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Collection Overview

Title: Timothy J. Nugent Papers, 1939-2007

ID: 16/6/20

Primary Creator: Nugent, Timothy J. (1923-)

Extent: 28.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject and chronological or alphabetical thereunder.

Date Acquired: 02/07/2007. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Accessibility Standards, Delta Sigma Omicron, Paralympics/World Wheelchair Games, Rehabilitation Education, Students with Disabilities, Wheelchair Athletics, Wheel Chair Basketball

Formats/Genres: Financial Records, Motion Pictures/Videotapes, Other Pictorial, Papers, Photographs

Languages: English, German, Japanese, Swedish, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Timothy J. Nugent, Director of the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services (1948-85), includes biographical records, correspondence, consulting materials, reports, newsletters, journals, publications, brochures, newspaper clippings, presentations, lectures, conference proceedings, meeting minutes, reference material, photographs, slides, videotape, film, scrapbooks, drawings by Wesley Queypo, and artifacts concerning the personal and professional life of Timothy J. Nugent, including his early life and education; research concerning architectural barriers, accessibility standards, transportation, and recreation; involvement in the administration and activities of the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services, Delta Sigma Omicron, National Wheelchair Basketball Association (1949-2002), National Wheelchair Athletic Association (1959-93), American National Standards Institute (1959-92), National Center for a Barrier Free Environment (1975-89), National Paraplegia Foundation (later the National Spinal Cord Injury Association) (1965-2005), Paralyzed Veterans of America (1972-2007), Paralympic planning committees, steering committees, advisory boards, foundations, and alumni associations; activities as a lecturer, consultant, and publisher; participation in the coaching and organization of sporting events such as the National Wheelchair Basketball Tournaments, National Wheelchair Games, National Veterans Wheelchair Games, and Paralympics.

Biographical Note

Timothy J. Nugent, born January 10, 1923, founded the first comprehensive program of higher education for individuals with disabilities in 1948. He served as Professor of Rehabilitation Education and Director of the Rehabilitation Education Center and the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services at the University of Illinois. He retired in 1985. He founded the National Wheelchair Basketball Association in 1949 and served as Commissioner for the first 25 years. He also founded Delta Sigma Omicron, a national rehabilitation service fraternity. He was President of the National Paraplegia Foundation (now National Spinal Cord Injury Association) for four terms. He has been an international lecturer and consultant, as well as an advocate, publisher, and researcher on behalf of people with disabilities. He was a leader in the development of architectural accessibility standards, public transportation, adaptive equipment, and recreation activities for people with disabilities. He has been and continues to be active in many professional organizations, including the American National Standards Institute, the Illinois State Legislative Commission on the Hospitalization of Spinal Cord Injured, the Committee on Technical Aids, Housing and Transportation of Rehabilitation International, and the Institute for the Advancement of Prosthetics. He holds degrees from Tarleton State University, Texas; University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse, Wisconsin; and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin. He also has honorary degrees from Springfield College in Massachusetts and Mount Mary College in Wisconsin.

Subject/Index Terms

Accessibility Standards
Delta Sigma Omicron
Paralympics/World Wheelchair Games
Rehabilitation Education
Students with Disabilities
Wheelchair Athletics
Wheel Chair Basketball

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical Information],
[Series 2: Early Life and Education],
[Series 3: Correspondence],
[Series 4: Subject Files],
[Series 5: Professional Service Activities],
[Series 6: Consulting],
[Series 7: Lectures, Conferences, and Events],
[Series 8: Publications],
[Series 9: Newsletters],
[Series 10: Reference Materials],
[Series 11: Audiovisual Materials],
[Series 12: Personal Correspondence],
[Series 13: News Clippings],
[Series 14: Scrapbooks],
[Series 15: Oversized Materials],
[All]

Series 5: Professional Service Activities

Includes correspondence, brochures, event programs, reports, meeting minutes, and newsletters relating to Timothy J. Nugent's membership and/or participation in various committees, boards, foundations, and associations.

