DSA001. RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

Papers donated by Dr. Larry Quinsland. NTID professor of Science and Mathematics. The papers include materials regarding faculty activity, curricula, and Quinsland's own academic work, as well as images created by students.

This collection consists of a NTID publication titled Speechreading Strategies, Teletypewriters Made Easy! by Teletypewriters for the Deaf, Inc.

DVD and news clipping on Lauren Aggen's heart transplant. Aggen attended the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

The Lee Brody New York-New Jersey Phone-TTY collection documents New York-New Jersey Phone-TTY, a company founded by Lee Brody to provide telephone accessibility for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. The collection contains business records, clippings, newsletters, photographs and TTY (teletypewriter) and technology equipment.

Documents related to the Lights On! Deaf Theatre group, a Rochester based organization dedicated to deaf theater. The collection contains administrative documents for the organization, such as bylaws, meeting minutes, and budgeting materials, as well as newsletters and correspondence. Also included are scripts and materials related to each production, such as playbills, schedules, floor plans, production notes, photographs, and video recordings.

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.

Materials from Linda (Crane) Lamitola documenting her participation in the first BTP summer interpreting training program in 1977. BTP was a summer training session for interpreters hosted by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The collection contains worksheets, notes, handouts, evaluations, and other curricular materials.

Materials related to Linda Siple's research study of deaf characters and interpreters. Linda Siple is a professor in the ASL-English Interpretation Program at RIT/NTID. The collection includes VHS tapes of television programs and movies featuring deaf character and interpreters that she used for research.

The Marilyn Fowler collection on NTID Medical Records Technology Program contains two scrapbooks with historical information and photographs of students and faculty in the program from its' inception to closing in 1994.

The collection consists of a mosaic created by Deaf artist Mary Dignan.