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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Members of the Living History Group –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Jernigan Institute has an assignment--a very enjoyable
job--for those of you who come to Convention with recording devices.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are hoping to collect reminiscences of long-time members
of the NFB, mainly about NFB history, but also about their lives as blind guys.
We do not expect these to be formal oral history interviews, nor do we
expect to have video recordings. We do want the sound quality to be good.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The results of these interviews may or may not be made
publicly available; this decision will be made at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Participants should <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>not</span></i> plan on themselves posting either
audio or text versions of their interviews. </span></b>We are simply looking
for raw material to be stored at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for use by future
historians.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We want to have interviews of people who <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>can personally remember Jacobus tenBroek, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>may have worked with Hazel tenBroek,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>knew Kenneth Jernigan during his early days in the Federation or in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>remember the “Civil War” as it played out nationally or
locally<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>have personal memories of major advances or setbacks for blind people.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are planning to develop a list of people expected to be
at the convention whom we hope to have you interview. The list probably
won’t be complete, so you can feel free to interview other old-timers you
may come upon. Later this month we will provide a list of questions
we’d like included. We will also need formal permission from the
interviewee for use of their reminiscences. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please let me know if you are interested in participating. I
am particularly eager to find a volunteer who will collect all the interviews
and organize them in accessible digital files.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With Federationist Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=navy face="Brush Script MT"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:navy'>Ed Morman</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Edward T. Morman, MSLS, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Director, Jacobus tenBroek Library<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND JERNIGAN
INSTITUTE</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>1800 Johnson Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <st1:State
w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21230</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>410.659.9314 x2225</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>410.685.2349 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=4 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:aqua'>2009 is Louis
Braille’s Bicentennial Year!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=4 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=5 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:aqua'>The</span></font><font
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"Cooper Black";color:red'> </span></font><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
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color="#0069b3"><span style='color:#0069B3'>2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial
Silver Dollar</span></font></a></span></font></b></span><font size=5 color=red
face="Cooper Black"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";
color:red'> </span></font><font size=5 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:aqua'>is available
from the United States Mint.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=4 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:aqua'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=4 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:aqua'>Purchase one or
more and help the organized blind in our campaign for literacy! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=4 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:aqua'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=4 color=aqua face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:aqua'>And be sure to
check out <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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border:none;padding:0in'><font size=5 color=red face="Cooper Black"><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black";color:red'><a
href="http://www.braille.org/">www.braille.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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