video to collect archival documentation on disability, especially on the disability rights movement and the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The collection includes original video interviews with leaders in the movement as well as documentaries, archival film and news footage, and feature films (including silent films) that include depictions of people with disabilities. A copy of the original grant proposal is included with the collection (shelved with the transcripts).

Among the interviewees are John Wodatch, Ralph Neas, Tom Harkin, Bob Bergdorf, Bobby Silverstein, Carolyn Ossolinik, Justin Dart, Pat Wright, C. Boyden Gray, Dick Thornburgh, Pat Morrissey, Chai Felblum, Julia Elwood, Arlene Mayerson, Marilyn Golden, Randy Johnson, Melissa Shulman, Senator Ted Kennedy, Diane Lipton, Jim Weisman, Mary Lou Breslin and George Bush. Transcripts of select interviews are shelved with Motion Picture notes. The George Bush interview is a transcript only.

The guide is derived from USF's original database, created by their project staff. It includes title, narrative description, and keyword description of the material. Numbering was assigned by project staff and seems to be random. For example, some multi-part videos are not assigned consecutive numbers. The sound cassette (item no. 270) was included in the numbering, so it has been left with the videotapes.

Acquisition information:
The Disability Rights Leadership Archive video collection was transferred to The Bancroft Library by the University of San Francisco on January 30, 2002.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Terry Boom.
Date Prepared:
© 2004
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by James Lake. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: January 2004.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. Any rebroadcast or other use of copyrighted material requires permission of the copyright holder(s). All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the appropriate curator or the Head of Public Services for forwarding. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Disability Rights Leadership Archive video collection. Motion Picture 942 D, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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