RIT-DSA. RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

The collection consists of one Bell and Howell movie projector model #1585 used to view captioned films by members of the Rochester area Deaf community.

Lilac Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (LRAD) records contain newsletters, meeting minutes, correspondence detailing the activities of LRAD between 1991-1999. A 2010 brochure has been added to the collection.

This collection is comprised of multiple donations from Grcevic, including Russian periodicals related to deaf/deafness, art located in NTID/Dyer, and articles about the Gallaudet new president scandal.

The Robert H. Weitbrecht James C. Marsters TTY modem collection contains two metallic boxes with electronic circuitry inside that made up the acoustic telephone coupler (now known as a TTY modem) used by Dr. James C. Marsters in the first TTY telephone call between two deaf persons (May 1964).

The Rochester School for the Deaf artist-in-residence Chuck Baird discussion contains one DVD recorded on May 6, 1996.

Two works by photographer Robin Bartholick.

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

Two stained glass panels crafted by Sander Blondeel. Mr. Blondeel created panes for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT.

The collection consists of an oil painting by Uzi Buzgalo, an Israeli deaf artist, titled Flower of Language.

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.