Blind Boy Of Alabama

The quiet, comfortable life of Bilbo Baggins, hobbit and homebody, takes a turn for high adventure when Gandalf the wizard enlists him to help a group of dwarves recover a vast hoard of treasure from Smaug the dragon. Features the voices of John Huston, Orson Bean, Hans Conreid, Otto Preminger, Richard Boone, with ballads sung by Glenn Yarborough. Animated. 1978. ... [Read More]

Library: The Drama Within
Ms. Griliches first learned about the possibility of collaboratingwith the Library on this book from Jeanne Guillemin, a former member ofthe Board of Trustees of the Library's American Folklife Center and a professorof sociology at Boston College. The photos were previously exhibited atthe Widener Library at Harvard University in 1993 and at the Boston PublicLibrary in 1993 and 1996. In 1993 Ms. Griliches wrote to Carl Fleischhauer,who was then serving as the Folklife Center's coordinator of media documentation,to gauge the Library's interest in publishing or exhibiting her work. "WhenI saw Diane's photographs, I remembered a wonderful amateur photograph contestthe Center for the Book was holding at the time, inviting children to submitphotos they had taken of people reading books," Mr. Fleischhauer recalled."I believed John Cole would take a real interest in the work a professionalphotographer had produced on the same theme." ... [Read More]

NLS/BPH History
In 1935 a venture was initiated to meet the need of blind adults who could not afford to purchase talking-book machines and to provide employment to those receiving financial assistance from the government as a result of the Great Depression. President Roosevelt allotted $211,500 to the Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) for the construction of 5,000 talking-book machines "for the purpose of enabling the blind to use the books now provided by the Library of Congress" (letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, September 19, 1935). Both an electric and a spring-driven (hand-cranked) machine were produced. The machines remained the property of the Library of Congress. The President's instructions stated that the machines were "to be loaned by the Librarian of Congress to such libraries as he may judge appropriate to serve as local or regional centers for the use of such book machines under such conditions and regulations as he may prescribe, for the purpose of enabling the blind to use ... [Read More]

BSA Fish and Wildlife Merit Badge
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Braille Magazines
To order magazines online, go to the Magazines in Braille Order Form. Or, print off the form and mail it to the library, telephone, or e-mail the library at blind@utah.gov with your requests. For a complete listing of magazines available, including those available on a paid subscription basis, request a Braille or large type edition of Magazines in Special Media. ...

Boy's Life. (monthly, direct mail) Published by the Boy Scouts of America. Articles on the outdoors, sports, and hobbies, with adventure fiction and jokes for young men ages nine to sixteen (NLS). ... [Read More]

Magazines in Braille Order Form
Special Note: The Utah State Library for the Blind currently delivers braille services to residents of Utah, Wyoming, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Patrons of other Libraries for the Blind in the United States should contact their local regional library to determine which magazines are available. ...

We are sorry, but if you are not registered with the Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled, we will be unable to process this request. ... [Read More]

BSA Fish and Wildlife Merit Badge
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No. 99-1240: University of Alabama v. Garrett - Merits
19 See also H. R. Rep. No. 485, supra, Pt. 2, at 29 (woman denied teachingcredential because of her paralysis); 2 Leg. Hist. 1174-1175 (Susan Downie)(state facility asks person with disability during job interview "humiliating,unethical, and illegal questions about my disability * * * [such as] ifmy mother had taken drugs while she was pregnant with me" and thendenied her the job); id. at 1169-1170 (Sara Bloor) (epileptic denied teachingposition even though seizure free); id. at 1611 n.9 (Arlene Mayerson) (teachinglicense denied "on the grounds that being confined to a wheelchairas a result of polio, she was physically and medically unsuited for teaching");id. at 1005 (Belinda Mason) (woman fired from school cafeteria managementposition when her son contracted AIDS); May 1989 Hearings 404 (Nat'l Orgs.Responding to AIDS) (professor of veterinary medicine at state universityin Kansas fired when it was learned that he had AIDS); Task Force Report21 (employee with menta ... [Read More]