RIT-DSA. RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

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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.

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Collection is six books acquired by Eugene Lylak through his work in Slovenia, two issues of a Slovenian publication for the deaf, and memorabilia related to a 70th anniversary.

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Materials related to retired NTID professor Rose Marie Toscano. The collection includes memoir books and Health Deaf Task Force reports.

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Materials related to training of oral interpreters of the deaf for deaf people who prefer oral means of communication and do not use sign language. The collection includes DVDs, VHS tapes, books, notebooks, brochures, and newsletters.

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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.

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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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.

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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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The collection consists of digital video and audio files of conference presentations, workshops, and performances from "Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand," a year long project designed to promote ASL as a literary language. The events were organized by Ruth C. Hoffman,

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The Raymond Kenney collection of ESAD and RTCAD records spans Raymond T. Kenney's time in General local and national organziations, RTCAD, RCAD and ESAD.These positions produced paperwork such as administrative materials, flyers, TTY supply booklets, correspondence with in and to other organizations and multiple testimonals from court cases.