Division of Rehabilitation Education Services Subject File (Digital Surrogates) | University of Illinois Archives

Digital Surrogates from the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services Subject File, contain selected digitized correspondence, event programs, speeches, newspapers clippings, acceptance letters and orientation bulletins for accepted students with disabilities, and annual reports, concerning the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services' (DRES) operations, programs, projects and achievements. Topics cover specific facilities and equipment required; accessibility and required modifications in campus buildings; physical rehabilitation program; special services' evolution from war veteran exclusive to non-veteran students with disabilities; program replication in other domestic and foreign universities; Greyhound buses donation; and fundraising for bus-adaptation project. Major correspondents include UIUC staff and faculty Robert G. Bone, Ronald L. Graffouiliere and Tim J. Nugent, and Caesar Orville, President of Greyhound Bus lines.

Materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011.

Administrative access to preservation, nearline, and access files are available to archives staff at https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/354