Sub-Series 1: American National Standards Association A117.1 Committee

Box 7

Folder 32: 1959, 1969-75
Folder 33: 1976
Folder 34: 1976
Folder 35: 1977
Folder 36: 1977

Box 8

Folder 1: 1977-78
Folder 2: 1978
Folder 3: 1978
Folder 4: 1979
Folder 5: 1979-80
Folder 6: 1979-80
Folder 7: 1980
Folder 8: 1980
Folder 9: 1980
Folder 10: 1980
Folder 11: 1981
Folder 12: 1981
Folder 13: 1982
Folder 14: 1982
Folder 15: 1983-84, 1992
Folder 16: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)/National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA) Committee, 1979-80
Folder 17: BOMA, 1980
Folder 18: Brochures, 1975-83
Folder 19: Cleland Letters, 1980
Folder 20: Inter-agency Task Force Correspondence, 1981
Folder 21: Meeting of the Secretariat: Chicago, Mar. 28, 1980

Box 9

Folder 1: Meeting of the Secretariat, Mar. 20, 1981
Folder 2: Meeting of the Secretariat, National Easter Seal Convention, Nov. 17, 1982
Folder 3: Meeting Transcript
Folder 4: Proposed ANSI A117.1, 1977
Folder 5: Responses to Proposed ANSI A117, 1977
Folder 6: Responses to Proposed ANSI A117, 1977
Folder 7: Responses to Proposed ANSI A117, 1977
Folder 8: Responses to Proposed ANSI A117, 1977
Folder 9: Responses for Request for Funds, 1982
Folder 10: Responses to ANSI "Working Committee", 1978
Folder 11: Revisions, 1969

Sub-Series 2: Delta Sigma Omicron, Inc. Board of Directors

Box 9

Folder 12: 1987-94
Folder 13: 1993-95
Folder 14: 1995-2003
Folder 15: 1996-2000
Folder 16: Rough Drafts, 1994

Sub-Series 3: International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation

Box 9

Folder 17: 1969-79
Folder 18: 1982
Folder 19: 1984-93

Sub-Series 4: International Wheelchair Basketball Federation

Box 9

Folder 20: 1992-99
Folder 21: 1996-2004

Sub-Series 5: National Center for a Barrier Free Environment (NCBFE) - Board of Directors

Box 9

Folder 22: 1979-80
Folder 23: 1981
Folder 24: 1981

Box 10

Folder 1: 1981
Folder 2: 1981-82
Folder 3: 1982-83
Folder 4: 1983-85
Folder 5: Access Information Bulletin, 1980-81

Sub-Series 6: National Paraplegia Foundation (NPF)

Box 10

Folder 6: 1965-75
Folder 7: 1971
Folder 8: 1976-77
Folder 9: 1978
Folder 10: Publications/Handbooks, 1972-78

Sub-Series 7: National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA)

Box 10

Folder 11: 1980-89
Folder 12: 1990-91
Folder 13: 1992
Folder 14: 1993
Folder 15: 1994
Folder 16: 1995-99
Folder 17: Directories, 1985-86
Folder 18: Newsletter: "SCI Illinois", 1995-2003
Folder 19: Newsletters: "SCI Network," "SCI Illinois," "SCI Life", 1995-2005
Folder 20: Press Kit, 1985
Folder 21: Resources

Sub-Series 8: National Spinal Cord Injury Foundation - Research Division

Box 11

Folder 1: 1981
Folder 2: 1981-82

Sub-Series 9: National Wheelchair Athletic Association (NWAA)

Box 11

Folder 3: National Wheelchair Athletic Association (NWAA)
Folder 4: 4th National Wheelchair Games, 1959-60
Folder 5: 9th National Wheelchair Games, 1965
Folder 6: 17th and 18th National Wheelchair Games, 1973-74
Folder 7: 19th National Wheelchair Games, 1975
Folder 8: 23rd National Wheelchair Games, 1979
Folder 9: 24th National Wheelchair Games, 1980-81
Folder 10: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Correspondence, General, 1980
Folder 11: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Correspondence, Special, 1980
Folder 12: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Organization and Administration, 1980
Folder 13: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Organization and Administration, 1980
Folder 14: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Plaques, 1980: Oversized materials in legal folder
Folder 15: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Promotions, 1980
Folder 16: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Requests, 1980
Folder 17: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Space and Housing, 1979-80
Folder 18: 24th National Wheelchair Games - Special Award Letters, 1981
Folder 19: 26th National Wheelchair Games, 1982
Folder 20: Constitutions and Rules, 1973-81
Folder 21: National Wheelchair Track and Field Championships, 1986
Folder 22: Newsletters, 1975-93

