Ralph L. Hoag collection
Scope and Contents
The Ralph L. Hoag collection contains the papers, photographs, and publications of Ralph L. Hoag, Executive Secretary to the National Advisory Board that established NTID. Hoag held many positions related to the education of the Deaf and spent 8 years as Superintendent of the Rochester School for the Deaf, from 1966-1974. Also found in the collection is research for his manuscript The Origin and Establishment of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (1989) which details the work of the National Advisory Board in planning for NTID and the steps undertaken to choose the home campus that eventually brought the school to RIT.
Dates
- Creation: 1965-1989
Creator
- Hoag, Ralph Lynn (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Ralph L. Hoag came to Rochester in 1966 to work as the fourth superintendent of the Rochester School for the Deaf. He continued in this position until 1974. Prior to coming to Rochester Hoag worked as Course Director at the School For the Deaf in Rome, New York; Principal of the School for the Deaf and Blind in Tucson, Arizona; administrator of a program for training teachers of the deaf for the U.S. Office of Education, and Staff Director and Executive Secretary to the National Advisory Board that established the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in Rochester. He authored the manuscript The Origin and Establishment of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf which details the work of the National Advisory Board in planning for NTID and the steps undertaken to choose the home campus that eventually brought the school to RIT.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet (1 document box)
Language
English
Overview
Photos, correspondence, and publications of Ralph L. Hoag. Hoag served as Executive Secretary to the National Advisory Board that established the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Arrangement
Collection is roughly arranged by subject.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number(s):
2010:31
The Ralph L. Hoag collection was deposited in the Deaf Studies Archive in 2010 by NTID staff member Margaret Young.
Processing Information
Finding aid created by Amy Vilz in October 2011.
Subject
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf (Organization)
- Rochester Institute of Technology -- History (Organization)
- Title
- Ralph L. Hoag collection
- Status
- Published
- Subtitle
- RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive
- Author
- Amy Vilz
- Date
- 05 October 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- December 2020: multilevel description added from inventory by Gigi Ye
Repository Details
Part of the RIT Archives Repository