US-RPB-ms2007.021 James C. Dickson papers 1988-2002 (bulk 1998-2002) Lindsay Woodel and Jay Gaidmore. Brown University Library

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James C. Dickson papers Dickson, Jim (1946-) Gordon, Larry Ms.2007.021 18.5 Linear Feet 18 records center boxes and 1 oversize box 1988-2002 (1998-2002) These papers document James C. Dickson's career as an activist and organizer for disabled individuals and the founding and development of the American Association of People with Disabilities. It includes materials Dickson used in his efforts to insure the voting rights of disabled persons and their access to polling places, especially in the VOTE!2000 Campaign. Later materials cover electronic voting issues and the lead in to the 2008 presidential election. The collection also contains documentation of other organizing efforts involving the rights of children, especially children with disabilities, and the medical care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Extensive additions to the collection include material on the development of the American Association of People with Disabilities and the organization's involvement with voting issues, as well as Dickson's attempt to sail across the Atlantic. Dickson (James C.) papers Biographical note

James Charles Dickson was born on January 4, 1946. Blind since the age of seven, Dickson has not let his disability prevent him from experiencing a full life. He graduated from Brown University in 1968 with an A.B. with honors in American Civilization. In 1987, Dickson was the first blind person to sail a boat alone from Rhode Island to Bermuda. Afterward, he was invited to discuss the trip with conservative commentator William F. Buckley, another avid sailor, on Buckley's television show, Crossfire. He has become, not an advocate for people, but an organizer, which he defines as someone who teaches people to do things for themselves.

For the National Organization on Disability, Dickson directed the VOTE!2000 campaign which exceeded its goal by registering and getting to the polls over two million voters with disabilities. He was involved in the writing of and lobbying for the passage of the so called "motor voter" law which makes it the government's responsibility to offer voter registration opportunities to citizens who are receiving services from the departments of motor vehicles and disability agencies in each state. He was co-founder of Project Vote!, a national, non-partisan voter registration and education organization that has been instrumental in registering more than three and a half million African-Americans. He has also organized and directed voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives in twenty-three states. He was the director of the FDR in a Wheelchair Campaign, which lobbied successfully to have a statue of Franklin Roosevelt in his wheelchair placed in the Roosevelt Memorial. With the support of the Sierra Club, Dickson helped mobilize support for the first Clean Air Act. Dickson played an important role in the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) election reform task force and continues to co-chair the LCCR's Help American Vote Act (HAVA) task force.

As Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Dickson leads the AAPD Disability Vote Project, a coalition of more than thirty-five national disability related organizations that encourage people with disabilities to get out and vote by focusing on election reform, polling place accessibility, voter registration, get-out-the-vote drives, and education of the electorate and elected officials.

Voting Series 1 1, 2, 5, 6 AAPD Disability Vote Project 1 1 AARP Common Chords special election issue, vol. 3 (2 copies) 2000 1 2 Access to polls in New Hampshire 1 3 Access to the Election Process by People with Disabilities (minutes of a meeting) 1998 Apr 1 1 4 Scope and Contents note

