Donald J. Winge Papers, 1973-1993

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Biographical Information and Personal Records

The first series incudes general correspondence, information regarding Winge's medical care, and business records concerning Don's Cameras.

Box 1

Folder 1: Biography

Folder 2: Personal Papers 1984-1993

Folder 3: Housing at Grand Forks Homes, including smoking policy 1983-1993

Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings 1989, 1993

Folder 5: Henry B. Betts Award Nomination Form 1992

Folder 6: Correspondence - National Association of Letter Carriers 1976, 1988-1990

Folder 7: Correspondence - Hospitals/Clinics 1977, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991-1993

Folder 8: Correspondence - Health Care Affordable 1992-1993

Folder 9: Correspondence - Qualified Service Provider 1987- 1993

Folder 10: Don's Camera - Correspondence 1977, 1981, 1988

Folder 11: Don's Camera - US Small Business Administration 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1988

Folder 12: Outline for teaching a course on Photography and Dark Room Techniques

Box 6

Folder 6: Miscellaneous

Item 1: UND Diploma and Photograph, Bachelor of Science Degree, August 1982

Item 2: UND Diploma and Photograph, Master of Science Degree, August 1986

Item 3: Epsilon Pi Tau (Professional Fraternity for Education in Technology), Gamma Gamma Chapter Membership Certificate, August 1985

Series 2: Invention - Rocking Chair Platform

This series includes Winge's Thesis, graduate papers, notes, drawings for the development of the rocking chair platform, patents, correspondence, financial records, testing, advertising and marketing, news clippings, and materials about other inventions for the handicapped.

Box 1

Folder 13: Winge's Thesis 1982

Folder 14: Winge's Thesis, Copy 2

Folder 15: Graduate Paper, "Removing Barriers for Handicapped Farmers", July 21-22, 1983

Folder 16: Power train assembly for a Rocking Chair Platform for Wheelchairs April 27, 1984

Folder 17: Short Humorous story on Hearing Loss Nov. 15, 1984

Folder 18: Rocking Platform for people who are dependent upon wheelchairs

Folder 19: A platform which will provide a simulated Rocking Chair Motion for people who are dependent upon wheelchairs

Folder 20: A platform which will provide a simulated Rocking Chair Motion for people who are dependent upon wheelchairs July 13, 1986

Folder 21: Winge's Notes and Drawings

Folder 22: Drawings

Folder 23: Development of the Rocking Chair

Folder 24: Patents

Folder 25: Patents

Folder 26: Patents - Correspondence 1985- 1993

Folder 27: Business Plan and Loan Proposal 1991

Folder 28: Financial records

Folder 29: Testing

Folder 30: Advertising/Marketing

Folder 31: Correspondence 1983-1988

Folder 32: Correspondence 1989-1993

Folder 33: News clippings

Folder 34: Miscellaneous

Folder 35: Other Inventions for the Handicapped

Oversize Folder 1: Color Photograph of the Rocking Chair Platform

Separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinets.

Series 3: Governor's Council on Human Resources

The third series includes Employment of Handicapped book complied by Winge while he was on the committee and his Employment of People with Disabilities book. The name of the committee was changed from Employment of the Handicapped to Employment of People with Disabilities in 1989. Both of these books contain correspondence, notes, and reports on the committee, and review of the protection and advocacy project.

Box 2

Folder 1: Employment of the Handicapped, 1988-1989

Folder 2: Employment of People with Disabilities - Correspondence, 1988-1991

Folder 3: Employment of People with Disabilities, 1987-1989

Folder 4: Employment of People with Disabilities, 1989-1991

Folder 5: Employment of People with Disabilities - Review of the Protection and Advocacy Project, July 1989

Series 4: Mayor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped

Sub-Series 1: Committee Materials

Box 2

Folder 6: Minutes Nov. 1973 - Oct. 1991

Folder 7: Minutes Nov. 1973 - Oct. 1991 con.

Folder 8: Major's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped - 1975-1976, 1983-1984

Folder 9: Mayor's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped - 1985-1990. 1992

Folder 10: Mayor's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped and Bus Transportation 1977-1980

Folder 11: Mayor's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped and Bus Transportation 1981, 1985-1988

Folder 12: Correspondence 1990

Sub-Series 2: Sub-Committee on Accessibility

This sub-series mainly consists of correspondence regarding various subjects.

Box 2

Folder 13: Requested Handicapped Parking and Parking Lots, County Buildings and Handicapped Access Ramp June 1987

Folder 14: Parking Accessibility, Handicapped Parking Hearing 1987, Drawings, Correspondence

Folder 15: Grand Forks Clinic, Automatic Handicapped Door Openers May 1988

Folder 16: Grand Forks Public Schools July 1988

Folder 17: 110 Cherry, Concrete Replacement and 710 14th Ave. S Handicapped Door Openers Sept. 1989

Folder 18: Project 100, 1989

Folder 19: Bus transfer, Kittson Ave. May 1990

Folder 20: Curb Cuts, Grand Forks and East Grand Forks May 1990

Folder 21: Federal Building Accessibility Nov. 1991

Sub-Series 3: Accessibility Survey

This sub-series includes a list of business who participated in the survey, the zone in which each business was placed, the original survey, summary of results, Winge's notes, and news clippings

