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Stefan Florescu, a quadriplegic, was involved in activities and organizations for the handicapped in the Detroit area and was founder of Michigan Wheelchair Athletic Committee. The collection includes personal/biographical material, files relating to his organizational activities, and files pertaining to wheelchair athletics.

The Stephan Florescu Papers contain materials from 1947-2001, documenting his active life and role in the disability rights movement, particularly in wheelchair athletics and barrier free access. The collection contains information on many local, state, and national level handicapped organizations and wheelchair athletics. The papers are arranged into three series: Personal/Biographical, Organizations, and Wheelchair Athletics.

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Personal/Biographical

The Personal/Biographical materials consist of biographical clippings, two drafts of a biography, diaries (from his time in Korea during World War II), scrapbooks and clippings documenting his activities in the handicapped community and as a wheelchair athlete, material about his education at St. Ambrose College, and limited information about his wife, Caroline (Tupper) Florescu. A mobility study with an extensive interview provides a wealth of current information. Also contains information about Florescu's family and Romanian heritage, a Romanian Literature Program he began, materials relating to the formation of a Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association, and sheet music for his hobby of folk singing, although there is no information about the album Florescu released. This series also contains various photographs and a VHS videocassette tape of a Lincoln Park Council Meeting where several testimonials in his honor were made and Stefan Florescu was presented with a key to the city.