COMMISSION OF DEAF, DEAFBLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING MINNESOTANS:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator:Minnesota. Commission of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans.
Title:Records.
Dates:1986-2017.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Records of this governor appointed commission that advocates for equal opportunity for Minnesotans who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing.
Quantity:4.25 cubic feet (5 boxes), and 69 digital files : MP4, XML, and PDF (43552 MB).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The Minnesota Commission for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) develops solutions to barriers faced in education, employment, health care, technology and public access by convening and collaborating; coordinates advocacy efforts for individuals and other human service and advocacy organizations; and encourages civic engagement through education, voting and building relationships with policy makers.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The files contain minutes, meeting files, correspondence and memos, legislative reports, director reports, budgets and rosters of the full commission and its subcommittees, subject files, and oral-visual histories and supporting documentation made as part of several grant-funded projects through the Minnesota Commission for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing. The records also include materials created under the commission's two earlier names, the Minnesota Council for the Hearing Impaired and the Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Location of Master Files:

Digital masters of the PDF and MP4 files are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage server and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

Digital File Characteristics:

MP4 video files include paired XML files in the collection in order to supply captions for each associated video file.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Commission of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2007-3; 2018-2; 2021-16

Processing Information:

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 007226419


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
104.I.9.3BStaffing/development, 1986-1987.
Minutes, 1986-2000. 18 folders.
Sign Language Legislation Group, 1986-1987.
Subcommittees and coalitions, 1990-1994.
Early Identification and Intervention Group, 1993-1994.
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115.F.3.11BCommission and committee meeting files, 1991-2017:
Commission meeting files, 2000-2015.
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115.F.3.12FCommission meeting files, 2016-2017. 10 folders.
Education Committee, 1991-1994. 6 folders.
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115.F.3.13BHuman Services and Employment Committee, 1994-2001. 2 folders.
Incomplete.
Technology Accessibility Advisory Committee, 2007-2009.
Subcommittees, 1994-1995.
Subject files, 1987-2017:
Subject files of Executive Director Mary Hartnett. Arranged in alphabetical order.
Acoustics, 2013.
Airport signage, 2013.
Age-related hearing loss and health aging task force, 2014-2015.
American Sign Language (ASL) law, 1992.
Assessment team bill, 1992.
DeafBlind task force, 2002-2003.
Deaf education: Low incidence studies, 1991-1993.
Education of deaf and hard of hearing students, 1989-1991.
Educational assessment workgroup, 1993-1997. 2 folders.
Employment and Economic Development Department (DEED), 2007.
Executive director report, 2002.
Increased funding, 2002.
Name change of the Commission, 2002.
Planning and budget, 1991-1993.
Protection and advocacy for individual rights (PAIR), 1994-1998.
Quality assurance screening for interpreters, 1987-1994.
School bus bill, 2009.
Regional service centers, 1992-1994.
Regional service center: Metro, 1991-1996.
Regional service center: Northwest, 1991-1995.
Resource center, 1991-1999.
Screening of newborn hearing loss, 1997.
Special education advisory council (SEAC), 1993-1998.
State Board of Education, 1994.
Strategic planning, 2007-2013.
Strategic planning process: Data gathering results, 2008.
Teacher licensing, 1995-1996.
Technology accessibility project steering committee, 2009.
Technology accessibility reports and testimony, 2010-2011.
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115.F.3.14FTechnology and web accessibility standards bill: Communications plan, 2009.
Technology and web accessibility standards legislation, 2009.
Usability/accessibility bill, 2009.
Video captioning bill, 1995.
Website (Commission), 2019.
Website accessibility, 2015-2017.
Work plan and goals, 2002.
Published records and reports, 1989-2015:
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Biennial legislative reports, 1989-1990, 1994.
Centralized reasonable accommodation fund study, 2015.
Commission handbook, 2003-2004.
Technology accessibility and implementation project reports, 2010-2013.
Twenty five year anniversary report: 1985-2010.
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104.I.9.3BOral-Visual Histories:
Legacy Grant Documentation, 2010-2011. 4 folders:
Documentation associated with a Legacy Grant received through MNHS. Includes grant-related correspondence, methodology and context documentation, and educational materials.
Minnesota Historical Society Final Report.
MHS.
Companion Materials. 2 folders.
Legacy Oral-Visual History Interview Materials. 7 folders; 7 video files: MP4, 6 text files: XML, and 7 text files: PDF (19800 MB):
Interview transcripts, question guides, interviewee correspondence, and interviewee background materials for 7 oral-visual histories conducted as part of a Legacy Grant project.