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Accessibility to polling places checklist 1987 1 5 Accessible voting machines 1 6 Act for drivers regarding voter registration 1 7 Activities of civil rights division/statement by Kim, Wan J. 2007 5 1 Administrative structure of state and local election offices 5 2 AFL/CIO information on 2000 election, April 9-10 (power point presentation) 2005 1 8 American Association of People with Disabilities statement on accessible voting 5 3 American attitudes about electronic voting 5 4 American with Disabilities Vote (AVD) proposal 1 9 Backlash from 2000 election in Florida 1 10 Barriers to voting 1986 1 11 Black voter turnout in the South 1 12 Black voting, Oregon 1 13 Braille ballot insert 2002 1 14 CALTECH/MIT voting technology project 5 5 Combined D forms (Food stamps and voter registration) New York and Oregon 1 15 Committee for study of the American electorate (CSAE), 1998 primary 1 16 Committee on Access to the Electoral Process by People with Disabilities 1998 1 17 Confidence on electronic voting 2007 5 6 Democrats seek voting rights update 2001 1 18 Direct recording electronic voting machine controversy 5 7 Direct recording electronic voting machine use-Ohio 2006 5 8 Direct recording electronic voting machine use-Ohio (cop.2) 2006 5 9 Disabled and able to vote 1 19 Disabled Voter Project 2000 (1) 1 20 Disabled Voter Project 2000 (2) 1 21 Disability guide to election judges 1 22 Disability rights in the electoral process 2001 1 23 Disability vote in the 1996 election: Clinton vs Dole 1 24 Disability vote statistics 1 25 Disability voter turnout survey, 1998 draft 1 26 Disabled citizens at the polls 1998 1 27 Educate the candidate on disabilities issues (information packet) 1 28 Early appraisals of electronic voting 5 10 Election brochures and bumper sticker 1 29 Election Committee assessment 1987 1 30 Election day survey enhancement project 5 11 Election Guide for Seniors and Disabled in California 1 31 Election 1996 Disability Guide 1 32 Election reference archives/ACLU on election reform 5 12 Election reference archives/California election codes 5 13 Election reference archives/election reform action alerts 5 14 Election reference archives/election reform articles 5 15 Election reference archives/Elections today / Dickson, James 5 16 Election reference archives/emerging issues and Helping America Vote 5 17 Election reference archives/internet voting and election reform 5 18 Election reference archives/letter from Chavez-Thompson, Linda 5 19 Election reference archives/NAACP and election reform 5 20 Election reference archives/People for the American Way and election reform 5 21 Election reference archives/support statements for election reform task force 5 22 Election reference archives/testimony questions 5 23 Election reform 5 24 Election reform bills compared 1 33 Election reform in Senate 2002 1 34 Election reform legislation by state 1 35 Election reform letter to House members from Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1 36 Election reform 2001 1 37 Election Science Institute's report on electronic voting system with paper record 5 25 Election system manager 1 38 Election 2001, Los Angeles, California 1 39 Election 2001, New Jersey 1 40 Election 2001, New York 1 41 Election 2002 assessment 1 42 Election Today, vol. 10, no. 1 2002 (with Braille insert) 1 43 Election reforms, Virginia 1 44 Electronic voting usability field test 5 26 Environmental electorate 1995 1 45 Equal protection of Voting Rights Act 1 46 Exit polls 1982-1986 1 47 Federal Election Commission/Commission seeking public comment on voting system standards 5 27 Federal Election Commission memo and registration cards 1 48 Federal Election Commission testimony 5 28 Federal Election Commission/voting system standards 5 29 Fully encrypted votes 5 30 Get-out-the-vote drive (1995 brochure) 1 49 Get-out-the-vote drive (manual for disabled) 1 50 Grant request: Rhode Island 2002 for conference to increase disability vote 5 31 Hazards of electronic voting / Dickson, James 5 32 Helping America Vote Act hearings 2001 1 51 Helping America Vote Act 2002 1 52 Helping America Vote Act (2) 2002 5 33 House fails to create election reform panel 2001 1 53 House Resolution 811 paper trail for testimonies 5 34 How to turn out voters with disabilities 1 54 Human Serve documents 1 55 Implementing the National Voter Registration Act 1998 1 56 Implementing the National Voter Registration Act 1999 1 57 Improving the mechanics of our elections 2007 Feb 23 5 35 Innovations in election administration 1 58 Internet voting 1 59 Internet Voting Pilot Project 2001 1 60 Invalidated ballot report 1996 1 61 Kennedy Foundation and Disability Vote Project 5 36 Lamone, Linda H. testimony on impact of votinig system quidelines adoption 5 37 Legal guide for non-profit organizations for elections 2000 1 62 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender voters, 2000: the Gill Foundation Report 1 63 Los Angeles county registrar to retire 2007 5 38 McGeorge Law Review v.18, no. 4 voting 2007 5 39 Martin Luther King Rights Act 2002 5 40 Maryland registered voters' opinion on voting and voting technologies 2006 5 41 Missouri election 2002 1 64 Mobilizing the disability vote 5 42 Motor voter fact sheet and booklet 1 65 NAACP Voter Empowerment Program 2006 5 43 National Clearinghouse on Election Administration on voting accessibility for elderly and handicapped 2 1 National Committee on Election Standards 2 2 National Committee on Electoral Reform 2 3 National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) and voting of disabled 5 44 National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) / Harris Survey of Community Participation 5 45 National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) press releases regarding voter access 2000 2 4 National Voter Registration Act and public housing residents 2 5 National Voter Registration Act impact on Federal elections 1999 2 6 No back-up for electronic votes: Ohio debate 5 46 NVRA (National Voter Registration Act) list of sponsoring agencies 2 7 NVRA 1993 2 8 NVRA 1995-1996 2 9 NVRA implementation 2 10 NVRA information 1998 2 11 Marginal races 1998 2 12 Non-partisan guide to voting 1996 2 13 Paper trail debacle 5 47 Paper trails 5 48 Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) and voter access 2 14 Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) guidelines for polling places accessibility 1988 2 15 Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) on voters accessibility to polling places 1987-1988 2 16 Pennsylvania NVRA lawsuit 1996 Apr 26 2 17 People with disabilities and election 2000 2 18 Non-voters 2 19 People with disabilities: sleeping giants of American politics / by Jim Dickson 2 20 Pickering nomination 2002 2 21 Political participation research 2 22 Political rules in Washington, D.C. 2 23 Poll managers' handbook: South Carolina 2004 2 24 Poll on potential 2008 presidential candidates 2007 5 49 Polling places accessibility (information packet) 1999 2 25 Polling places accessibility checklist 2 26 Polling places accessibility 1986 2 27 Polling places accessibility report 2000 2 28 Polling places accessibility issues: California 2001 2 29 Populex (voting system) 2 30 Postcard registration form 2 31 President George W. Bush accuses Senate of blocking nominees (article from Washington Times) 2002 Mar 13 2 32 Project Vote: Robinson and Muenster contracts 2 33 Project Vote telemarketing (Robinson and Muenster) 2 34 Project Vote Smart 2 35 Protecting elections in an electronic world 5 50 Protecting elections in an electronic world (cop.2) 5 51 Public interest projects 5 52 Public opinion of voting technologies / Newkirk, M. Glenn 5 53 Push to replace voting machines spurs confusion / Drinkard, Jom 5 54 Recount redux 6 1 Redistricting 2 36 Registration rights background information 2 37 Republicans dodge disabilities issues 2007 6 2 Security vulnarability with Voter Verifiable Paper Trail (VVPT) 6 3 Shefa attachments 6 4 Shefa final progress report 6 5 Spitfire strategies survey on donors for community action groups 6 6 State poll worker requirements: compendium and disc 2007 6 7 State voter registration databases workshop 2 2007 6 8 State voting laws key 2 38 State voting machine survey 2 39 Strengthening civic participation 2007 Nov 28 2007 Nov 30 6 9 Telephone banking to register people with disabilities 2 40 Test ballot: Rhode Island tactile demonstrator 2000 2 41 2000 election assessment 2 42 Updating voting systems performance/National Institute of Standars and Technology 6 10 Vote! (article) 2000 Mar 3 2 43 Vote! 2000 campaign 2 44 Vote! 2000 packet from NOD (National Organization on Disability) 2 45 Vote! 2000 campaign papers 2 46 Vote verification study 6 11 Vote verification technologies study for the Maryland State Board of Elections 6 12 Vote verification technologies study, pt.1.: Technology study 6 13 Vote verification technologies study, pt.1.: Technology study (cop.2) 6 14 Vote verification technology study, pt. 2: Usability guide 6 15 Voter participation 2 47 Voter photo ID 2 48 Voter registration 2 49 Voter legislation campaigns 2 50 Voter registration (Iowa) 2 51 Voter registration (student) 2 52 Voter registration information / WIC 2 53 Voter verification testimony / Dickson, James 6 16 Voter's Guide 2004 2 54 Voter's Guide (variant) 2004 2 55 Voters with disabilities by state 2 56 Voting Accessibility Amendments Act of 1998 draft and background 2 57 Voting accessibility for elderly and handicapped, House report 1984 2 58 Voting accessibility manual, Alabama 2 59 Voting and disability 2 60 Voting and disabilities by Congressional district: California 2 61 Voting equipment map 1986 2 62 Voting Equipment Modernization Act 2001 2 63 Voting fact sheet 2 64 Voting for disabled 2000 2 65 Voting machines 2 66 Voting machines ease of use 6 17 Voting Rights Act compliance monitoring 2 67 Voting system security, accessibility, usability, and cost 6 18 Voting systems rating poll 6 19 Voting technologies 2 68 Voting unit performance 6 20 Washington Post/ABC News voter poll 2006 6 21 Women vote information 6 22 Young, Jonathan fax to leaders in disabled community 6 23 Disabilities Series 2 3, 4, 6, 7 ADA backlash 3 1 ADA 10th Anniversary celebration 2000 3 2 ADAPT 1997 event 3 3 AFL/CIO Civil and Human Rights Conference 2001 3 4 All-terrain wheelchair 3 5 American Association of People with Disabilities recruiting letter 6 24 Americans with disabilities demonstrate in Washington, D.C. 2000 3 6 Award from Kathleen S. Connell, Rhode Island Secretary of State 1988 7 1 Big Brothers/Big Sisters 3 7 Book catalog, Pendle Hill Bookstore 1998-1999 3 8 Brochures for disabled 3 9 Campaign for human development 3 10 Careers and the Disabled, Spring 2000 3 11 Cartoons 3 12 CDR Reports: v. 18, no. 9, 2000 and v. 20, no. 3, 2002 3 13 Census figures on people with disabilities 3 14 Cleland, Max, U.S. senator 3 15 Clinton administration and people with disabilities 3 16 Colorado Quarterly, Spring 2000 3 17 Commission on People with Disabilities Annual Report 2004 3 18 Constellation Newsletter, August 2000 3 19 Contemporary Rehab, v. 56, no. 2, 2000 3 20 Country News 2000 3 21 CQ Researcher, v. 11, no. 38, 2001 3 22 Darth, Justin 3 23 Deaf activist Burkhardt, Eduardo 3 24 Dickson articles 3 25 Disabled Enabled Empowered Determined (DEED) Brochure 2000 3 26 Disability Life Magazine, March/April 2000 3 27 Disability Network Newsletter, v. 8, no. 1, 1998 3 28 Disability political appointees (Clinton Administration) 1997 3 29 Disability data 3 30 Disability Mentoring Day 3 31 Disabled but Enabled ... Conference 1998 3 32 Disability Rights Equal Access Movement (DREAM), organizational documents 1989 18 5 Elected officials with disabilities 3 33 Emergency Preparedness Initiative for the Disabled 3 34 Empowerment / by Dart, Justin (draft) 3 35 Empowerment Through Civic Participation. Final report 3 36 Friday Fax News Bulletin, no. 201-202 2000 Sept 1 and 2000 Sept 15 3 37 Gokyigit, Suleyman, blind computer specialist 3 38 Government buildings and ADA 3 39 Harris Poll on Disabilities - Preliminary results 1998 3 40 Hearing impaired statistics 3 41 Hearne, Paul G. obituary 3 42 Independent Weekly, July-August 2000 3 43 Independently Yours, Spring 2000 3 44 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 1997 3 45 IRS lobbying regulations for advocacy charities (guide), January 1991 3 46 Kemp, Eran obituary 3 47 Large print book announcements 3 48 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 2001 3 49 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 2002 3 50 Learning Rights Project/Access Guide Survey Checklist 6 25 Learning Rights Project/Accessibilities guidelines 6 26 Learning Rights Project/Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines and answers 6 27 Learning Rights Project/Braille print-outs 6 28 Learning Rights Project/Code of federal regulations 6 29 Learning Rights Project/Court system 6 30 Learning Rights Project/Disability Rights Law 6 31 Learning Rights Project/Federal register 6 32 Learning Rights Project/Group hypotheticals 6 33 Learning Rights Project/Guide to Disability Rights Law 6 34 Learning Rights Project/1994 Supplement 6 35 Learning Rights Project/Public accomodations and commercial facilities 6 36 Learning Rights Project/Resource materials 6 37 Learning Rights Project/Self-advocacy 6 38 Martin, Casey, disabled golfer 3 51 Mental illness in press and politics 3 52 Mentally ill housing rules 3 53 Metro safety issues for the disabled 3 54 National Disability Strategy Summit 2005 3 55 National Organization on Disabilities (NOD) 3 56 National Organization on Disabilities (NOD) Annual Report 2000 3 57 National Organization on Disabilities (NOD) Business Week/Harris Poll, no. 1 2000 3 58 National Organization on Disabilities (NOD)/Harris Poll Survey on employment of people with disabilities 3 59 National Organization on Disabilities (NOD)/Harris Survey of Americans with disabilities 6 39 New Freedom Institute 3 60 New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (brochure) 3 61 New York Lawyers for the Public Interest : Annual Report (brochure) 1996-1997 3 62 People First Language 6 40 People with Disabilities (PWD) Survey Clinton/Dole 1996 3 63 Person First language rules 3 64 Perspectives, v. 6, no. 5, 2000 3 65 President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection 3 66 Race and disability data 1996 3 67 Reading lists for disabled 3 68 Reflections on the American with Disabilities Act / Thomburgh, Dick 3 69 Replicating programs in social markets / Racine, David 3 70 Report on Disability Program, v. 25, no. 8, 2002 3 71 Screen read software installation 6 41 Section 8 housing 3 72 Section 8 housing, Eureca, California 3 73 Septa votes for screen disabled 3 74 Shriner article: Disability Voice in American Politics 3 75 Shriner article: Empowerment of the Political Kind 3 76 Shriner article: Influences of the Political Participation of People with Disabilities 3 77 Shriner article: Last Suffrage Movement 3 78 Shriner article: Political Participation of People with Disabilities 3 79 Shriner summaries of articles 3 80 Signage 4 1 Skiing for people with disabilities 4 2 Social security for people with disabilities 4 3 Status of people with disabilities in the United States 4 4 Supreme Court and Americans with disabilities (1) 4 5 Supreme Court and Americans with disabilities (2) 4 6 Telephone canvassing / Hudson Bay Co. 4 7 Tennessee Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Conference travel information 6 42 Texans with disabilities 4 8 Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel 2001 4 9 Travel guide for the disabled 6 43 US Commission on Civil Rights interview with Jim Dickson 1998 Mar 3 4 10 Scope and Contents note

