[Nfbn-announce] NFB Hazel tenBroek Grants for Research on Civil Rights Law, Disability Rights and Blindness

[Amy Buresh]

>The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute announces 
>the NFB Hazel tenBroek Research Grant program for 2012-13.  Please 
>cross-post as appropriate.
>
>Though sighted, Hazel tenBroek (1911-2005) was a devoted member of 
>the National Federation of the Blind.  For many years, she was an 
>unpaid coworker of her husband, NFB founding President Jacobus 
>tenBroek, and after his death she served as Associate Editor of the 
>NFB monthly magazine, the Braille Monitor.  Near the end of her own 
>life she agreed to donate the Jacobus tenBroek Papers to the 
>Jernigan Institute.  The tenBroek papers now constitute the 
>centerpiece of the research resources of the Jacobus tenBroek Library.
>
>Purpose: These awards will support projects that (1) require the 
>resources of the Jacobus tenBroek Library and (2) are intended to 
>lead to a product of educational or aesthetic value to the public 
>and/or the academic community.  Undergraduate students may apply, 
>but only for work on a senior thesis or capstone project.
>
>Awards: Up to five applicants will win awards of between $500 and 
>$5000.  Awards will be based on budgets submitted as part of the 
>application (see below), but will not necessarily match the total 
>proposed budget.  In general, the awards will be proportional to the 
>proposed length of residence in the tenBroek Library.
>
>Period of residence: Winners of Hazel tenBroek Research grants are 
>expected to spend at least five days in residence at the Jacobus 
>tenBroek Library, any time between mid-July 2012 and mid-June 
>2013.  The days of residence need not be consecutive.  Awardees who 
>come from a distance are invited to stay in Jernigan Institute 
>sleeping rooms at no charge.  Grant recipients are not required to 
>stay at the Jernigan Institute, but we will not consider lodging 
>costs in proposal budgets.
>
>Presentation: At the conclusion of their stay, awardees will be 
>expected to make a presentation of 20-30 minutes, followed by a 
>question and answer period with Jernigan Institute staff members.
>
>Acknowledgment and rights:  All products of work done on these 
>grants remains the intellectual property of the awardees, but 
>must  include an acknowledgment of the 2012-2013 NFB Hazel tenBroek 
>Research Grant program.  Should the editors regard the grant-funded 
>work as appropriate for inclusion the Braille Monitor, tenBroek 
>Library staff will work with the awardee in preparing an article.
>
>Eligibility: All are eligible to apply, regardless of citizenship or age.
>
>Travel and visas: Grantees are responsible for their own travel 
>arrangements and visa arrangements (if needed).
>
>Preferences:
>Disability status: All else being equal, preference will be shown, 
>first, to blind applicants, and second, to other disabled applicants.
>
>Topic of project: We are especially interested in projects related 
>to the life and work of Jacobus tenBroek or the history of the 
>National Federation of the Blind.  However, we will consider 
>well-conceived projects in other areas.
>
>Resources:
>Published books, periodicals, etc. The Jacobus tenBroek Library, 
>established in 2004, is currently engaged in a large scale 
>acquisitions program (both retrospective and current).  The scope of 
>its published materials-largely  in print, but also in talking book, 
>Braille, and digital formats-extends to all facets (except the 
>medical) of blindness and the lives of blind people.  We encourage 
>potential applicants to check THE BLIND CAT, our online 
>public-access catalog (www.nfb.org/theblindcat), and let us know of 
>books or other publications that are within our scope, that we do not yet
own.
>
>Archival and manuscript materials.  The most significant single 
>resource of the tenBroek Library is the Professional and Personal 
>Papers of Jacobus tenBroek.  Dr. tenBroek (1911-1968) was a towering 
>figure in many areas.  The NFB as he built it in the 1940s and 1950s 
>adumbrated many of the features of today's disability rights 
>movement, most importantly by asserting that blind must speak for 
>themselves as consumers and as a demographic minority that 
>experiences discrimination.  A graduate of the University of 
>California School of Law (Boalt Hall), tenBroek earned additional 
>graduate degrees in both law and political science.  His scholarly 
>interests centered around constitutional notions of "rights" and he 
>is credited with helping to refine the idea of rights in the 
