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| c. 1981 - Mildred Johnson begins a project to collect books on Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing culture. During about 25 years, she amasses a collection of books, magazines, videos and other materials documenting community culture. |
| May 25, 2005 - CSCDHH (Comm. Ctr. for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing) officially closes. Board seeks for a new home for the library. |
| Summer 2005 - A new home is needed for the library. Organizations are approached, but decline. |
| July 18, 2005 - A proposal is made to the CSCDHH board to assume all responsibility for the library. |
| Aug. 4, 2005 - Mildred Johnson agrees to a plan to form an independent library, named after her. |
| Aug. 7, 2005 - Mildred passes away in the company of friends and family. |
| Aug. 9, 2005 - The CSCDHH Board holds its last meeting and approves the proposal to transfer the library. |
| End Aug. 2005 - The new MMJ Memorial Library organization moves the collection to storage. |
| Sept. 2005 - Joe requests donations at his birthday party. Support begins coming in. |
| Oct. 3, 2005 - The Library is incorporated. |
| Late 2006 - Tentative opening planned for the physical library. |
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2006: A YEAR OF BIBLIOPHILIC ORGANIZATION |
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The Mildred M. Johnson Memorial Library was formed in 2005 to continue the work started by Mildred of collecting and maintaining media that chronicle the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing experience. Mildred was a CODA (child of Deaf parents), born in 1918, and a pioneer in many ways including in ASL interpretation and instruction. Mildred began her library project in about 1981, holding book drives and cataloging the donations from the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing community for public use.
Still in the initial stages of organization, the MMJ Memorial Library is headed by Lindsay Klarman, President; Joe Klarman, Treasurer; and Ben Barrett, Secretary.
Meet the Board:
Lindsay Klarman is a former member of CSCDHH's board of trustees. She is part of the interpreter training program and also involved with ASL related research at the University of Washington. She has a lifleong interest in being part of the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing community and seeing it grow and flourish.
Joe Klarman, a former public school teacher, is a prominent real estate agent and developer in the Seattle area. His firm, Russell Jones Real Estate, have been pioneers in comunity involvement for over 60 years.
Ben Barrett is a Japanese translator and owner of Orange Text, a translation firm. He is also currently pursuing a master's degree in linguistics from the University of Washington, focusing on Native American language revitalization.
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