Item #493 Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement. Disability Movement, Ed Roberts, subject.
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement
Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement

Archive of Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, on disability activism and the Independent Living Movement

[Disability Movement]; Ed Roberts (subject)

Archive of materials relating to the Independent Living Movement and disability activism from the collection of Zona Roberts (1920-2025), the mother of Ed Roberts (1939-1995). The two were key disability rights activists for decades; these papers, documents, and items show a cross-section of their fight for accessible living, education, and working conditions, as well as related movements as they grew in the greater world.

Berkeley and Oakland, California: 1977-2011. Archive contents:

Typed letter signed from Mark Polit to Zona Roberts (mother of Ed Roberts). December 25, 2003. Tucked into the binder case and describing the contents of the next item:


The Community Imperative. Syracuse, New York: Human Policy Press, 2003. Large binder with DVD, VHS tape, and about 20 handouts and order forms for items from the organization.

Computer Training Program [Brochure]. Berkeley: Center for Independent Living, circa 1975. Trifold brochure.


"Survival Techniques for Families of the Chronically Ill". November 12, 1977. Trifold brochure on green paper. Berkeley: Peralta College for Non-Traditional Study, 1977. 6 copies.

Vidéeothèque Internationale. Handicap/Marginalite Integration Sociale. Folder in French with 11 loose-leaf pages of movie synopses in English. Circa 1984-1987. 2 copies.


Le Minitel pour les Déficients Auditifs, c'est bien! ... Deux Siecles après l'Abbé de l'Epée voici Mida à votre service. Circa 1985. One-page flyer in French noting services available for those hard of hearing on the French Minitel network, a precursor to the World Wide Web.


L'Homme Reparé: Programme des rencontres scientifiques... a la Cité des Sciences ed de l'Industrie. 1988. Folding poster. 2 copies.


Just Like Everyone Else: The Changing Image of Disability. Oakland: World Institute on Disability, 1992. 17x11" booklet, 16 pp. 2 copies.


Impact! World Institute on Disability Semi-Annual Report. Volume II, No. 1 (Fall & Winter 1994/95). 12 pp., newspaper-style, saddle-stitched and folded.


Impact! World Institute on Disability Semi-Annual Report. Volume II, No. 2 (Spring & Summer 1995). 12 pp., newspaper-style, saddle-stitched and folded.


Alternatively Speaking. Volume 2, No. 1 (March 1995). 8 pp. Folded, three-hole punched on left edge.


University of California's Cowell Hospital Residence Program for Physically Disabled Students, 1962-1975: Catalyst for Berkeley's Independent Living Movement. Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Oral History Series. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, 2000. Transcripts of interviews conducted by Sharon Bonney, Kathryn Cowan, and Susan O'Hara in 1994, 1996, and 1998-1999.
Typescript bound in blue library buckram.
[28], xii, 429, [6] pp.


Building Independence from the Ground Up. Ed Roberts Campus: An International Center for People with Disabilities. Circa 2011. Brochure, 4 pp.

. Some minor wear and creasing, generally very good or better. Item #493

Price: $325.00

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