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US Commission on Civil Rights Project on Enforcement of ADA 1998 4 11 Update: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, v. 8, no. 1, March 1998 4 12 White House greeting cards to James Dickson 7 2 Wing Tek Lum poems 4 13 Witeck Combs Communications information 6 44 Working on behalf of Americans with disabilities 4 14 Wold Association for Psychological Rehabilitation Bulletin, v. 9, no. 4, October 1997 4 15 Children Series 3 4 Child Advocacy (Grand Rapids, Michigan) 1995 4 16 Children's Defence Fund (CDF) Beat the Odds... 4 17 Children's Defence Fund telephone survey results 1989 4 18 Children's Prayer 4 19 Coalition for America's Children 4 20 Disabled children data 4 21 Moments in the USA / Children's Defence Fund 4 22 National Association of Child Advocates 4 23 School emergencies for disabled children 4 24 Share Campaign of National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) 4 25 Share escrow accounts 4 26 Special education expose: Baltimore, Maryland 1997 4 27 Students with disabilities 4th Circuit Court decision 4 28 Texans Care for Children: Advisory Board Strategic Planning Meeting 1995 Dec 7 4 29 Toys for children with disabilities 4 30 Voices for Children Share Scripts 4 31 Health care Series 4 4 Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Health Task Force 4 32 Drug plans for elderly 4 33 Harris Poll on health care legislation 1988 4 34 Health Care Bill of Rights 4 35 Medicaid Attendant Services Act (MiCasa) information 4 36 Medicare for disabled workers in New York 4 37 Patients Bill of Rights 4 38 Sign language interpreters for deaf patients 4 39 AAPD Series 5 7-18 Organization Subseries A 7-8 AAPD 1997 1997 7 3 AAPD 1988 (1) 1988 7 4 AAPD 1988 (2) 1988 7 5 AAPD 1999 (1) 1999 7 6 AAPD 1999 (2) 1999 7 7 AAPD 1999 (3) 1999 7 8 AAPD 2000 2000 7 9 AAPD 2006 Annual Report 7 10 AAPD Board members search update 1995 7 11 AAPD Board of Directors 7 12 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1995 Jul 7 13 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1998 Aug 21 7 14 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1998 Oct 14 7 15 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1998 Sep 11 7 16 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1998 Dec 11 7 17 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1999 Mar 9 7 18 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1999 Mar 23 7 19 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1999 Jun 11 7 20 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1999 Sep 17 7 21 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 1999 Dec 2 7 22 AAPD Board of Directors Meeting 2000 Mar 17 7 23 AAPD business plan 2002 7 24 AAPD/CASA (Community Attendant Services Act) 7 25 AAPD cash flow summary 1999 May 7 26 AAPD chronology 7 27 AAPD Development Committee (1) 7 28 AAPD Development Committee (2) 7 29 AAPD/Enable agreement 7 30 AAPD Executive Committee meeting 1999 Nov 19 7 31 AAPD financial information 1996-1998 7 32 AAPD financial statements 1997-1998 7 33 AAPD Governance Committee minutes 1999 Nov 12 7 34 AAPD Handbook 7 35 AAPD institutional members 7 36 AAPD Iowa budget 7 37 AAPD membership folder 7 38 AAPD membership search 8 1 AAPD Millbank Foundation 8 2 AAPD minutes from Executive Committee meeting 1998 Mar 17 8 3 AAPD minutes from membership meeting 1995 Nov 8 4 AAPD 9th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act 1999 Jul 8 5 AAPD organization chart 8 6 AAPD organizational lunch 1997 Nov 4 8 7 AAPD organizational background 8 8 AAPD personnel 8 9 AAPD President and CEO job description 8 10 AAPD retainer with Power, Pyles, Sutter and Verville 1995 8 11 AAPD speeches 8 12 AAPD transition 8 13 Addresses list 8 14 Archiving early AAPD documents 8 15 By-laws 8 16 Conference calls 2005 8 17 Expenses 1995 8 18 Child advocacy planning 8 19 1st quarter financial report 1995 8 20 4th quarter report from Tennessee 2003 Jun 8 21 Freedman, Bill and membership on AAPD board 8 22 Halpern, Jay letter on employment 8 23 Imparato, Andy employment agreement 8 24 Introduction materials 1995 8 25 Invitation to the 10th anniversary celebration of Americans with Disabilities Act 1997 8 26 Initiative 2000 2000 8 27 July 26 1999 event 1999 Jul 26 8 28 Kemp, John D. acceptance of board membership 1995 8 29 Kemp, John D. request to serve on AAPD board 8 30 Klein, Stan letter regarding founding of AAPD 1995 8 31 Lease 8 32 Mailing labels 8 33 Mailing list cost analysis 8 34 Materials for meeting 1995 8 35 Matlain, Marbee invitation to join AAPD board 1995 8 36 Meeting notes undated (1) 8 37 Meeting notes undated (2) 8 38 Membership Committee roster 8 39 Millennium Communities Handbook 1999 8 40 Mission statement 8 41 Name for AAPD 1994 8 42 need for AAPD budget 1995 8 43 Organizational meeting 8 44 Orzoff, Nathan regarding AAPD 8 45 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD 1999-2000 awards contact information 8 46 Powers, Pyles, Sutter and Verville 8 47 Pro bono contributions 2005 8 48 Progress report 1995 8 49 Report of treasurer 1995 8 50 Summit 2006 8 51 Summit 2006 invitations 8 52 Summit 2006 planning committee 8 53 Tamela's working pads 8 54 Trellis fund 8 55 Witeck-Combs communications services to AAPD 8 56 Disabilities Subseries B 8-9 Access Living 2005 Annual Report 8 57 Activity 1995 8 58 ADA upgrades for hotels 8 59 ADAPT Rally 1999 8 60 Aid Association for the Blind of District of Columbia 8 61 Alliance for Justice 8 62 America's disability agenda 8 63 AMPHA magazine article 8 64 Budget cuts affecting disabled 1995 8 65 Bullets for CRPF report 8 66 Bus travel 8 67 California Foundation for independent Living Centers 8 68 Coley, Charles 8 69 Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities 2000-2001 8 70 Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities 2005 8 71 Disability activists from CT, KY, NJ, OH, TX 8 72 Emerging disability policy framework / Silverstein, Robert 8 73 Employment and training task force report 2000 8 74 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and suit by bi-polar employee 2003 8 75 Favale, Patrick A. letters of support 1995 8 76 Federal Assistance Grant Application draft 8 77 Gore 2000 disability questions 8 78 Guide for developing public policy for persons with disabilities (Iowa law review) 2000 Aug 8 79 Health benefits bill / NY Times 1999 8 80 Health care reform letter from Bill Clinton 1995 8 81 Inclusion equals Solutions / ADA Big Bell 8 82 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Board Meeting 2006 Dec 8 83 Leadership Gala 2008 8 84 Leadership Gala 2009 8 85 Long-term health care 8 86 Maxiaids catalog 2006 8 87 Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities 2006 Dec 8 88 Meeting accessibility checklist 8 89 Monday Morning (NJ grass roots disability community newsletter) 8 90 National Accessible Apartment Clearinghouse 8 91 National Association of Child Advocates pamphlet 8 92 National Organization on Disability 8 93 New York City Council on Disability 8 94 NPR show on disability 8 95 Potential witnesses 8 96 Request for information on establishing AAPD as non-profit 1995 8 97 Righting the ADA (booklet) 2004 8 98 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano memorial 8 99 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano textbook excerpt 8 100 Status of people with disabilities in US 8 101 Summer 2003 Federal IT internships for college students with disabilities 8 102 Supreme Court Brown vs Topeka Board of Education 8 103 Supreme Court ruling in USAirways vs Barnett 2002 Apr 22 8 104 Supreme Court rulings 1999 Summer 8 105 Taxicab transport in the District of Columbia for persons with disabilities 2001 8 106 Telability 8 107 Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Council 8 108 Together in Action meeting reminder 1999 Nov 9 1 Toward a culture of individualized empowerment II / Dart, Justin 9 2 Scope and Contents note

