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David L. Landes papers, approximately 1937-2000.
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David L. Landes papers, approximately 1937-2000David Landes papers
David Lamont Landes papers
Disabled International Support Effort records
Creator/Contributor:
Landes, David L. (David Lamont), 1941-2008, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Disabled International Support EffortCreator/Contributor:
Asociación Cubana de Limitados Físico MotoresAbstract:
Contains his correspondence, writings, and records concerning the Disabled International Support Effort (DISE), including
correspondence, business records, flyers, posters, articles, and trip plans to Cuba and Nicaragua.
Articles, documents, and ephemera mostly related to Landes's trips to Cuba and Nicaragua. Includes one t-shirt and one emblem
pin from a Cuban disabilities rights group, ACLIFIM (Asociación Cubana de Limitados Físico Motores).
Early personal correspondence and postcards, 1937-1987.
Date:
1980 (issued)Subject:
ncnq--- -- nwcu--- -- n-us-caPeople with disabilities -- International cooperation
People with disabilities -- Nicaragua
People with disabilities -- Cuba
People with disabilities -- Political activity -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Personnes handicapées -- Coopération internationale
Personnes handicapées -- Nicaragua
Personnes handicapées -- Cuba
Personnes handicapées -- Activité politique -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
People with disabilities
People with disabilities -- International cooperation
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Cuba
Nicaragua
Disabled International Support Effort -- Archives
Asociación Cubana de Limitados Físico Motores.
Landes, David L. (David Lamont) -- 1941-2008 -- Archives
Landes, David L. (David Lamont) -- 1941-2008 -- Correspondence
Note:
Gift; Of David L. Landes; 2004.
Additions: Gift; Of Daphne Muse; 2010.
Additions (Box 2): Gift; Of Susan Schacher; 2012.
Additions (Box 3): Gift; Of Daphne Muse; 2019.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2010.093).
Selected books transferred to the Print Collection of The Bancroft Library.
David Lamont Landes (born June 9, 1941, Clarksdale, Mississippi ; died October 13, 2008, Oakland, California) was born on
a cooperative farm. He graduated in 1965 from Antioch College and received a doctorate in economics in 1973 from Washington
University. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, Landes taught economics at San Jose State University and at community
colleges. He was a peace, labor, and disability rights activist. The Disabled International Support Effort, (DISE) was started
in 1980 in the San Francisco Bay Area, by David Landes, Marilyn Golden, Adrian Aron and Karen Parker. DISE provided material
aid and technical assistance to disability groups in developing countries.
In English and Spanish.
David L. Landes papers, BANC MSS 2005/197 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Personal correspondence.Archives.
Posters.
Physical Description:
print
3.2 (1 3 1
Language:
English
Spanish