Ken Lumb Collection

Printed catalogue provided by depositor including an introduction about the life and work of Ken Lumb.

The following box list has also been provided:

BOX 1 (Sep 1973 - Nov 1990)

Union of Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) Confidential Circulars, c.75 editions plus c.10 loose notes

RESTRICTED ACCESS UNTIL 2030 - prior permission required by Anne Plumb or Bernard Leach

BOX 2 (1971 - c.1979)

Lever Arch file: Housing and Disability, various c.80 items including:

Rochdale Housing and Disability Group

Campaign against a proposed YDU (Young Disabled Unit) at Birch Hill Hospital in Rochdale, c.1977

Newspaper letters

North Western Regional Health Authority, letters

Press Cuttings

Lever Arch file: Housing and Disability, various c.60 items including:

Photocopies of photographs

Workable Homes, University of Göteborg, 1971

Designing for Old People, CEH Centre on Environment for the Handicapped, 1973

Report on Study Days for Staff from Units for the Younger Disabled, King's Fund Centre, 1975

CHAT Newsletter, Co-operative Housing Agency, 1977

Correspondence, various

Press cuttings, various

Living in Units for Young Disabled People - Practical Suggestions, King's Fund Centre, 1979

A Housing Policy for Physically Handicapped Persons, Irish Wheelchair Association

Housing Scheme, 22 Main Street, Newton, Derbyshire

'Le Court' housing scheme, 'Film' DVD (undated)

Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) founding leaflet, A4 size

Wallet, various reports, Community Care and Housing

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP)

The Responaut Study, St Thomas' Hospital, London, c.1973

File, manuscripts for a video - 'Alternatives to Residential Institutions for People with Severe Physical Impairments - various items including:

Tape transcripts of Ken Lumb etc interviewing - Dr Judith Gray, NHS; David Halpin, Rochdale Council; June Maeltzer; Pat and Norman Kelly; Moira Stocks; Ken and Maggie Davis; Doreen Tunstall; Tracey Kuder, Withington YDU

BOX 3 (1975 - 2008)

Various loose reports, c.65, including:

GMCDP Calendar 1997, 1998

Fundamental Principles of Disability, UPIAS

GMCDP Annual Report 1985-86; 1987-88; 1988-89; 1992-93; 2001-02; 2007-08.

Wheelchair Housing, 1975

Get In On The Act, 1999

The Good Practice Guide for support workers and personal assistants working with disabled people with communication impairments.

On Our Own Behalf, by Martin Pagel.

Domiciliary Care for Severely Disabled People, 1977.

The Principle of Normalisation, 1981.

Selecting Personal Care Assistance.

Housing and Care Support conference report 1982.

Housing and Disability, Bill Finlay, 1978.

What Children Say About School, 1998.

Guidance Pack for Staff Involved in Recruitment and Selection, Manchester City Council, (undated).

The Quota System for Disabled People, Dept of Employment.

Towards a Housing Policy for Disabled People, c.1975

Living Options Lottery, The Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability, 1986-88.

BCODP Annual Report 2001-02.

Our Life, Our Say! a good-practice guide to young disabled people's peer mentoring/support, 2003.

Direct Payments, NCIL, 1997-2004.

Sheltered Employment for Disabled People, Dept of Employment.

Residential Care Reviewed, Personal Social Services Council, 1977.

People with Handicaps need Better Trained Workers, CCETSW, 1974.

Design for Access, Manchester City Council, 2000.

House Adaptations for People with Physical Disabilities, Dept of the Environment, 1988.

Disability in Cuba, 1985.

Vietnam Information, IYDP, 1981.

Access Specifications, Rochdale Council, c.1995.

A Guide to Housing Services for the Disabled, Borough of Torfaen, 1979.

Unacknowledged Traces, Tony Baldwinson, 2012.

Rights in Residence, 1979.

Nothing Special, Micheline Mason, 1989.

A Consumers Report to the World Congress on Rehabilitation International, 1980.

Attitudes and Disabled People, Vic Finkelstein (manuscript), 1979.

Whose Hands on Your Genes? 2000.

Report by the Committee on Restrictions Against Disabled People, Peter Large, 1982.

Disabled People's Arts Conference Report, 1988.

Consumer Directed Housing and Care, 1979-82.

Consumer Directed Housing and Care for Disabled People - the experience of three people, c.1985.

Source Book Towards Independent Living, Hampshire Centre for Independent Living, c.1986.

GMCDP Executive Committee Information Pack, 1994-95.

