Subject and Course Guides: Online Archival Resources Guide: Disability History

Disability History

John Newman, right, teaches Jean Marie Quirk and Sean Pevsner to use a computer to help them communicate, do school work, and enjoy other activities; 03/25/1985 (from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection via the UTA Libraries Digital Gallery)

Photographs

Publicly available via the UTA Libraries Digital Gallery

Charley Lockhart Campaign Materials
A collection of photographs and documents documenting the political campaigns of Charley R. Lockhart (1876-1954). He was a former Texas State Treasurer, and the shortest elected Texas state official at 3'9" (114 cm/45 inches) tall. Lockhart began his career in Snyder, Texas when he was elected the Scurry County treasurer in 1900. In 1931 he was elected as the Texas State Treasurer. Lockhart resigned his office on October 24, 1941, and was succeeded by his Deputy Jesse James.
University of Texas at Arlington Movin' Mavs Records
A collection of photographs of the University of Texas at Arlington's Movin' Mavs men's wheelchair basketball team.

Oral Histories

Publicly available via the UTA Libraries

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories
Oral history audio interviews conducted by University of Texas at Arlington undergraduate minors in Disability Studies, UTA graduate students in Public History, and the staff of the UTA Disability Studies program.

Publicly available via the New York Public Library

Visible Lives: Oral Histories of the Disability Experience
A collection of community-created oral histories collected from people who are living with a disability.

Digital Collections & Exhibitions

Publicly available via the UTA Libraries

Building a Barrier-Free Campus: The History of Accessibility at UTA
A collection of materials exploring how UTA became a model accessible campus for students with disabilities starting in the mid-1960s. The exhibit introduces viewers to both UTA’s status as a leader in disability accessibility today and the multi-championship-winning Movin’ Mavs adapted sports program.
Jim Hayes Manuscript Records
Jim Hayes (1949-2008) was affiliated with UTA for 30 years where he worked to make all UTA buildings wheelchair-accessible. In 1976 he helped found the Office for Students with Disabilities of which he was the Director. Hayes later served as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator of compliance for UTA. In 1984 Hayes won a Paralympic Games gold medal as a wheelchair road racer. He created the Movin’ Mavs wheelchair basketball team in 1989 and under his leadership as head coach, the team won seven National Wheelchair Basketball Association Championship titles.
Texas Disability History Collection
The Texas Disability History Collection emphasizes the pioneering role played by a racially and ethnically diverse cast of Texan disability rights activists, many of whom attended or have worked at UT Arlington, in fighting for equal access to education, work, union membership, public transit, and sports.

Publicly available via the Museum of disABILITY History

Museum of disABILITY History Virtual Museum
A collection of digital exhibits from the Museum of disABILITY History.

Publicly available via the UMass Amherst Special Collections & Archives

International Center for the Disabled Records
A collection of digitized materials from the International Center for the Disabled (ICD), the first outpatient rehabilitation center in the United States. In its beginnings. the ICD was dedicated to helping disabled veterans reintegrate into all aspects of American life and is currently a leading international advocate for the needs of people with disabilities. The ICD helped pass the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Digitized materials include meeting minutes, publications, and photographs documenting ICD’s work throughout its history.

Publicly available via the Disability History Museum

Disability History Museum Digital Collections
Collections of digitized documents and images associated with the cultural and social history of people with disabilities across the lifespan and diagnosis categories.

Publicly available via the University of California Berkeley's Bancroft Library

The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Collection
A digital collection consisting of more than 100 oral histories with leaders and shapers of the disability rights and independent living movement from the 1960s onward, as well as personal papers of activists and records of key organizations.

Disability History

Jim Hayes (left) and Ronnie Eaton race in a dead heat while working out at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, for the National Wheelchair Track Championships at Tennessee State University, 05/16/1984. Hayes served as an advocate for the disabled in higher education and Movin' Mavs wheelchair basketball coach at the University of Texas at Arlington (from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection via the UTA Libraries Digital Gallery)