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Using Title II of the American with Disabilities Act / LaCheen, Cary 9 3 Victory Awards 1990 : Kennedy Center booklet 9 4 Vision /Values statement 9 5 Volusia amicus filing 9 6 Volusia County articles 9 7 Volusia lawsuit letter 9 8 Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) Senate hearing 2005 Jun 9 9 Washington Watch 1995 9 10 Voting Subseries C 9-14 AAPD Disability Vote Project 9 11 AAPD Disability Vote Project Summit (1) 2002 Jun 11 9 12 AAPD Disability Vote Project Summit (2) 2002 Jun 11 9 13 AAPD summary on electronic voting 9 14 AAPD/United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Disability Vote Projects (includes diskette) 2005 Feb 9 9 15 AAPD/United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Disability Vote Projects notes 2005 Feb 9 9 16 AAPD vote distribution list 9 17 AAPD vote meeting 2007 9 18 Absentee ballots cast by military 9 19 Action Alert 2001 9 20 Advancing election reform 2001 9 21 Agenda for America's voters 9 22 Aid request to Aid Association for the Blind of DC to support voting 2001 9 23 Allard and Levin amendments 9 24 Allen County Board of Elections procedure handbook 9 25 Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York State voter registration guide 9 26 American democracy special report 2005 9 27 American Enterprise Institute 2006 9 28 Americans with Disabilities Act checklist for polling places 9 29 Analysis of a survey on non-voting 1996 9 30 Anti-motor voter 9 31 Avante electronic voting system 9 32 Ballot guide cut-out 9 32a Better voting, less cheating 2001 9 33 California county touches future of voting 2001 9 34 California permanent absentee ballot 9 35 Caltech/MIT voting technology conference 2001 9 36 Caltech/MIT voting technology project 9 37 Carnegie Corporation grant 2003 9 38 Carolina Morris et al. vs City of Lawrence et al. 2001 9 39 Census data on disability by congressional district 9 40 Census data on disability by congressional district (1990 census) 9 41 Census 2000 and disabilities 9 42 Civil and voting advocate call on Congress 2006 9 43 Closing the gap 9 44 Closing the political participation gap : National Disability Strategy Summit (1) 2006 9 45 Closing the political participation gap : National Disability Strategy Summit (2) 2006 9 46 Comparison of S.565 and S.953 9 47 Congressional record report 2001 9 48 Coney, Lillie statement before Election Assistance Commission 2004 9 49 Coney, Lillie testimony 2005 9 50 Correspondence 2008-2009 9 51 Correspondence regarding Sequoia Voting Systems in Florida 9 52 Co-sponsors of H.R. 1170 9 53 Co-sponsors of S. 565 9 54 Creating a phone campaign to get out the vote 9 55 Democratic election study calls for national standards 2001 9 56 Diebold voting system loan agreement 2003 9 57 Diebold voting system risk assessment report 2003 9 58 Direct recording electronic technical security assessment report / Ohio Secretary of State (1) 2003 9 59 Direct recording electronic technical security assessment report / Ohio Secretary of State (2) 2003 9 60 Disabled but able to vote 9 61 Disabled citizens guide for election officials /National Organization on Disability 9 62 Disability rights in the electoral process 9 63 Disability Vote Project (1) 2004 9 64 Disability Vote Project (2) 2004 9 65 Disability Vote Project web archive page 2002 9 66 District of Columbia Board of Election and ethics monetary award 2003 9 67 District of Columbia City Council hearings 2005 Apr 22 9 68 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (1) 9 69 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (2) 9 70 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (3) 9 71 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (4) 10 1 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (5) 10 2 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (6) 10 3 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (7) 10 4 District of Columbia lawsuit regarding voting by the disabled (8) 10 5 District of Columbia vote project 2007-2008 10 6 DV Alliance list 2006 10 7 DVP strategic plan 10 8 Election Assistance Commission 2004 May 10 9 Election Assistance Commission Annual Report 2004 10 10 Election Assistance Commission best practices 10 11 Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Meeting 2004 Jun 10 12 Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Meeting (1) 2005 10 13 Scope and Contents note

