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Date:: 2017-09-05
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: "The biggest thing is the values that started with the Deinstitutionalization Project and went on through all of our projects about consumer advocacy, self-determination, empowerment to people with disabilities, language use... just totally different values about people with disabilities." Vicki (Victoria C.) Pappas arrived at the Developmental Training Center (D.T.C.) in Bloomington as a graduate student in 1974. The D.T.C. was the the original name of the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC). Vicki retired as director of the IIDC's Center for Planning and Policy Studies the year prior to this 2013 interview. Vicki discusses the history of the IIDC and significant activities involving government and other partners in the state of Indiana. She talks about her experience with the Deinstitutionalization Project directed by Mike Tracy in the early 1970s, the legacy of former Director Henry J. Schroeder, and the impact of important legislation in shaping the work of the IIDC, including passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and its implementation in Indiana. She also discusses voting participation and access, developing the state disability plans with the Governor's Council for People with Disabilities, and the creation of the IIDC's Collaborative Work Lab for digitally assisted group decision making.

Date:: 2013
Main contributors:: Weger, Vicki
Summary:: Video bio of Vicki Weger, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2013. Producer: Vicki Weger; Narrator: Ed Hopkins; Editor: Mike Latta; Vicki Weger traveled with her dad’s “Harry Weger and the Big Ten Western Feature” shows that signed on in 1955 on WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana. She performed in many shows across the country. In 1978, she began freelancing as a newspaper, radio and TV journalist, and in 1982 was hired at WTHI-TV. There she worked the assignment desk and later became the station’s managing editor, taking her freelancing work to the network level with travels to many foreign countries and coverage of notable domestic stories. In 1998 she moved to Chicago as a full-time freelance producer for “The PBS NewsHour” and “Religion & Ethics” and similar work for NBC and ABC. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

Date:: 1972
Main contributors:: Edward R. Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Naomi Feil
Summary:: Home movie of Vicki Rubin's 16th birthday party at the Feil home. The living room is decorated with Halloween decorations. Vicki and her boyfriend wear colonial costumes. Her friends gather around as she opens gifts and Beth brings out a cake.

Date:: unknown/unknown
Main contributors:: Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Beth Rubin, Vicki Rubin
Summary:: Shows a group of children (including Vicki and Beth) wearing costumes outside in the Feil's yard. Naomi directs them as they perform. The group then performs for a classroom of younger children.

Date:: unknown/unknown
Main contributors:: Edward R. Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin
Summary:: Home movie of a teenaged Vicki appearing in a play. Briefly shows Beth playing with a fencing sword.

Date:: 1964
Main contributors:: Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Kathryn Hellerstein, Betsy Feil, Susan Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Harold S. Feil, Amy Feil, Ellen Feil, Nellie Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, George Feil, Herman Hellerstein, Leslie Feil, David Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein
Summary:: First half of the film shows Kathy Hellerstein’s birthday party (1964) at the Harold Feil home. She opens presents and blows out the candles on her birthday cake. The film then cuts to a celebration for Naomi, where she is presented with a cake that says “Happy Birthday and Welcome Home”. Ed, Vicki, Beth, and the housekeepers pose with her. On another occasion, Gusty, the housekeeper, is given a cake that reads “Happy Birthday to our beloved Gusty”. She then opens presents.

Date:: 1968
Main contributors:: Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Naomi Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Ken Feil, Robbie Cohen
Summary:: Naomi and Eddie at the airport seeing Vicki off as she boards a plane. Back at the house, a housekeeper, Kenny, and Beth are in the living room as Eddie runs by with no pants on. Next, the film shows a birthday party for Robbie Cohen, a next-door neighbor and friend of Eddie's. The Feils and the Cohens are present at the party. A teenage boy performs magic tricks for the children. Afterwards, the children play in the yard.

Date:: 1970
Main contributors:: Edward R. Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Naomi Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Julius Weil, Helen Kahn Weil
Summary:: Home movie of casual birthday celebrations over breakfast for Vicki and Beth at their home. The family is gathered around the kitchen table, where Beth is given cinnamon rolls with birthday candles. Beth opens her presents and is ecstatic to receive a new watch and comedy records. The film then shows Beth at a more formal gathering with extended Weil family receiving a birthday cake (possibly in conjunction with Rosh Hashanah dinner). On another day, Vicki receives a birthday cake and opens presents during breakfast as the family watches. Ends with brief footage of a party with friends.

Date:: unknown/unknown
Main contributors:: Edward R. Feil, Vicki Rubin
Summary:: Home movie of a teenaged Vicki rehearsing a dance routine on a stage with other teens. Vicki then performs a solo.

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