DSA001. RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

Overview Materials related to Harry Lang and his research on the history of NTID. Dr. Harry Lang is a deaf professor who retired after 41 years at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. He taught physics and mathematics full time for 14 years, chaired NTID's faculty development department for 7 years, and also taught a methods course to science and mathematics teacher candidates for over 30 years. The collection includes a chronology, correspondence,...

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Selection of dvds from the Hey Listen! series created by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Artwork created by Hilary Allumaga entitled "Spirit". Allumaga is a deaf artist born and raised in the small village of Alogani in the Nasarawa state in north central Nigeria. The collection consists of one acrylic painting.

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The Jacqueline Schertz stained glass mandala consists of one pane and is untitled.

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The TRIPOD Educational Model School (TRIPOD) program was started in 1982 as a method of teaching both deaf and hearing students together in a classroom using both sign language and voice. Eight DVDs contain Dr. James DeCaro's interviews with the founders of the TRIPOD program and parents of children who attended.

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Materials related to Deaf History International Conferences. These conferences were attended by Wallace Library's NTID liason librarian Joan Naturale.

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The John Panara collection on Robert and Shirley Panara includes photographs, correspondence and local news articles collected by the Panara family and used in an NTID exhibit on Robert Panara from 2014.

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Collection of communication and noise alerting devices for the deaf used by donor John Ratcliffe throughout his life. Items included are doorbell signals, flashing lights, vibrating devices, and Telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDDs) that assisted those living without hearing.

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Karen Christie collection of play scripts and conference brochures contains 17 programs from conferences for the Deaf held between 1991-2012. Also included in the collection are scripts from nine plays written by various authors for NTID theater and Rochester Community Lights On!

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Materials found in the Kevin Nolan photographs and papers relate to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) drama club from 1968-2008. Kevin Nolan was a student at NTID from 1968-1971 and was one of the founders of the NTID drama club. This collection includes photographic prints in black and white and color, newspaper clippings, programs, and scripts from various productions.