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Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Meeting (2) 2005 10 14 Scope and Contents note

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Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Meeting 2006 10 15 Scope and Contents note

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Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Meeting 2007 10 16 Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Membership list 10 17 Election Assistance Commission disburses 86 million to 25 states 2004 10 18 Election Assistance Commission Meeting 2004 Jul 10 19 Election Assistance Commission Meeting 2005 Feb-2005 Mar 10 20 Election Assistance Commission Meeting 2005 Dec 10 21 Election Assistance Commission testimony 2005 Feb 10 22 Election day workers pamphlet 10 23 Election judge manual: Suburban Cook County 10 24 Election Privacy Information Center 2005 10 25 Election problems articles 10 26 Election protection 2006 10 27 Election reference archive 10 28 Election reform bill: early forms 10 29 Election reform briefing 10 30 Election reform conference call 2003 10 31 Election reform efforts 2001 10 32 Election reform Florida report 10 33 Election reform press statements 10 34 Election reform statements 10 35 Election reform webpage archive 10 36 Elections: Federal efforts to improve security (1) 10 37 Elections: Federal efforts to improve security (2) 2005 11 1 Elections: looking ahead 2007 11 2 Electronic voting 11 3 Electronic voting articles 11 4 Electronic voting machines 11 5 Emerging issues in election reform (booklet) 11 6 Empowering Nebraskans: discover the disability vote 2004 11 7 Scope and Contents note