Sub-Series 10: National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA)

Box 11

Folder 23: 1949-51
Folder 24: 1952-53
Folder 25: 1969
Folder 26: 1973-83
Folder 27: 1986-94
Folder 28: 1986-2002
Folder 29: 1991-2000
Folder 30: 1996-2003
Folder 31: 12th Annual National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (NWBT), 1960
Folder 32: 13th Annual NWBT, 1961
Folder 33: 15th Annual NWBT, 1963
Folder 34: 21st Annual NWBT, 1969
Folder 35: 22nd Annual NWBT, 1970
Folder 36: 23rd Annual NWBT, 1971
Folder 37: 24th Annual NWBT, 1972
Folder 38: 25th Annual NWBT, 1973
Folder 39: 26th Annual NWBT, 1974

Box 12

Folder 1: 27th Annual NWBT, 1975
Folder 2: 36th Annual NWBT, 1984
Folder 3: 38th Annual NWBT, 1986
Folder 4: 41st Annual NWBT, 1989
Folder 5: 42nd Annual NWBT, 1990
Folder 6: 47th Annual NWBT, 1995
Folder 7: 53rd Annual NWBT, 2001
Folder 8: 54th Annual NWBT, 2002
Folder 9: Chicago Sidewinders, 1965-71
Folder 10: Commissioner's Office, 1995-96
Folder 11: Conference Schedules, 1959-60, 1971-72
Folder 12: Directories, 1972-93
Folder 13: Forms, 1949-68
Folder 14: Grant, 1977
Folder 15: Hall of Fame, 1990-2007
Folder 16: Indiana Olympians, 1992
Folder 17: Manual of Regulations and Procedures of the NWBA, 1964-65
Folder 18: Meeting Minutes, 1961-86
Folder 19: National Rules Committee, 1966-70
Folder 20: National Wheelchair Basketball Championship, 1983
Folder 21: National Wheelchair Basketball Championships, 1990
Folder 22: National Women's Wheelchair Basketball Tournament and 1st National IntercollegiateWheelchair Basketball Tournament, 1977
Folder 23: Newsletters, 1965-89
Folder 24: Newsletters, 1990-92
Folder 25: Newsletters, 1993-95
Folder 26: Newsletters, 1996-2002
Folder 27: Ninth National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, 1986
Folder 28: Physical Classification Handbook, 1979
Folder 29: Reference Packet, 1960-71
Folder 30: Rule Books, Constitutions, 1971-89

Sub-Series 11: Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)

Box 12

Folder 31: 1972-2004
Folder 32: 2nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG), 1982
Folder 33: 6th NVWG, 1986
Folder 34: 7th-10th NVWG, 1987-90

Box 13

Folder 1: 11th NVWG, 1991
Folder 2: 11th NVWG: Participant List and Stat Sheets, 1991
Folder 3: 12th NVWG, 1992
Folder 4: 13th NVWG, 1993
Folder 5: 14th NVWG, 1994
Folder 6: 15th NVWG, 1995
Folder 7: 16th NVWG, 1996
Folder 8: 17th NVWG, 1997
Folder 9: 18th NVWG, 1998
Folder 10: 19th NVWG, 1999
Folder 11: 20th NVWG, 2000
Folder 12: 21st NVWG, 2001
Folder 13: 22nd NVWG, 2002
Folder 14: 23rd NVWG, 2003
Folder 15: 24th NVWG, 2004
Folder 16: 27th NVWG, 2007
Folder 17: Sixth Annual Coast-to-Coast Tour, 1953

Sub-Series 12: Phinney Branch Mutual Drainage District - Commissioner

Box 13

Folder 18: 1956-57
Folder 19: 1958-59
Folder 20: 1960
Folder 21: 1961-65
Folder 22: 1966-67
Folder 23: 1968
Folder 24: 1969-71
Folder 25: 1972-79

