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Deaf -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Abbé de l’Épée 300th birthday ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: RITDSA-0095
Overview Programs and magazines celebrating the 300th birthday of Abbé de l’Épée during 2012.
Dates: 2012-2013
Found in: RIT Archives / Abbé de l’Épée 300th birthday ephemera

Albert and Peggy Hlibok collection of ESAD and RCAD papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0086
Overview The Albert and Peggy Hlibok collection of Empire State Association of the Deaf (ESAD) and Rochester Civic Association of the Deaf (RCAD) records contain meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, service applications, organization publications, crucial documents such as incorporation materials and organization by- laws, as well as photographs and a small amount of ephemera.Additional ESAD records were added in 2014, including Board meeting minutes from 1981- 2008,...
Dates: circa 1938-2008
Found in: RIT Archives / Albert and Peggy Hlibok collection of ESAD and RCAD papers

Albert Pimentel coins and books

 Collection
Identifier: RITDSA-0140
Overview The collection includes two commemorative coins and two books related to deafness.
Dates: 1981-1984
Found in: RIT Archives / Albert Pimentel coins and books

Anna Terrazzino deaf related documents

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITDSA-0156
Overview This is a collection of deaf-related documents from Anna Terrazzino that includes material about the Mystic Oral School for the Deaf in Connecticut, a booklet on the celebration of twentieth anniversary of the New Jersey Skiers Club of the Deaf, 1972-1992 and New Jersey Alumni Association publications from 1965-1967.
Dates: 1932-1998
Found in: RIT Archives / Anna Terrazzino deaf related documents

Convention programs of deaf associations

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITDSA-0069
Overview 20 Convention Programs from NAD, CAID and Alexander Graham Bell Association.
Dates: 1978-2010
Found in: RIT Archives / Convention programs of deaf associations

Deaf history newspaper clippings

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITDSA-0050
Overview Deaf history newspaper clippings focus on the education of the Deaf at the turn of the twentieth century, mainly in New York State. Also included are obituaries and articles on notable Deaf persons.
Dates: circa 1890-1925
Found in: RIT Archives / Deaf history newspaper clippings

Deaf President Now collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITDSA-0077
Overview Deaf President Now collection contains digitized copies of documentation of protests held at Gallaudet University in 1988 by deaf students who wanted a deaf president. The collection also contains documentation of demands by students at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) for specific concerns they wanted addressed by the administration.
Dates: 1987-1988
Found in: RIT Archives / Deaf President Now collection

Deaf Rochester News collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0136
Overview The Deaf Rochester News collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, administrative documents, and photographs related to the Deaf Rochester News and Deaf community of Rochester. Records range from 1984 to circa 2000’s.
Dates: 1987-circa 2005; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2002
Found in: RIT Archives / Deaf Rochester News collection

Edna Sayers collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0193
Overview Materials donated by Edna Sayers relating to her publications about literature and the Deaf, and VHS tapes of Deaf performances.
Dates: circa 1817-2003
Found in: RIT Archives / Edna Sayers collection

Ellen Mansfield ceramic artworks

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITDSA-0113
Overview The collection consists two ceramic artworks by artist Ellen Mansfield. The plate is painted with an image of deaf education pioneer Abbé L'Epée. The trivet De'humankind depicts a woman kneeling by a stream.
Dates: 2012
Found in: RIT Archives / Ellen Mansfield ceramic artworks