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Empowerment through civil participation 1999 11 8 Endorsement of Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act 11 9 Ensuring the accessibility of the election process 11 10 Epic 2005-2006 annual report 2005-2006 11 11 eSlate electronic voting system 11 12 Examples of Section 5 experience 11 13 Exit polls 2000 11 14 Face-to-face voter registration 11 15 Facilitating voting as people age 2007 11 16 Facilitating voting as people age: Jim Dickson's folder from 2007 2007 11 17 Fair vote 11 18 Federal Election Commission polling place report 1992 11 19 Federal Election Reform 11 20 Federal grant applications drafts 11 21 Federal mandates in the DoD authorization bill 11 22 Finished tasks/useful information 11 23 Florida new voting machines 2001 11 24 Florida not alone in election difficulties 2001 11 25 Florida voting instructions 11 26 Frame work for Understanding Electronic Voting 2004 11 27 Get Out the Vote / American Legion 1996 11 28 Get Out the Vote / The Arc 11 29 Get Out the Vote / Democratic National Committee 11 30 Get Out the Vote / League of Women Voters Educational Fund 11 31 Get Out the Vote Summit 11 32 Get Out the Vote web page archive 11 33 Getting our the disability vote 2001 11 34 Government Operations Interim Committee / Utah Legislature 2004 11 35 Grant requests and reports for voting assistance in the District of Columbia 2004-2006 11 36 Grant request from Ruth McCormick Tankersley Charitable Trust 2007 May 2 11 37 Guide to 1996 elections 11 38 Guidebook for recruiting college poll workers 2007 11 39 Scope and Contents note

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Guidebook to assist election officials 1999 11 40 Guidelines for polling place accessibility 11 41 HAVA (Help America Vote Act) 2002 11 42 HAVA (Help America Vote Act) funding request 11 43 HAVA (Help America Vote Act) provisions 11 44 HAVA (Help America Vote Act) Senate oversight hearing 2005 Jun 11 45 HAVA (Help America Vote Act) full funding 11 46 Hispanics and the 2006 election 11 47 House democrats seek federal election standards 11 48 How to turn out voters with disabilities 11 49 Hoyer Election Reform Bill 11 50 H.R. 811 2007 11 51 H.R. 811 AAPD position 11 52 H.R. 811 amendment 11 53 H.R. 811 and AAPD 11 54 H.R. 811 discussion draft 2007 Jan 10 11 55 H.R. 811 discussion draft 2007 Jan 26 11 56 H.R. 811 (Holt Bill) 11 57 H.R. 811 Lofgren amendment 11 58 H.R. 811 report no. 110-154 11 59 H.R. 2239 and AAPD 11 60 Human Serve (1) 11 61 Human Serve (2) 11 62 Human Serve / National Voter Registration Act 11 63 Illinois Disability Vote Project 11 64 Implementing the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (1) 12 1 Implementing the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (2) 12 2 Indiana Governor's Planning council for people with disabilities 2003 12 3 Instituto Electoral del Distrito Federal and disabled voters in Mexico 2003 12 4 Invoice 2002 12 5 iVotronic system pamphlet 12 6 J.P. Kennedy Foundation 12 7 List of donors for voting reform campaign 12 8 Machinery of democracy 12 9 Maine initiative 12 10 Making elections accessible 12 11 Marginal races 2002 12 12 Maricopa County Election Board worker training manual 12 13 Maryland to work with AAPD on voter accessibility 2002 12 14 Materials on voting for people with disabilities 12 15 Measuring the improvement / Charles Stewart III 12 16 Michigan Transit Voter Project 12 17 Missouri Disability Vote Project 2003 12 18 Missouri Disability Vote Project 2005 12 19 Missouri State Senate interim Committee to reform elections 2001 12 20 Missouri transit vote 12 21 Motor voter out of control 12 22 Mott Proposal / National Organization on Disability 12 23 National Association of Secretaries of State and voting policies 12 24 National Coalition for Students with Disabilities 12 25 National Committee for Voting Integrity regarding voting machines 2006 12 26 National Disability Strategy Summit 2006 12 27 National issues mobilization organizer training 12 28 National mental health voter empowerment 12 29 National Organization on Disability sample summit package 12 30 National Voter Registration Act 12 31 National Voter Registration Act DC training guide 12 32 National Voter Registration Act defense 12 33 National Voter Registration Act implementation survey 1998 12 34 National Voter Registration Act report to Election Assistance 12 35 New face of Jim Crow 2006 12 36 New voting restrictions 2006 12 37 New York State Board of Elections site coordinator training 12 38 Nonvisual election technology 12 39 No right is more precious 12 40 North Carolina DVP 12 41 Notebook 2005 Summer 12 42 Notebook 2008 12 43 Notes (undated) 12 44 Oregon voting ballot for the blind report 13 1 Organizational sponsors of the Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act 13 2 Paper ballots 2006 13 3 Paperless chase / Tokaji, Daniel P. 13 4 Paralyzed Veterans of America access to polls in California legal case 2006 13 5 Pennsylvania voter accessibility follow-up 13 6 People with disabilities less likely to vote 13 7 Pew report 2000 Jul 13 8 Political preferences of people with disabilities 13 9 Poll worker articles 13 10 Poll worker instructional manual / New York State Board of Elections 13 11 Scope and Contents note

