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Matt Rizzo papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rizzo
Abstract

Typescript essays and a treatise (some in Braille) by Matt Rizzo, Chicago philosopher/writer who was blinded in a robbery at age 22. Collection also includes photo-reproductions of Rizzo with son Charlie and guide dogs, a news clipping about Rizzo's life, audiocassettes of Rizzo dictating parts of his works, a Perkins Brailler, and Rizzo's two Brailling slates with an accompanying stylus for writing Braille.

Dates: approximately 1940s-2002

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

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Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
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Campbell, Robert, active 20th century 1
Carlier, Emile 1
Carver, Art 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
Graff, William W. 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Clinton Lodge, No. 98 (Lock Haven, Pa.) 1
January, J. W. 1
Johnston, Clarence A. 1
Kaak, Willy, 1890- 1
Karchmar, Jacob 1
Kennedy, Willie, 1884- 1
Krÿnberg, A. 1
Lampérière, G. 1
Lentini, Frank A., 1889-1966 1
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971 1
Ligue des Droits du religieux ancien combattant 1
McKeown, Frank 1
Minnen, A. v. d. 1
Modern Woodmen of America 1
Mougenel, J. 1
Myers, Ray R. (Raymond Robert) 1
National Institute for the Blind (London, England) 1
Newberry Library 1
Paillot, Georges 1
Pineda, Ricardo 1
Pinto, Geo. E. 1
Pouliquen, Marie 1
Rizzo, Matt, 1913-1987 1
Rosin, François 1
Ryan, J. C. 1
Sanders, Charles E. 1
Sellers, W. J. 1
Selvaggio, Marc S. 1
Shaw, R. G. 1
Shell, John, 1788- 1
Sine, L. D., 1828 or 1829- 1
Smith, R. 1
Souslin, Alonzo, 1860- 1
Stevens, F. B. 1
Takkenberg, C. 1
Tennant, Wm. (William) 1
Thompkins, Ralph D. 1
Thomson, Ann E. Leak, 1839-1899 1
Tucker, W. D. 1
Unthan, C. H. 1
Urgence cardiaque Viviane (Organization) 1
Vaillancourt, Fred E. 1
Ventura, Antonio 1
White, Arthur T. 1
Williams, W. C. 1
Wilson, Lauren 1
Yanney, J. B., 1853- 1
Young Helpers' League (Great Britain) 1
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