Box MSS219.39
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Material on human rights and disabilities, 2004 - 2009
File — Box: MSS219.39, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
There is some overlap between this and series 14, since Dr. Andersson’s involvement with the United Nations was primarily in the field of disability rights, including the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons (1982-1992) and the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006-2007. Besides these areas, this series also includes material from health-related UN organizations such as the WHO, UNICEF, and UNESCO on the classification of disability and rights...
Dates:
2004 - 2009
Memos and publications from negotiations over Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2001 - 2006
File — Box: MSS219.39, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
There is some overlap between this and series 14, since Dr. Andersson’s involvement with the United Nations was primarily in the field of disability rights, including the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons (1982-1992) and the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006-2007. Besides these areas, this series also includes material from health-related UN organizations such as the WHO, UNICEF, and UNESCO on the classification of disability and rights...
Dates:
2001 - 2006
The Yerker Andersson Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS219
Abstract
Papers of deaf sociologist, educator, and international disability activist Dr. Yerker Andersson. Includes correspondence, publications, manuscripts, meeting minutes and agendas, photographs, stamp collection, and more.
Dates:
1926 - 2014
Found in:
Gallaudet University Archives