includes CD

Polling place access / Election Assistance Commission 13 12 Polling place access guide / National Organization on Disability 2000 13 13 Polling place access report / Kinsellagh, James M. 1997-1998 13 14 Precinct officers training manual: gubernatorial general election (Sacramento County) 2006 13 15 Precinct uniformity project index 13 16 Preserving Civil Rights Protection Act 13 17 President Bush mobilization drives... 13 18 Pro bono work by Howey, Simon Arnold and White 13 19 Project vote organizer kit 13 20 Proposed legislation concerning Help America Vote Act of 2002 13 21 Proposed objections to provisions of Act, nos. 792 and 794 13 22 Protect voting rights 13 23 Protecting the voting rights of senior citizens and persons with disabilities 13 24 Providing help to voters with disabilities 13 25 Pro voting machine receipt ad/Common Cause ad 13 26 Qualifying precincts and Help America Vote Act (HAVA) guide 13 27 Real ID/Driver's incense roundtable 2006 13 28 Recommendations on implementation of Help America Vote Act 13 29 Redenbaugh, Russell regarding enforcement of ADA 1998 13 30 Report finds flaws in election system 2003 13 31 Report of the National Voter independence Project 1999 13 32 Report on accessibility inspections of New Jersey polling places 2007 13 33 Report on voter turnout in the 2006 election 13 34 Rikita, Todd testimony on election reform 13 35 Roll-out-the-vote 2000 13 36 Rules of the game booklet 13 37 St. Louis wrongly accused voters 2001 13 38 Section 5 of Voting Rights Act of 1965 1994 13 39 Senate prospects on S.565 2001 13 40 Senators back proposed bills to modernize elections 2000 13 41 Sequoia Voting System staff 13 42 Shape of elections to come 2003 13 43 Shefa Fund follow up report 2002 13 44 Shefa Fund request for money to encourage voting in Iowa 2002 13 45 Shefa grand award 2002 13 46 South Dakota election day precinct manual 2006 13 47 Strategy Conference on California Voting System 2005 13 48 Study finds ballot problems... 2006 13 49 Training and Advocating Support Center (TASC) Annual Conference 2004 Jun 7-11 13 50 Ten steps to a successful registration drive 13 51 Tennessee contract 13 52 Tennessee 2003 13 53 Tennessee Voter Project 2002 13 54 Testimony of Melanie L. Campbell before US Election Assistance Commission 2004 May 5 13 55 Topher (Election reform) 13 56 Trellis Fund 13 57 Trellis Fund grant for voter accessibility 13 58 Trellis Fund proposal 2002 13 59 2000 Census (1) 14 1 2000 Census (2) 14 2 2001 Pro Bono and Public Service Annual Report 14 3 2006 Election judge manual 14 4 2006 Election procedures : Vermont 14 5 Ukraine democracy 14 6 Uncle Sam top hat 14 7 Union members summary 2006 14 8 US Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors meeting 2008 14 9 Vermont and papers ballot request 2004 14 10 Voluntary voting system guidelines 2007 14 11 Vote! It's your right (pamphlet) 14 12 Vote! 2000 campaign work plan 14 13 Vote! 2000 documents and expenses (1) 14 14 Vote! 2000 documents and expenses (2) 14 15 Vote! 2000 documents and expenses : AFL-CIO Miami civil rights conference 14 16 Vote! 2000 documents and expenses : Chicago summit 14 17 Vote! 2000 documents and expenses : Cleveland speaking engagement 14 18 Vote! 2000 documents and expenses : Goodwill speaking engagement 14 19 Vote! 2000 documents and expenses : Rhode Island press conference 14 20 Vote! 2000 National Summit 2000 Apr 14 21 Voter accessibility testimony by Jim Dickson in New York 2002 14 22 Voter registration numbers 14 23 Voter verification and Simson L. Garfinkel 14 24 Voter verification information 14 25 Voter verification proposal 14 26 Voter verification research by Kim Alexander 14 27 Voters denied equal access at the polls (booklet) 14 28 Voters for Choice Education Fund (voter registration kit) 14 29 Voters with limited English (voter's glossary) 14 30 Voters with specific needs (1) 14 31 Voters with specific needs (2) 14 32 Voting and registration in the election of 2004 14 33 Voting for the blind in the District of Columbia 2002 14 34 Voting machines 2001 14 35 Voting statistics for people with disabilities by state 14 36 Voting system standards 14 37 Voting systems 14 38 Voting systems in Texas 1999 14 39 Voting with disabilities / New York Times 14 40 What determines voter turnout? 1997 14 41 Winning mail for campaigns across America 14 42 Disabled Voters Project 14 43 Women vote participation in voter outreach organization 2003 14 44 Women voters 2007 14 45 Workshop 2002 14 46 Wyoming Election Judges Handbook 2006 14 47 Media Subseries D 15-18 AAPD creating a phone campaign to get out the vote (2 cassettes) 15 1 Access to vote (VHS) 15 2 Accessible elections / North Carolina Board of Elections (2 VHS tapes) 15 3 Ballot battles / New York Times Television (VHS) 15 4 Bumper stickers 15 5 Champions of the NVRA : a tribute (VHS) 15 6 CNN air checks of programs on voting, disabilities, and minorities (VHS) 15 7 Disability guide to election (cassette) 1996 15 8 Election access video series (2 VHS tapes and a brochure) 15 9 Election year 2006 : District of Columbia (CD) 15 10 Ensuring fair elections 15 11 Scope and Contents note

(cassette)

Floppy disks (1) 18 1 Scope and Contents note

Contains 40 floppy disks (various titles)

Floppy disks (2) 18 2 Scope and Contents note

Contains 30 floppy disks (various titles)

