American Council of the Blind Archives

Collection

Identifier: SC-MS-279

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, minutes, legislation, reports, and publications about the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), which began in 1940, and the American Council of the Blind (ACB) which split from the NFB to become a separate organization in 1961. The Braille Forum Journal is shelved with the collection. It contains journals from 1962-2004 and is not a complete set.

Dates

Creation: 1941-2004

Creator

American Council of the Blind (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Copyright Statement

Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Extent

27 Containers (Contains 25 document boxes and 2 bankers boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Dr. James Megivern, former professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW received this collection from the archives of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and used the materials to compile a history of the organization. He and his wife Majorie Megivern published this organizational history titled, People of Vision: A History of the American Council of the Blind, in 2003.