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List of Featured Documents Related to Americans with Disabilities

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

• Letter from Helen Keller to Herbert Hoover Regarding His Donation to the American Foundation for Overseas Blind, 12/18/1958. National Archives ID: 5900000. [Read Transcript]
  
• Letter from Helen Keller to Herbert Hoover Regarding Her Upcoming Trip to the Far East, 02/04/1955. National Archives ID: 5899998 [Read Transcript]

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his Wheelchair with Fala and Ruthie Bie at Top Cottage, Hyde Park, New York, 02/1941. National Archives ID: 6037487.
  
• Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Dr. Egleston Regarding his Polio Attack, 10/11/1924. National Archives ID: 6037479. [Read Transcript]
• Bill from Dr. Linder Inc. for Leg Braces with a Handwritten Note from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 07/05/1926. National Archives ID: 6037482. [Read Transcript]
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Exercising in a Pool at Warm Springs, 1928. National Archives ID: 6037485.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Exercising in the Walking Court at Warm Springs, Georgia, 1928. National Archives ID: 6037486.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Swimming in a Pool at Warm Springs, Georgia, 10/29. National Archives ID: 6037484.
• Statement on the New National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 09/23/1937. National Archives ID: 6037480. [Read Transcript]
• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Receives a Birthday Cake in the Oval Office, White House from William Green of the American Federation of Labor, 01/30/1942. National Archives ID: 6037481.
• Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Keller in Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, 08/25/1954 National Archives ID: 195945.

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library

• Truman presents Blinded Veterans Association, Inc., with official insignia, 4/12/1948 National Archives ID: 6087938.
• Press Release, Proclamation for National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1945, 9/22/1945. National Archives ID: 6087935. [Read Transcript]
• Letter to Committee Members and Chairman of State Governor's Committees from Harry S. Truman, 12/3/1949. National Archives ID: 6087925. [Read Transcript]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

• Letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to John Beaulieu, 10/24/1956. National Archives ID: 594355. [Read Transcript]
• Letter from John Beaulieu to President Eisenhower in Braille. National Archives ID: 594353. [Read Transcript]

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

• Visit of Debbie Sue Brown, the March of Dimes Poster Child, 1/12/62.
  
• President John F. Kennedy Meets the McGrath Family. 11/14/1961. National Archives ID: 6050296
• Statement by the President regarding the need for a National plan in mental retardation, 10/1961. National Archives ID: 6050301 [Read Transcript]
• Remarks of the President to members of the Panel on Mental Retardation Rose Garden, 10/18/1961. National Archives ID: 6050316 [Read Transcript]
• Letter from Chairman Melvin J. Maas of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped to President Kennedy, 2/26/1963. National Archives ID: 6050320 [Read Transcript]
• Memo from Stafford L. Warren on Mental Retardation, 10/2/1963. National Archives ID: 6050323 [Read Transcript]
• Note from Governor Hughes of New Jersey on Mental Retardation. National Archives ID: 6050324 [Read Transcript]
• Offprint of public law 88-156, Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, 10/24/1963. National Archives ID: 6050326 [Read Transcript]
• Report to the President: A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation, 10/1962. National Archives ID: 6050329 [Read Transcript]
• National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation: 1962. National Archives ID: 6050318 [Read Transcript]

Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library

• President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing H.R. 18763, the Bill to Authorize Pre-School and Early Education Programs for Handicapped Children, 09/30/1968. National Archives ID: 6037517
• Press Release - Remarks of the President at the Gallaudet Centennial Banquet, 06/06/1964. National Archives ID: 6037515 [Read Transcript]
• President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Bill Establishing the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology, 06/08/1965 National Archives ID: 6037516
• Memorandum from William D. Carey to Ervin Duggan, 12/19/1967. The memo pertains to a letter from Eunice Kennedy Shriver, dated 12/12/1967, in which she refers to seeing President Johnson at the White House signing the Mental Retardation Bill, and asks him to approve additional funds for the program. In addition to the letter from Shriver and the memo from Carey, also attached are instructions from President Johnson to his aides, and an inquiry from Ervin Duggan to William Carey about the additional funds. National Archives ID: 6037514 [Read Transcript]

Richard Nixon Presidential Library

• Fact Sheet - President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 03/28/1974. National Archives ID: 6037500 [Read Transcript]
• Report of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1972. National Archives ID: 6037501 [Read Transcript]
• Press Release -Executive Order #11776 Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities, 03/28/1974. National Archives ID: 6037499 [Read Transcript]

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

• Enrolled Bill S. 6 - Education for All Handicapped Children, 1975. National Archives ID: 6037497 [Read Transcript]
  
• Briefing Paper for President Gerald R. Ford's Meeting with the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 10/11/1974. National Archives ID: 6037494 [Read Transcript]
  
• Memorandum from Jim Cannon to President Gerald R. Ford Concerning Enrolled Bill S. 6 - Education for All Handicapped Children, 11/28/1975. National Archives ID: 6037496 [Read Transcript]
  
• Memorandum from Jim Connor to Jim Cannon Concerning Enrolled Bill S. 6 - Education for All Handicapped Children, 11/29/1975. National Archives ID: 6037495 [Read Transcript]
  

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

• The White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals Newsletter, Spring 1977. National Archives ID: 6037498 [Read Transcript]
  

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

• National Employ the Handicapped Week Proclamation, 10/02/1981. National Archives ID: 6037512 [Read Transcript]
  
• Learning Disabilities Awareness Month Proclamation, 10/11/1985. National Archives ID: 6037513 [Read Transcript]
• National Disabled American Week Proclamation, 11/05/1988. National Archives ID: 6037511 [Read Transcript]

George Bush Presidential Library

• President George H. W. Bush Signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, 07/26/1990. National Archives ID: 6037489.
  
• Memorandum For Governor Sununu from Roger B. Porter and David Q. Bates Regarding Development of Administration Disability Policy, 04/21/1989. National Archives ID: 6037491 [Read Transcript]
• Fact Sheet - The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 07/26/1990. National Archives ID: 6037490 [Read Transcript]
• Remarks By The President During Ceremony for the Signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 07/26/1990. National Archives ID: 6037492 [Read Transcript]
• Statement By The President: July 26, 1990, 07/26/1990 National Archives ID: 6037493 [Read Transcript]
• The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). National Archives ID: 6037488 [Read Transcript]

William J. Clinton Presidential Library

• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton Posing for a Photograph with Special Olympics Athletes at a White House Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037505.
  
• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Chris Jennings, and others, Participating in a Disability Community Outreach Group Meeting in the Cabinet Room, 09/10/1997. National Archives ID: 6037502
• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Signing Executive Order 13078, Increasing Employment of Adults with Disabilities, in the Oval Office, 03/13/1998. National Archives ID: 6037503
• Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Signing a Memorandum on Outreach Actions to Increase Employment of Adults with Disabilities, 07/29/1998. National Archives ID: 6037504
• Photograph of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Delivering Remarks with President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton at a White House Special Olympics Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037506
• Photograph of Tracy Chapman and Eric Clapton Performing at a White House Special Olympics Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037507
• Photograph of Whoopi Goldberg Delivering Remarks at a White House Special Olympics Dinner, 12/17/1998. National Archives ID: 6037508
• Letter from Maria Shriver to President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton: 08/10/1995. National Archives ID: 6037510 [Read Transcript]
• Draft of President's Radio Address on Expanding Opportunities for Americans with Disabilities. National Archives ID: 6037509 [Read Transcipt]

George W. Bush Presidential Library

• Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 2004. National Archives ID: 6713366. [Read Transcript]