DSA001. RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

Three examples of telecommunication devices for the deaf from the 1980's.

The Collection on Edward Nelson Shirey consists of a gold RIT 1973 class ring with blue stone and fraternity signs and engraved ENS; one certificate to Mr. Shirey for XI Zeta Chapter dated 10/16/1970; a candidate for credential certificate for Mr. Shirey dated 6/10/1972; Mr. Shirey's RIT Bachelor of Science diploma dated 8/3/1973; and a letter to Goddard Space Flight Center dated 7/27/1973 verifying Mr. Shirey received his degree and was qualified to work as a Computer Systems Analyst.

20 Convention Programs from NAD, CAID and Alexander Graham Bell Association.

Council for Better Hearing and Speech public service posters and film clips contains seven poster and three thirty second films. The posters were prepared with the assistance of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the U. S. Department of Education.

David Bloch lithograph is a print that consists of a night scene at the Dachau Concentration Camp.

The collection consists of artwork by David Call, including a hand carved linocut black block print titled Breakthrough and a multicolored prismacolor drawing titled The Great Convergence. The linocut depicts Abbé L'Epée and two butterflies (two sisters) using sign language to communicate. The drawing depicts two sailboats on the sea intersecting to form a butterfly.

Papers collected by David Pierce from his involvement as an instructor at NTID, as a member of the National Advisory Group, and President of the NTID Alumni Association.

24 slides of educational material related to HIV/AIDS education designed for the Deaf, and one flyer.

Correspondence, slides, and clippings related to artists included in the deaf art/deaf artists website. The website includes over 40 deaf and hard of hearing artists.

A collection of greeting cards and postcards designed by deaf and hard of hearing artists.