Memo: Interview Request for History of ADA

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Memo: Interview Request for History of ADA

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Memorandum regarding an interview request to Senator Bob Dole on the Americans with Disabilities Act from Johnathan Young, a Ph.D. candidate in American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center. Letter from Young and hand-written notes are attached.

Date (Dublin Core)

1997-01-31

Date Created (Dublin Core)

1997-01-31

Congress (Dublin Core)

105th (1997-1999)

Topics (Dublin Core)

See all items with this value People with disabilities

See all items with this value Rehabilitation

Policy Area (Curation)

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Creator (Dublin Core)

Vachon, Alexander

Record Type (Dublin Core)

memorandum

Names (Dublin Core)

See all items with this value Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021

See all items with this value National Council on Disability (U.S.)

See all items with this value National Rehabilitation Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

See all items with this value United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Location representation (Dublin Core)

North Carolina (state)

Chapel Hill (inhabited place)

Rights (Dublin Core)

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Language (Dublin Core)

eng

Collection Finding Aid (Dublin Core)

https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=54&q=

Physical Location (Dublin Core)

Collection 021, Box 2, Folder 8

Institution (Dublin Core)

Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Archival Collection (Dublin Core)

Alec Vachon Papers, 1969-2006

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(page 1)

January 31, 1997

MEMO

To: Senator Dole
Fr: Alec Vachon
Work: (202) 224-8220
Home: (202) 667-1193

Re: Interview Request for History of ADA

Attached is an interview request on ADA you sent to me. My recommendation is that you ask that questions be submitted in writing, and that you respond in writing. (Of course, I am available to help draft any answers.) Incidentally, Senator Harkin was also contacted to participate in this project -- and answered questions in writing.

By way of background, as you may recall, the first ADA bill was introduced in the lOOth Congress on April 28, 1988. Senator Weicker was the principle sponsor; you were an original co-sponsor. The Congress adjourned without acting. (Weicker was defeated that November.)

A substantially revised ADA bill was introduced on May 9, 1989, in the lOlst Congress. You testified before the Labor Committee on May 10, 1989, and the key negotiating session was held in your conference room on July 28, 1989. Present were Senators Dole, Harkin, Hatch, Kennedy, and Durenberger; AG Thornburgh, Chief-of-Staff Sununu, Sec. of Transportation Sam Skinner, and Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Roger Porter. At this crucial meeting, an agreement was reached on how to proceed. A full compromise was reached by July 31, 1989. Labor held a mark up August 2, 1989 -- and reported 16-0. You also became a co-sponsor on August 2nd. ADA passed the Senate on September 7, 1989, 76-8.

I have requested from the National Archives some boxes of material I had archived from Mo West's files -- which may be helpful in reconstructing the history.

Let me know how you want to proceed.

P.S. Mo West had her first child several weeks ago. Mother, child, and Dad are doing well.

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219 Dirksen Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20510
(202) 224-4515

FAX TRANSMITTAL SHEET

1/31/97
Date

To: Mo Taggart

From: Alec Vachon 682-4628

Re:

(handwritten) Mo - Pls. attach original letter from the Nat'l Rehab Hospital - Jona Yang
Thanks, Alec

NUMBER OF PAGES (including cover): 2

(page 3)

(entire page handwritten)

Bobby Silverstein

S.2345 April 28, 1988 ('87)
Sen Weickle,
Dole

Ruth will do (unintelligible)

Jan 18 - pre-imaged with(?) 1989

S.933
(in brackets)
S. 1989
Dole (unintelligible)
Dole cosigned(?) 5/10/89' (unintelligible)

6/22/89 - Thornburg

(arrow pointing, in brackets)
"famous meeting"
July 28, 1989
Dole's Conference Room

10 (unintelligible)
(unintelligible)
2-5 (unintelligible)

Dole, Harkin, Howard(?), (two unintelligible names)
Junnuu, (unintelligible) Porter (unintelligible)

(page 4)

(entire page is handwritten)

(in brackets)

agreed in principle on how to proceed)

(unintelligible)met next day

July 31, 1989 - full compromise

Aug 2, 1989 (unintelligible) 16-0

Sept. 7, 1989 (unintelligible) 76-8

(end brackets)

Dole became(?) co-sponsor, same as(?) Hatch
August 2, 1989

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JAN.23.1997 NO.737 P.1/3

OFFICE OF SENATOR BOB DOLE

(handwritten) Bryan(?) Culp(?)