Lynette Boyer:
1 folder.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
Lynette BoyerLynetteBoyer.pdf
1 video file.
Lynette BoyerLynetteBoyer.mp4
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104.I.9.3BGerald "Bummy" Burstein:
1 folder.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
Gerald Bummy BursteinGeraldBummyBurstein.pdf
1 video file.
Gerald Bummy BursteinGeraldBummyBurstein.mp4
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104.I.9.3BRichard "Rich" Diedrichsen:
1 folder.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
Richard Rich DiedrichsenRichardRichDiedrichsen.pdf
1 video file.
Richard Rich DiedrichsenRichardRichDiedrichsen.mp4
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104.I.9.3BGeorge Failes:
1 folder.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
George FailesGeorgeFailes.pdf
1 video file.
George FailesGeorgeFailes.mp4
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104.I.9.3BDwight Maxa:
1 folder.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
Dwight MaxaDwightMaxa.pdf
1 video file.
Dwight MaxaDwightMaxa.mp4
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104.I.9.3BLeslie Peterson:
1 folder.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
Leslie PetersonLesliePeterson.pdf
1 video file.
Leslie PetersonLesliePeterson.mp4
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104.I.9.3BBarbara Schmidt:
1 folder.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
Barbara SchmidtBarbaraSchmidt.pdf
1 video file.
Barbara SchmidtBarbaraSchmidt.mp4
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104.I.9.3BMinnesota Deaf Heritage Oral-Visual Interview Materials. 2 folders; 12 video files: MP4, 12 text files: XML, and 19 text files: PDF (19600 MB):
2 folders.
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InternetGordon Allen:
1 transcript.
Gordon AllenGordonAllen.pdf
1 video file.
Gordon AllenGordonAllen.mp4
Doug Bahl:
1 transcript.
Doug BahlDougBahl.pdf
1 video file.
Doug BahlDougBahl.mp4
Doug Bahl on Thompson Memorial Hall's History:
1 transcript.
Doug Bahl on Thompson Memorial Hall's HistoryDougBahlOnThompsonHallsHistory.pdf
1 video file.
Doug Bahl on Thompson Memorial Hall's HistoryDougBahlOnThompsonHallsHistory.mp4
Robert "Bob" Cook and Dale Finke:
1 transcript.
Robert Bob Cook and Dale FinkeRobertBobCookAndDaleFinke.pdf
1 video file.
Robert Bob Cook and Dale FinkeRobertBobCookAndDaleFinke.mp4
Robert "Bob" Haris:
1 transcript.
Robert Bob HarisRobertBobHarris.pdf
1 video file.
Robert Bob HarisRobertBobHarris.mp4
James "Jim" Jones:
1 transcript.
James Jim JonesJamesJimJones.pdf
1 video file.
James Jim JonesJamesJimJones.mp4
Diane Leonard:
1 transcript.
Diane LeonardDianeLeonard.pdf
1 video file.
Diane LeonardDianeLeonard.mp4
JaNahne "Jan" McCready-Johnson:
1 transcript.
JaNahne Jan McCready-JohnsonJaNahneJanMcCreadyJohnson.pdf
1 video file.
JaNahne Jan McCready-JohnsonJaNahneJanMcCreadyJohnson.mp4
Lloyd and Kathleen Moe:
1 transcript.
Lloyd and Kathleen MoeLloydAndKathleenMoe.pdf
1 video file.
Lloyd and Kathleen MoeLloydAndKathleenMoe.mp4
Joan Stephan:
1 transcript.
Joan StephanJoanStephan.pdf
1 video file.
Joan StephanJoanStephan.mp4
Kim Wassenaar:
1 transcript.
Kim WassenaarKimWassenaar.pdf
1 video file.
Kim WassenaarKimWassenaar.mp4
David and Kimberly Williams:
1 transcript.
David and Kimberly WilliamsDavidAndKimberlyWilliams.pdf
1 video file.
David and Kimberly WilliamsDavidAndKimberlyWilliams.mp4
Supplemental Transcripts:
Classifiers.
ClassifiersClassifiers.pdf
Deaf Culture Series 1.
Deaf Culture Series 1DeafCultureSeries1.pdf
Deaf Culture Series 2.
Deaf Culture Series 2DeafCultureSeries2.pdf
English Idioms.
English IdiomsEnglishIdioms.pdf
Jim Jones Stories.
Jim Jones StoriesJimJonesStories.pdf
Minnesota Deaf Heritage - Interview Voice over Corrections.
Minnesota Deaf Heritage - Interview Voice over CorrectionsMinnesotaDeafHeritage-InterviewVoiceoverCorrections.pdf
Stories For All Ages.
Stories For All AgesStoriesForAllAges.pdf
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104.I.9.3BSigns of Minnesota Oral-Visual Interview Materials, 2004. 1 folder; and 1 text file: PDF (0.25 MB):
1 folder:
Includes transcripts and other documentation related to a series of 29 oral-visual histories that were released on a DVD.
Doug Bahl.
Leo Bond.
Roger Brown.
Mike Cashman.
Toni Dalbec.
Lynn Eccles.
Denise Egbert.
Connie Erickson.
Toni Fairbanks.
Jerry Geist.
Betty Hastings.
Daniel Hepokoski.
Jonie Langdon.
Marian Lucas.
Krista McKenzie.
David Moberg.
Bud Norton.
Andrew Oehrlein.
Debbie Peterson.
Sherri Rademacher.
Kim Sackett.
Susan Siemsen.
Randy Shank.
Trudy Suggs.
Diane Suhr.
Gary Suhr.
Elee Vang.
Kim Wassenaar.
Alex Zeibot.
Location
Internet 1 transcript.
SignsOfMinnesotaOral-VisualInterviewsTranscriptSignsOfMinnesotaOral-VisualInterviewsTranscript.pdf
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104.I.9.3BHistory Matters Workshop Oral-Visual Interview Materials, 2010. 1 folder; 1 MP4, 1 XML, and 1 PDF file (4152.5 MB):
Transcripts, working documents, and marketing materials related to a History Matters workshop.
1 folder.
[0.2 cubic feet empty]
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Internet 1 video file.
History Matters WorkshopHistory Matters Workshop.mp4
1 transcript.
History Matters WorkshopHistoryMattersWorkshop.pdf

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Deaf -- Minnesota.
Deafblind people -- Minnesota.
Hearing impaired -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.
Minnesota Council for the Hearing Impaired.
Document Types:
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings.

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