DSA001. RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

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Contains materials related to the Edmund Lyon Memorial Lectureship series, held annually at the National Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. The collection includes lecture typescripts and professional writings of two speakers: Donald Ballantyne, Ph.D. and Frank Peter Hochman, M.D.

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Materials donated by Edna Sayers relating to her publications about literature and the Deaf, and VHS tapes of Deaf performances.

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The Edward Lord collection on Rochester Tel-Com Association of the Deaf (RTCAD) contains fifteen directories created by RTCAD for 1982-1996, and a RTCAD banner.

Scope and Contents The Edward Scouten papers includes his published papers, lectures, research, curriculum plans, correspondence, awards, and collected books, and give a broad overview of his professional life. Topics covered include his service in the United States Army Medical Department in World War II as well as his teaching career at Rochester School for the Deaf, Gallaudet, Louisiana and Florida Schools for the Deaf, and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology....

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The Edward Swayze drawings consist of four colored drawings of different parts of a male body framed together in one 17 x 21 inch frame. The piece is untitled and signed and dated by the artist.

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Collection consists of four volumes of anthologies compiled by NTID professors Eileen Biser and Rose Marie Toscano from Liberal Studies Department to supplement course curriculum. Anthologies are Poems, Drama and two of Short Stories.

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Silk ribbon and correspondence belonging to Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute art school student Elizabeth Blomquist Symonds.

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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.

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Records of the Empire State Association of the Deaf (ESAD). ESAD is an independent, nonprofit organization that advocates on local and state levels for the rights of deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens.

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The collection contains one watercolor painting by Deaf Latinx artist Rolando Siguenza. The painting depicts six young men with angels' wings with a yellow background foregrounded by a wrought iron gate. At lower right, another young male in profile with wings looks on.