Audio and Video

The Burton Blatt Papers contain a number of audio and videotapes. The ones specifically related to Blatt himself (lectures, speeches, classes) are being digitized for easier access by researchers. These tapes were, however, stored for many years in a non-archival facility and have suffered from sound/video degradation or complete loss of sound/image at specific points. Regardless of their physical condition, these tapes provides the researcher with the rare opportunity to see and/or hear Burton Blatt as a dynamic presence.

Audio Tapes

"Future for People with Special Needs." Keynote address at the outstanding awards breakfast of the Florida State Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children, Miami, FL, Saturday, February 9, 1974

  Interview (29 min.)


Mainstreaming, Deinstitutionalization and National Policy: Speech as an Ida Beam Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa, April 22, 1983. (includes segment of audiotape done by Marion Rose White, a long-time inmate at Sonoma State Hospital, California).

   Speech (1 hr., 2 min.)

Speech at the Dedication of the Gebbie Clinic of Syracuse University, a diagnostic screening and referral center created to serve children with learning and/or behavioral difficulties as well as a clinical training resource where students receive training in special education and rehabilitation, November 4, 1972.

Blatt's opening remarks may be found on Part 1 (2:03 to 6:00), and his closing remarks on Part 2 (42:54 - 45:24)

  Part 1 (45 min.) Part 2 (46 min.)

“The Educability Paradox and the Future for People with Special Needs,” keynote address given at the Director’s Institute Day of the LaGrange Area Department of Special Education, LaGrange, Illinois, August 29, 1979. Audio Tape (2) and CD available (2), but no transcript.

  Part 1 (31 min.) Part 2 (31 min.) Part 3 (30 min.)

The Domestic Policy Association’s National Issues Forum.
Blatt co-hosted the opening program of the 1983-1984 season on "Priorities for the Public Schools" at Syracuse University's Lubin House in New York City. Audio Tape (2) and CD available (2), but no transcript.

  Part 1 (30:20 min.) Part 2 (30:21 min.) Part 3 (5:45 min.)

Unidentified Panel Participation in Boston, Mass., March 1, 1978. Audio Tape (2) and CD available (2), but no transcript.

  Part 1 (19:38 min.) Part 2 (12:09 min.)


Interview by Anne C. Fox, University of Kentucky, July, 1976. Audio Tape and CD available, but no transcript.
(39:14 min.)

School of Education, Faculty Meeting, September 20, 1976 (22:36 min.)
Blatt's remarks (10:35 - 13:09 and 20:00 - 22:36). Audio Tape and CD available.

Interview by Sue Morse, Syracuse University, August 30, 1979. Audio Tape and CD available, but no transcript. (39:14 min.)


Memorial Service, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, March 3, 1985, Audio Tape and CD available. (33:46 min.)

Videotapes

This undated tape shows Burton Blatt's presence and his passion for the reform of the treatment of the mentally retarded.

history of mental retardation (1 minute)

advocacy (1 minute)

mainstreaming (1 minute)