FDR footage / Franklin Roosevelt Library (VHS) 15 11A FDR in a wheelchair (2 cassettes) 15 12 FDR memorial celebration 1997 Spring 15 13 FDR memorial coverage (VHS) 15 14 FDR memorial : Jim Dickson MSNBC interview (VHS) 15 15 FDR rally (VHS) 16 1 Get Out the Vote / National Organization on Disabilities (1) (2 VHS tapes) 2000 16 2 Get Out the Vote / National Organization on Disabilities (2) (VHS) 2000 16 3 Get Out the Vote / Diane Rehm (cassette) 16 4 HAVA bumper stickers 16 5 Kerry for president bumper sticker 16 6 Labor vision (VHS) 16 7 Maintaining the public trust (VHS) 16 8 Making elections accessible (cassette) 16 9 MSNBC (VHS) 1997 Apr 13 16 10 National Mental Health Voter Empowerment Project (VHS and floppy disk) 16 11 NMHA / NOD Disability policy : Bush/Gore debate (cassette) 16 12 Poll worker training tape (VHS) 16 13 Protecting the Voice of Democracy / North Carolina Board of Elections (VHS) 16 14 Public trust : North Carolina precinct official training video (VHS) 17 1 Rally for FDR (VHS) 1997 17 2 Register to vote poster 17 3 State HAVA plans (CD) 17 4 2000 election : what really happened in Florida (DVD) 17 5 2006 DVP Summit binder -Missouri DVP (CD) 17 6 Training for poll workers and election officials (VHS) 17 7 Tripil voting video (DVD) 17 8 Voting power for people with disabilities (VHS) 17 9 Voting Standards Symposium (2 CDs) 17 10 Voting Standards Symposium (2 CDs : copy 2) 17 11 VVPAT Nevada (CD) 17 12 Needmor Subseries E 17 Acceptance of trustee positions at Toledo Trust Company 1956 17 13 Access Capital Strategies Community investment Fund Report to Needmor Fund 2005 17 14 Boston Common Asset Management Report to Needmor Fund 2006 17 15 Dismantling a Community booklet 17 16 Investment performance review : Needmor Foundation 2006 17 17 Investment performance review : Needmor Foundation 2007 17 18 Needmor Fund Board of Directors meeting 2005 Nov 17 19 Needmor Fund booklet 17 20 Needmor Fund 2006 Conference information 17 21 Needmor Fund Finance Committee meeting 2006 17 22 Needmor Fund Finance Committee meeting 2007 17 23 Needmor Fund Proposal and administrative docket 2006 17 24 Needmor Fund Proposal and administrative docket 2007 17 25 Needmor Fund Proposal and administrative docket (2) 2007 17 25 Needmor Fund investing information and conference ticket 17 27 Needmor holdings as of Sep. 25, 2006 17 28 Stranahan home 17 29 Watercolor painting 17 30 Periodicals Subseries F 17 AAPD News 2001 Jun 17 31 Ability 2002-2003 17 32 Colorado Quarterly 2003 Winter 17 33 DD Quarterly 2003 Winter 17 34 Election Administration Reports 2002-2003 17 35 International Voter 2001-2002 17 36 Justice First 2002 Summer 17 37 Making a difference 17 38 My Generation 2002 Sep-Oct 17 39 National Journal 2007 Feb 24 17 40 US PIRG 2002 Fall 17 41 We 1999 Jan-Feb 17 42 Sailing across the Atlantic Series 6 18 Clippings 1987 18 1 Life insurance policies 1987 18 2 Financial Documents 1983-1987 18 3 Miscellaneous notes and press releases 1986-1987 18 4 Collection information Scope and Contents note

The James C. Dickson papers cover the years from 1985 to 2008 and are arranged into five series: voting, disabilities, children, health care and The American Association of People with Disabilities. The AAPD series is further subdivided into the following subseries: organization, disabilities, voting, periodicals, media and Needmor. The first four series are James Dickson's personal papers. The AAPD series consists of papers which come directly from the organization itself.

Because Mr. Dickson's personal papers are separate from the AAPD's papers, there is some duplication of materials. This is most evident in the disabilities and the voting sections. The materials which cover the organization of the AAPD are filed under the subseries organization and those have no parallel in the Dickson personal papers. The periodicals subseries which contains magazines which deal with disability issues, the media subseries which contains office diskettes as well as instructional tapes, DVD's and bumper stickers and the Needmor subseries which contains financial reports and other details about the charitable giving organization are also unique to the AAPD series.

Containing faxes, reprints of newspaper articles, brochures, pamphlets, minutes from meetings and congressional hearings, letters, and government forms, diskettes, photographs and CD's, the papers document Dickson's and AAPD's efforts to increase the number of voters with disabilities and improve the quality of life for disabled persons. Much of the material from the AAPD covers the drive for voter equality but there are also official board meeting records, minutes, press releases and budget information which provide significant insight into the origins of the organization, its evolution and the way it runs.

The materials contain information on poll accessibility, black voters, gay and lesbian voters, voting statistics, the motor voter law, election reforms, methods of voting including various electronic systems, law suits, and the registration of potential voters when they apply for food stamps, Medicaid or a driver's license. Other materials contain information on all-terrain wheelchairs, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, section 8 housing, signage, and the installation of special tiles in the Washington, D.C. metro to alert blind commuters.

There are also obituaries of major activists for people with disabilities, and reprints of newspaper articles on skiing for the blind, outstanding individuals with disabilities like a blind computer expert, and a court case involving a disabled golfer. Additionally, there are newspaper clippings, and legal and financial documents pertaining to Dickson's attempt to sail across the Atlantic solo. The collection also includes material on other organizing efforts with which Dickson was involved. These include children's rights, specifically the rights of children with disabilities, and medical care, especially the rights of elderly patients and patients with disabilities.

Conditions Governing Use note

Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from the Brown University Library. Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.

Preferred Citation note

James C. Dickson papers, Ms. 2007.021, Brown University Library.

Arrangement note

The collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1. Voting Series 2. Disabilities Series 3. Children Series 4. Health care Series 5. AAPD

Conditions Governing Access note

There are no restrictions on access for non-digital materials, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. Advance notice is required to view born-digital records. Born-digital materials in this collection have not been reformatted yet. Researchers may request access to copies by contacting the John Hay Library with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. Access to original physical digital media is restricted.

Administrative information Immediate Source of Acquisition note

This collection was donated by James C. Dickson on January 12, 2007 (Accession A2007-013), August 6, 2008 (Accession A2009-013), and May 4, 2009 (A2009-030).

Processing Information note

The cover of the pamphlet celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Accruals note

Additional papers are anticipated for this collection.

Additional information General note

Brown University Library catalog record for this collection: James C. Dickson papers, 1988-2002

Related Archival Materials note

This collection forms part of the Community Organizing Archive, a collaboration between the Swearer Center for Public Service and the Brown University Library. This Archive is an effort to document the activities of people and organizations involved in community organizing throughout the United States. For more information see The Community Organizing Archive

Resources beyond Brown:

Testimony of James C. Dickson Before Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, June 27, 2001

Names Dickson, Jim (1946-) American Association of People with Disabilities Community Organizing Archive (Brown University) Brown University. Class of 1968 Subjects Education Political activists Children's rights -- United States Children with disabilities Political activists -- United States Human rights workers -- United States People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- Law and legislation -- United States People with disabilities -- Political activity -- United States People with disabilities -- Statistics -- United States People with disabilities -- Government policy -- Law and legislation -- United States People with disabilities -- Suffrage -- United States People with disabilities -- Medical care -- United States People with disabilities -- Public Opinion -- United States Voting -- United States -- History -- 20th century Voting -- United States -- Statistics Suffrage -- Law and legislation -- United States Polling places -- Barrier-free design -- United States Occupations Human rights workers Activists Types of Materials Facsimiles (Reproductions) Letters (Correspondence) Pamphlets Brochures