>post-World War II era.  In addition to disability rights, his 
>writings have proved central to civil rights law and welfare rights 
>law.  His 1958 book, Prejudice, War, and the Constitution is 
>regarded as the definitive critique of the U.S. Supreme Court's 
>decision to allow the federal government to relocate Japanese 
>Americans during the World War II.
>
>TenBroek served on the faculty of the University of California from 
>1942 until his death.  As a university professor, he stood strongly 
>in favor of academic freedom, opposing the loyalty oath during the 
>1950s, and supporting the student Free Speech Movement in 
>1964.  Simultaneously with his social activism and scholarly work 
>tenBroek was a member and, for a period, chairman of the California 
>Social Welfare Board.
>
>The Jacobus tenBroek papers-consisting largely of typed and printed 
>documents, but with a significant portion in grade 3 Braille-is a 
>major primary resource for research on any of his personal and 
>professional interests.  A grant from the National Historical 
>Publications and Records Commission has allowed us to complete basic 
>processing of both the tenBroek papers and the larger institutional 
>archives of the National Federation of the Blind.  We have recently 
>made finding aids to these and several smaller collections available 
>through our archival search tool, THE CANE TIP (www.nfb.org/thecanetip).
>Museum collection.  The tenBroek Library has an unprocessed 
>collection of objects,  including several exhibits on display in 
>public areas of the Jernigan Institute.  In storage are a number of 
>mechanical and manual tools for writing in Braille, as well as 
>electronic devices developed for use by the blind in the past 
>half-century.  The Jernigan Institute is also home to the 
>International Braille and Technology Center, which collects 
>state-of-the-art electronic devices, and the Independence Market, 
>which sells a selection of "low tech" aids and appliances for the 
>blind, including canes, clocks, low vision aids, and toys.  The 
>resources of the IBTC and the market are available for use by researchers.
>
>Audiovisual collection. The tenBroek Library is also responsible for 
>the NFB's collection of sound and moving picture recordings dating 
>back to the 1950s.  The AV collection includes recordings of NFB 
>events, oral history interviews, broadcast public service 
>announcements and other NFB archival material.  At present there is 
>no public access to the AV inventory, but we will gladly answer 
>questions about this collection.
>
>Photographs.  We have more than forty thousand photographs in 
>digital formats.  They are entered with descriptive metadata in our 
>photograph database, Photo Showcase.  Photo Showcase is not 
>available to outside researchers but, again, we will gladly help 
>researchers locate photographs.
>
>Applications:  Applications will be accepted only as email 
>attachments sent to jtblibrary at nfb.org, preferably using Microsoft 
>Word, Microsoft Works word processor, Open Office Writer, or Rich 
>text Format.  All applications must have the following information, 
>clearly labeled and in this order:
>
>I. Name and contact information, including relevant affiliations
>II. Type of project (undergraduate thesis, graduate thesis, 
>scholarly article or book, popular non-fiction, fiction or poetry, 
>other artistic endeavor).  If none of these, please specify what is
intended.
>III. Title of project
>IV. Abstract of no more than five hundred words
>V. Description of how the resources of the tenBroek Library will be
utilized
>VI. Budget.  There is no budget form, and applicants should 
>themselves choose the categories of expense they anticipate.
>
>For further information, please contact the tenBroek Library 
>(410-659-9314 x2225 or jtblibrary at nfb.org).
>
>Deadline: All applications must be received by 8:00 AM, Eastern Time 
>(GMT -05:00), Monday April 2, 2012.   Decisions will be announced 
>within a few weeks.
>
>Cordially,
>Ed Morman
>Edward T. Morman, MSLS, PhD
>Director, Jacobus tenBroek Library
>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND JERNIGAN INSTITUTE
>200 East Wells Street
>    at Jernigan Place
>Baltimore MD 21230
>410.659.9314 x2225
>410.685.2340 (fax)
>
>The tenBroek Library is becoming the place for research on 
>blindness.  Check out THE CANE TIP (www.nfb.org/thecanetip, our 
>archival database), and THE BLIND CAT (www.nwf.org/theblindcat, our 
>online public access catalog).  Both are fully accessible.


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