RIT-DSA. RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

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Complete assemblage of the commemorative stamp package to honor Robert Panara. Panara was a teacher in the field of Deaf Studies and taught at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf from 1967 until 1987. The collection contains programs, envelopes, a stamp sheet, and a framed stamp presentation.

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The PAH! Deaf TV collection contains VHS tapes and DVD recordings of various programs created and produced by NTID students, presented in American Sign Language (ASL). The programs in this collection were made between 1994-1999.

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The Deaf Rochester News collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, administrative documents, and photographs related to the Deaf Rochester News and Deaf community of Rochester. Records range from 1984 to circa 2000’s.

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National Theatre of the Deaf annual reports and players' guides covers the theatre from 1967 to 1994. Reports include plays performed for that year; biographies of actors, directors, and staff; images; and in later years, financial information. Ephemeral materials include a playbill, programs, and an issue of NTD News from 1997-98.

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Collection of clippings, photos, and theater posters relating to Patrick Graybill, faculty member at National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

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Deaf View Image Art (De'VIA) collection contains a poster, exhibit and auction programs from various De'VIA events held from 2008 to 2020, as well as Gallery Guides from Deaf Artists' exhibits from 1993, 1995, and 1999.

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Collection of posters featuring deaf culture and deaf artists.

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Collection of American Sign Language lectures on DVD and the posters advertising the series, created, produced, and developed by National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Overview Deaf publications from conferences and associations such as International Committee of the Silent Sports, South Dakota Association of the Deaf (SDAD), Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), Deaf Awareness Week (DAW)/Deaf/Hard of Hearing Awareness Week (DHHAW), Teletypewriters for the Deaf Inc. (TDI), New York Relay Service, Camp Mark Seven, and Deaf Way II. The publications range from 1945-2002 and bulk dates from 2000-2002. The materials range from newsletters, magazines, brochures,...

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A collection of posters, films, and press books featuring deaf actors or characters as compiled by historian and film buff Newby Ely.