Builders and sustainers of the Independent Living Movement in Berkeley
Contributors: Billngs, Carol Fewell.; Fuss, Michael.; Perotti, Linda.; Cowan, Kathryn.; Bonney, Sharon.; Dibner, Eric.; Zukas, Hale.; Brown, Janet, 1949-; Chavez, Phil.; Collignon, Frederick C.; Kirshbaum, Hal.; Pachovas, Michael.; Uzeta, Raymond.; Johnson, Grahame.; Breslin, Mary Lou, 1944-; Brand, Jacquelyn.; Steneberg, Doreen Pam.; Jacobson, Denise Sherer.; Drucker, Julie.; Leibowitz, Herbert, 1923-; Lester, Mary, 1951-; McMuldren, Bette.; Stein, Kenneth, 1947-; Young, Jonathan.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2000
Subjects: Center for Independent Living; University of California, Berkeley. Physically Disabled Students Program; Cowell Memorial Hospital (Berkeley, Calif.). Residence Program; Disabled Prisoners' Program; Alliance for Technology Access; Disabled Children's Computer Group; People with disabilities -- United States -- Political activity; People with disabilities -- California -- Berkeley; People with disabilities -- Services for -- California -- Berkeley; Children with disabilities -- Education; Barrier-free design; Local transit -- Barrier-free design; People with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions
Other titles: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series.
Description: Herbert Leibowitz: Research and training specialist for the rehabilitation services administration, 1971-1990. Mary Lester: Grant writer for the early Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, 1974-1981. Bette McMuldren: Assistant to Judy Heumann and grant writer at the Center for Independent Living, 1975-1980. Kenneth Stein: Public information coordinator for the Center for Independent Living and participant/observer of the disability movement. Interviews conducted by Sharon Bonney, Susan O'Hara and Jonathan Young 1998.

Carol Fewell Billings: Attendant and observer in the early days of the Physically Disabled Students' Progran and the Center for Independent Living, 1969-1977. Michael Fuss: Attendant for Cowell residents, assistant director of the Physically Disabled Students' Program, 1966-1972. Linda Perotti: An employee perspective on the early days of the Cowell Residence Program, Physically Disabled Students' Program, and the Center for Independent Living. Interviews conducted by Kathy Cowan and Sharon Bonney, 1997-1998.

Eric Dibner: Advocate and specialist in architectural accessibility. Hale Zukas: National disability activist, architectural and transit accessibility, personal assistance services. Interviews conducted by Kathy Cowan and Sharon Bonney, 1997-1998.

Janet Brown: Student member of the National Federation of the Blind and first newsletter editor for the Center for Independent Living, 1972-1976. Phil Chavez: Peer counselor at the Center for Independent Living, 1970s-1990s. Frederick C. Collignon: UC professor of City and Regional Planning: policy research and funding advocacy. Hal Kirshbaum: Director of peer counseling at the Center for Independent Living. Michael Pachovas: Berkeley political activist, founder of the Disabled Prisoners' Program. Raymond "Ray" Uzeta: Independent living centers in Berkeley, San Francisco and San Diego: perspective on disability in minority communities. Interviews conducted by Sharon Bonney, Graham Johnson, Mary Lou Breslin and Kathryn Cowan, 1997-1999.

Jacquelyn Brand: Parent advocate for independent living, founder of the Disabled Children's Computer Group and the Alliance for Technology Access. Doreen Pam Steneberg: Parent advocate for educational rights for children with disabilities. Interviews conducted by Denise Sherer Jacobson and Julie Drucker, 1998-1999.