Box 2

Folder 22: Accessibility Survey Original Feb.-April 1987

Folder 23: List of Businesses in Survey Feb.-April 1987

Folder 24: Blank Survey with Categories Feb.-April 1987

Folder 25: Zone 1 Feb.-April 1987

Folder 26: Zone 2 Feb.-April 1987

Box 3

Folder 1: Zone 3 Feb.-April 1987

Folder 2: Zone 4 Feb.-April 1987

Folder 3: Zone 5 Feb.-April 1987

Folder 4: Zone 7 Feb.-April 1987

Folder 5: Zone 8 Feb.-April 1987

Folder 6: Zone 6,9,10,11,12,13 Feb.-April 1987

Folder 7: 1987 Summary, original

Folder 8: 1987 Summary, copy

Folder 9: Don Winge's Notes 1991

Folder 10: Correspondence 1987-1991

Folder 11: News Clippings, Post Office Accessibility 1985-1990

Folder 12: News Clippings, Cut in Disabled Funding 1988-1993

Sub-Series 4: Dial A Ride Committee

This sub-series contains bus transportation reports, list of eligible riders, committee reports, financial records, contracts for vans, and correspondence.

Box 3

Folder 13: Bus Transportation Report July 1980

Folder 14: Committee Reports Sept.1988

Folder 15: Committee Reports Sept.1988 con.

Folder 16: Committee Reports Sept.1988 con.

Folder 17: Committee Reports 1991

Folder 18: Committee Reports 1991 con.

Folder 19: Committee Reports 1991 con.

Folder 20: Financial records

Box 4

Folder 1: Contracts for Vans 1990-1991

Folder 2: Contracts for Vans 1991-1993

Folder 3: Wheelchair Lifts, Inc., ca.1978

Folder 4: Joint Paratransit Compliance Plan 1990-1992

Folder 5: Eligible Riders Class 1985-1992

Folder 6: Eligible Riders Class B

Folder 7: Eligible Riders Class C

Folder 8: Correspondence 1985-1993

Sub-Series 5: Barrier Free Design Award Committee

Includes rules and regulations, judging sheets, nominees, winners, expense sheets, guidelines for awards banquet, and correspondence.

Box 4

Folder 9: Rules and Regulations 1973-1988

Folder 10: Judging Sheet 1984

Folder 11: Nominees 1986

Folder 12: New Building Winner 1987

Folder 13: 3rd Runner up, Grand Forks Post Office

Folder 14: Original and remodeled structure nominees 1988

Folder 15: 1989 Winners

Folder 16: 1989 Winners and Nominees

Folder 17: Expense Sheet

Folder 18: Guidelines for 1990 Nominees and Awards Banquet

Folder 19: Nominee, New Structure 1990

Folder 20: New Structure Winner 1990

Folder 21: Winner 1990

Folder 22: Correspondence 1986-1993

Sub-Series 6: Miscellaneous

Box 4

Folder 23: Breaking the Accessibility Barriers, For US Senator Dave Durenberger, June 28, 1989

Folder 24: Disabled Charitable Gaming Money Correspondence, 1988

Folder 25: Disabilities Act, Newspaper clippings 1989-1993

Folder 26: Burlington Northern Crossing, Newspaper clippings 1986-1989

Folder 27: City Hall Addition, Correspondence 1991

Folder 28: City Hall Addition newspaper clippings 1993

Folder 29: Horticulture Therapy Participation - Independence Park

Folder 30: Summary Legislative Bills Pertaining to Developmental Disabilities 1987

Folder 31: Souvenirs of North Dakota made by the Disabled, 1990

Folder 32: Emergency vehicle vs. Local traffic at United Hospital

Folder 33: Miscellaneous, News Clippings 1984-1992

Folder 34: Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1974-1993

Folder 35: Miscellaneous 1985-1993

Series 5: Award, Certificates, Plaques, and Photographs

Includes award certificates, plaques, and photographs.

Box 5

Folder 1: Unframed certificates

Item 1: Muscular Dystrophy Association

Item 2: Boy Scouts of America

Item 3: American Entrepreneurs' Association

Item 4: National Rehabilitation Association

Item 5: Lions Club

Item 6: ND Human Resources Council/ Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities

Item 7: Dept. of Interior

Item 8: Bureau of Mines

Item 9: International Conference on Rural Rehabilitation Technologies

Item 10: Entrepreneur's Credo

Folder 2: Loose Plaques

Item 1: Outstanding Handicapped Citizen of Grand Forks, 1973

Item 2: Forks Fighters Boxing Club, 1981

Item 3: UND, Class of 1983

Item 4: Grand Forks Mayor's Committee

Item 5: Employment of the Handicapped, 1986

Item 6: MDA, 1986

Item 7: Special Olympics, 1986

Item 8: Options, 1990

Item 9: Mayor's Committee, 1991-1992

Folder 3: Wrapped Plaques housed next to collection boxes

Item 1: UND, BS Degree in Industrial Technology with Photo, 1982

Item 2: UND, MS Degree with Photo, 1986

Item 3: Epsilon Pi Tau, 1985

Item 4: Don Winge and Rocking Chair Platform

Box 6

Folder 1: Photo Album: Rocking Chair Platform

Folder 2: Photo Album: Street Scenes, with Notes of Inaccessible Buildings in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks

Folder 3: Photo Album: Street Scenes in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks

Folder 4: Photo Album: Unidentified Church Interiors

Folder 5: Photo Album: Turtle River State Park

Oversize Folder 1: Color Photograph of Don's Rocking Platform

Placed in the Oversized Photograph File Cabinet