Sub-Series 13: Seventh World Wheelchair Games

Box 13

Folder 26: 1982-84
Folder 27: Contracts, 1982-84
Folder 28: Contribution Return Letters, 1984
Folder 29: Correspondence, 1981-82

Box 14

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1983
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1983
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1983
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1984-85
Folder 5: Cost Analysis, 1982-83
Folder 6: England, 1984
Folder 7: Funding, 1984
Folder 8: IBM Support, 1982-84
Folder 9: Important, 1984
Folder 10: Initial Proposals to Board, 1983
Folder 11: International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation, 1983-84
Folder 12: Letters from B. Dale Wiley, 1983-84
Folder 13: Letters from Chancellor, 1983-84
Folder 14: News Clipping, 1981-84
Folder 15: Programs and Promotion Materials, 1983-84
Folder 16: Schedule/Venues, 1984
Folder 17: Terminal Report, 1985
Folder 18: United States Olympic Committee, 1983
Folder 19: University Bid and Responses, 1980-83

Sub-Series 14: Springfield College Alumni Association

Box 14

Folder 20: 1978-85
Folder 21: 2000-01
Folder 22: Honorary Degree, 1999

Sub-Series 15: University of Illinois Foundation

Box 14

Folder 23: 1993-98
Folder 24: Hollister, Inc., 1999
Folder 25: President's Council, 1988-89

Sub-Series 16: University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Alumni Association

Box 14

Folder 26: 1993-2005
Folder 27: Activities and Correspondence, 1978-2000
Folder 28: Publications, 1978-85
Folder 29: Alumni Campaign Executive Leadership Committee, 1989

Box 15

Folder 1: University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Foundation, 1977-2007
Folder 2: Wall of Fame Committee, 1969-99

Sub-Series 17: Other Professional Service Activities

Box 15

Folder 3: American Standards Association, 1965-75
Folder 4: American Wheelchair Bowling Association, 1973
Folder 5: Association of Handicapped Student Service Programs in Postsecondary Education, 1978
Folder 6: Association pf Rehabilitation Centers, 1965-66
Folder 7: Barr Foundation, 1996-2006
Folder 8: Commission to Investigate Hospitalization of Paraplegics, 1957-59
Folder 9: Governor's Task Force, 1985
Folder 10: Greenleigh Associates Coordinating Committee, 1974
Folder 11: Hawaii County Committee for Employment of the Handicapped, 1967
Folder 12: Illinois Public Transit Association, 1976
Folder 13: International Foundation Disabled Sailing, 1996
Folder 14: International Paralympic Committee - Atlanta, 1996
Folder 15: International Paralympic Committee - Atlanta, 1996
Folder 16: International Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, 1965-66
Folder 17: National Campaign for Tolerance, 2000-01
Folder 18: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Special Committee on Athletic Opportunities for Handicapped Student-Athletes, 1977-80
Folder 19: National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, 1975-78
Folder 20: National Wheelchair Sports Fund, 1987
Folder 21: Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan - Task Force, 1978
Folder 22: Paralympic Organizing Committee - Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, 1996
Folder 23: Paralympics - Funding and Publicity, 1960
Folder 24: Parcourse User Group, 1984-87
Folder 25: Ph.D. Thesis Committee - Robert Szyman, 1977
Folder 26: President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped, 1954-75
Folder 27: Project Break-Thru Transportation Sub-Committee, 1973
Folder 28: Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Work Group - Spinal Cord Injury Centers
Folder 29: Springfield College - Program Advisory Board, 1998-99
Folder 30: State Wide Assessment of Programs for the Handicapped Project - Advisory Board, 1973
Folder 31: Tarleton Alumni Association, 1986, 1993-95
Folder 32: Task Force on Urban Stormwater, 1978-79
Folder 33: Technical Education Research Centers Advisory Committee, 1972-76
Folder 34: United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Task Force, 1974-80
Folder 35: United Community Council - Health Fair Committee, 1966
Folder 36: University of Illinois Alumni Association, 1997-2007
Folder 37: University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association, 1985-2004

Box 16

Folder 1: Veterans' Memorial Steering Committee, 2001-02
Folder 2: Wheelchair Basketball Coaches Association, 1980
Folder 3: Wheelchair Pilots Association, 1972
Folder 4: Wheelchair Sports, USA, 1991-2002