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Center for Independent Living, creator. [Photographs from the Center for Independent Living records].
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[Photographs from the Center for Independent Living records]Creator/Contributor:
Center for Independent Living, creator, creator.Abstract:
Prints: photographs documenting activities of and persons associated with the Center for Independent Living of Berkeley, Calif.
Includes numerous photographs of CIL staff at work and attending various events including parties, demonstrations and fund-raising
efforts. Also includes a small number of formal portraits of staff and associated individuals. Among the CIL staff and associates
depicted are Ed Roberts, Judith Heumann, Hale Zukas, Gerald Baptiste, Jan Garrett, David Lewis, Phil Chavez, Phil Draper,
Michael Winter and Larry Watson. Also depicted are politicians, celebrities and journalists affiliated with various events
documented in the collection, including Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush, George Deukmejian, George Miller, Alan Cranston,
Shirley Dean, Ron Dellums, Milton Marks, Nancy Pelosi, Tony Bennett, Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Vincent Spano, Justin
Dart, Robert Walden, Ray Charles, George Shearing, Harry Reasoner, Evan White and Frank Somerville. Identified events include
the Section 504 demonstration of 1977 and other gatherings pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CIL anniversaries,
and CIL staff trips to Japan in 1984 and 1986. Also includes photographs of the Center's Telegraph Avenue location, files
pertaining to their Youth Services activities, photographic illustrations for the 1982 CIL publication Ramps are Beautiful:
The Architecture of Independence, and several contact prints. Oversize folders (AX) contain group portrait of CIL staff taken
in 1975 and scenes from a Christmas in April service. Large majority of prints have no corresponding negatives.
Negatives (NEG(strip) boxes 1-3): numerous files of CIL staff, associates, events and miscellaneous subjects; several files
by photographer Timothy Burman; many unidentified files; and negatives corresponding to the contact prints. Large majority
of negatives have no corresponding prints.
Slides (LAN box 1): Barrier Free Design (commercially produced slide set); various CIL presentations; transportation and wheelchair
files; various CIL staff, associates and events.
Date:
1970 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPeople with disabilities -- Photographs
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc
People with disabilities -- Civil rights
People with disabilities -- Services for -- California
Demonstrations -- California -- Photographs
Personnes handicapées -- Photographies
Personnes handicapées -- Droits
Personnes handicapées -- Services -- Californie
Manifestations -- Californie -- Photographies
Demonstrations
People with disabilities
People with disabilities -- Civil rights
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc
People with disabilities -- Services for
California
Center for Independent Living -- Archives
Center for Independent Living -- Photographs
Center for Independent Living.
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Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Center for Independent Living.
Includes approximately 4,000 negatives, 1,500 prints and 500 slides.
NEGATIVES and SLIDES : RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference
via the Reference Inquiry form.
Transferred from the Center for Independent Living records (BANC MSS 2000/43 c).
Gift ; Of Center for Independent Living ; 2018.
The Center for Independent Living (CIL) began in the 1960's as the Physically Disabled Students Program at the University
of California, Berkeley. Founded in 1972 by Edward V. Roberts, Hale Zukas, and Jan McEwan Brown, CIL provides support services
that allow people with disabilities to live independently and advocates for social and legal changes on behalf of the disability
community.
Photographs from the Center for Independent Living records, BANC PIC 2019.086, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPortrait.
portraits.
Archives.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Slides, color.
Portraits.
Portraits.
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
slide
approximately 6,000 photographs in 8 boxes and 2 oversize folders : prints, negatives and slides ; various sizes
Language:
English
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Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
NEGATIVES and SLIDES : RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference
via the Reference Inquiry form.