Joseph Francis Clunk (1895-1975)
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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0168
Joseph Francis Clunk (1895-1975) was the nation's first blind civil servant, sworn into federal service June 1937, to administer the Randolph-Sheppard Act and served on the U.S. Office of Education, Vocational Service Board as "special agent for the blind." In 1953, he became Managing Director of the Philadelphia Association for the Blind.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0168
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0168]