16/6/10 Guide to the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services Scrapbooks DRES Scrapbooks

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Guide to the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services Scrapbooks 1947/1986 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Division of Rehabilitation Education Services Scrapbooks 1947-86 16/6/10 University of Illinois at U-C. Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services 3.50 English University of Illinois Archives
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5 Pages

Additional information may be found at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1606010.pdf

Historical Note:

The Rehabilitation Education Services program was begun at Galesburg in 1948 to provide physical therapy and recreation for physically disabled students and moved to Urbana when Galesburg closed in 1949.1 The Board of Trustees authorized the improvement of the Student Rehabilitation Center on July 25, 1953 and changed its name to the Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services on October 17, 1962.2 The division provides special facilities and services for students with permanent disabilities.3

1. T.J. Nugent, "Paraplegic Rehabilitation Program," The Galesburg Undergraduate Division--University of Illinois, pp. 129-30. Record Series 49/1/810.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 47th Report, July 25, 1953, p. 747; and 52nd Report, October 17, 1962, p. 182.

3. Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1965/66, p. 67.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Delta Sigma Omicron Gizz Kids Rehabilitation Education Wheel Chair Basketball
Administrative Information Accruals:

11/5/1986, 6/4/2008

Arrangement of Materials:

by book and chronological thereunder

Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks, including newspaper clippings and photographs of the Rehabilitation Education Center, wheelchair sports, Gizz kids basketball tournaments and trips, Director Timothy Nugent; Delta Sigma Omicron awards (1959-60, 1965-66, 1970-71), National Wheelchair Games (1975), World Wheelchair Games (1982-84), and related activities.