Director, Education Library
Find Primary Sources (photographs, letters, documents, videos, magazine ads, etc.)
- Disability History: From Almshouses to Civil RightsStarting on pg. 6, includes primary source links to artifacts from 1798 - 2020.
- The Disability History MuseumThe DHM seeks to foster research and study about the historical experiences of people with disabilities and their communities.
- Documenting Disability in the Historical Recordfrom the Society of American Archivists
- EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in Americafrom the Smithsonian Museum of American History
- Free to Use and Reuse: Disability Awarenessfrom the Library of Congress, this set features people with disabilities throughout U.S. history—at work, at play, at school, and advocating for change.
- A Guide to Disability Rights Lawsfrom ADA.org
- Nineteenth-Century Disability: Cultures and ContextsA collection of primary texts and images on physical and cognitive disability in the nineteenth century (c. 1780 to 1914).
- NY PL Digital Archivesearch: special education
Timelines to Explore
- Disability Legislation Historyfrom the Student Disability Center at Colorado State University
- Disability Rights Timelinefrom Temple University's Institute on Disabilities
- The Smith-Fess Act (1920)from the Library of Congress