Facsimile Cover Sheet

Date: 1/23/97

Time:

To: Alec Vachon (handwritten) 682-46-10

From: Mo Taggart (handwritten)682-4600
(handwritten) Fax: 682-4628

Comments:

NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER SHEET: 3

The information contained in this facsimile message is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this fax is strictly prohibited. If you have received this fax in error, please immediately notify us by telephone and return the original message to us at the address below via United States Postal Service.

810 First Street, NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20002

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JAN.23.1997 02 1:49PM (telephone image) 2124661911 NRH RESEARCH CTR NO.737 P.2/3 (page image) 002

1/3 faxed to Alec

NRH Research Center
National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center

Mailing Address
102 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DEC 20010-2949

Street Address
1016 16th Street, N.W.
Fourth Floor
Washington D.C. 20036
(202)466-1900

Fax (202) 466-1911

December 11, 1996

(handwritten over letter contents) Alec V.
1. do we have any files (crossed off word) (unintelligible) in this -
2. anything you can add?

Dear Senator Dole,

My name is Jonathan Young, and I am a Ph.D. candidate in American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently I am working for the National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center, and writing a short monograph on the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This project is funded by the National Council on Disability. Ultimately, I plan to use this work toward my doctoral dissertation. The narrative history will discuss the civil rights context and legislative precedent for disability rights legislation; the role of the National Council on Disability in conceiving and drafting the first ADA legislation; the Senate's consideration of the bill, including negotiations with the Bush administration; the House's consideration of the bill; and finally President Bush's signing of the bill. The work will conclude with analytical considerations of such issues as the uniqueness of the ADA, its bipartisan support, and its utility as a model for future legislation.

My research is based both on documents and oral interviews with key actors in the ADA's passage. I have already met with many staff members, including Maureen West, and have also met with Senator Harkin, Senator Durenberger, Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, Chief Counsel Boyden Gray, and Congressman Tony Coelho. I would very much like to have the opportunity to meet with you to discuss your role in the ADA and your perspective on the bill's significance. This would give you a chance to speak directly on how the ADA should be remembered in history. It would give me a chance to obtain important information directly from one of the most crucial participants. I hope that we could find a time that would suit your schedule.

I will follow up with a phone call to check on the prospect of arranging an interview with you. Thank you very much for your consideration.

Sincerely,
(Johnathan M. Young's signature)

The NRH Research Center is a division of the Medlantic Research Institute

(Medlantic Research Institute)
Member of the Medlantic Healthcare Group

(handwritten) 228 8578

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JAN.23.1997 1:50PM (cut-off phone number) NRH RESEARCH CTR NO.737 P.3/3 (page image)001

NRH Research Center
National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center

Mailing Address
102 Irving Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20010-2949

Street Address
1016 16th Street, N.W.
Fourth Floor
Washington D.C. 20036
(202)466-1900

Fax (202) 466-1911

December 11, 1996

Dear Senator Dole,
My name is Jonathan Young, and I am a Ph.D. candidate in American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently I am working for the National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center, and writing a short monograph on the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This project is funded by the National Council on Disability. Ultimately, I plan to use this work toward my doctoral dissertation. The narrative history will discuss the civil rights context and legislative precedent for disability rights legislation; the role of the National Council on Disability in conceiving and drafting the first ADA legislation; the Senate's consideration of the bill, including negotiations with the Bush administration; the House's consideration of the bill; and finally President Bush's signing of the bill. The work will conclude with analytical considerations of such issues as the uniqueness of the ADA, its bipartisan support, and its utility as a model for future legislation.

My research is based both on documents and oral interviews with key actors in the ADA's passage. I have already met with many staff members, including Maureen West, and have also met with Senator Harkin, Senator Durenberger, Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, Chief Counsel Boyden Gray, and Congressman Tony Coelho. I would very much like to have the opportunity to meet with you to discuss your role in the ADA and your perspective on the bill's significance. This would give you a chance to speak directly on how the ADA should be remembered in history. It would give me a chance to obtain important information directly from one of the most crucial participants. I hope that we could find a time that would suit your schedule.

I will follow up with a phone call to check on the prospect of arranging an interview with you. Thank you very much for your consideration.

Sincerely,
(Jonathan M. Young's signature)

The NRH Research Center is a division of the Medlantic Research Institute

(Medlantic Research Institute Logo)
Member of the Medlantic Healthcare Group)

R=98% 01-23-97 12:37PM P003 #03

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