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| Title | Dr. Anne Carlsen with Vice President Nixon, receiving Handicapped American of 1958 award, Washington, D.C. |
| Date of Original | 1958 |
| Description | Dr. Anne Carlsen receives the Handicapped American of 1958 award from Vice President Richard Nixon. Nixon is presenting the plaque to Carlsen. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Awards and ceremonies
Education
People
Politics & Government
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| Subject (LCTGM) | People with disabilities
Teachers
Plaques
Awards
Vice presidents
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| Personal Name | Carlsen, Anne, 1915-
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
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| Location | Washington (D.C.)
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 11078-3928 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Anne Carlsen was born in Grantsburg, Wisconsin without forearms or lower legs. Nevertheless, she had an active childhood, and went to college at the University of Minnesota, intending to become a teacher. In 1938, she moved to Fargo for a job at the Good Samaritan School for Crippled Children. Carlsen moved with the school when it relocated to Jamestown. She was named the school's administrator in 1950, and the school was renamed the Anne Carlsen Center in her honor in 1980. She received the Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award in 1966. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Democratic NPL Party Records Mss 11078
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (11078-3928) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh110783928 |