The Social Model of Disability and the Disability Movement, Vic Finkelstein, 2008.

Disability Challenge #2, UPIAS, 1983.

Disability Challenge #1, UPIAS, 1981 (extract).

The Disabled People's Movement Between 1960-1986 and its Effect Upon the Development of Community Support Services, Judith Hunt, 1992.

Collaboration in Community Care - a discussion document, DHSS, c.1978.

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - what service providers need to know, Dept for Education and Employment, (undated).

BOX 4 (1968 - c.1999)

Lever arch file with wallets:

'Scope' newsletter, Rochdale, 1970s - 17 editions

Press cutting on Ken Lumb and three colleagues producing the newsletter: 'Compliment - and brickbats for council as handicapped keep in touch' (undated).

Loose papers:

Disability Income Group (DIG) Newsletters 7, 10, 1968; 12, 1969; Annual Report 1971

Magic Carpet, journal of the Disabled Drivers Association, 1970s, x7 editions.

GenEthics News, 1990s, 9 editions

Genetic Ethics, collection of photocopied articles, c.200 sheets

Loose journals:

Cheshire Smile, Leonard Cheshire Foundation

Push, Irish Wheelchair Association

Mouth, USA

SIA Newsletter, Spinal Injuries Association

Phoenix charity

DCDP News, Derbyshire Coalition of Disabled People

Disability Rag, USA

DIAL Magazine Anthology, the first five years

New View, New Vale House News-Sheet 1987, 2x editions

BOX 5 (1970s - 1980s)

Lever arch file: 'Mobility, Access' - 34 wallets

Lever arch file: 'Disability, Organisation, Discrimination, Equal Opportunities, Disability Culture'

File: 'Disability Culture'.

File: 'Medical, Technical Assistance, Eugenics'.

File: 'Disability Issues Training'.

BOX 6 (1970s - 1980s)

Lever Arch file: various, including sections on:

Disability and Sexuality

Helper-Helped Relationships

International Year of Disabled People, 1981

The Politics of Participation

Charity

Media Images of Disabled People

Lever Arch file: Independent Living, including:

Correspondence

Articles

Press Cuttings

Codes of Conduct

Where Have All the Home Helps Gone? New Society, 1978

Project 81 Management Committee

Proposal for a video on independent living.

The Seven Needs for Independent Living

Notes on the Development of the Derbyshire Centre for Integrated Living (CIL), Ken Davis, 1984.

Proposal and Budget for a Centre for Integrated Living to West Lambeth District Health Authority Community Unit, Dick Leaman, 1989.

How to Be an Ally - The Role of Non-Disabled People (Which Includes Parents), Micheline Mason.

Lever Arch file: various c.80 items including:

Education and Segregation

Employment

Income / Financial

Learning Difficulty

BOX 7 (1970s - 1990s)

Box file: Correspondence, newsletter manuscripts, 1970s-1990s.

Box file:

To Ian [Stanton] with Love, Our Tributes

Cathy Avison, A Celebration

Farewell to Vic Finkelstein, Coalition, 2012

Kevin Hyett (1958-2004), Archive Catalogue

Paul Hunt, tribute, in Responaut, 1980

Dick Leaman: Friend and Comrade, by Vic Finkelstein, 1999.

Family correspondence with Social Services.

Degree Certificates, Open University, 1980, 1982.

Ken Lumb (1941-2009), draft Archive Catalogue

Ken Lumb, A Tribute, Programme sheet

Ken Lumb, press cuttings, family notices (2009)

Ken Lumb Valedictory, Vic Finkelstein, 2009

DVD - A Tribute to Ken Lumb, 10 March 2009

Farewell to a long-time disability activist Ken Lumb, Peter Beresford, 2009

File: 'Crippen' cartoons for Coalition journal, by Dave Lupton

GMCDP Archive - Proposal (undated)

File: Muscle Power (Muscular Dystrophy Group) various papers, 1961-1989

BOX 8 (Mar 1986 - Mar 2012)

Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) magazine 'Coalition' (aka 'Newsletter' in 1986; 'Coalition News in 1986 to 1988) - Ken Lumb was Editor until his death in 2009.

80 editions, various dates

BOX 9

Rare books collected by Ken Lumb and relating to his area of interest.

BOX 10 (1960s)

Italian poster (very fragile, very faded, folded) found in Rome on a visit, text includes:

- 'Fronte Radicale Invalidi' [ Radical Disability Front ]

- Una Citia 'A Misura D YYY201;ssere Umano'

[ a city 'fit for being human' ]

wrapped in acid-free tissue paper