NTID Technical Signs videotape series

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RITDSA-0125

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Little information is available about this series but it appears to be a series of classes teaching American Sign Language for specific subjects. The subjects include printing, psychology, sports, legal terms, optical finishing, mechanics, chemistry, physics, science, engineering, secretarial, and English. These could have possibly been used for interpreting classes. Each tape is labeled with the subject. The set is incomplete.

Dates

Creation: circa 1970-1989

Creator

National Technical Institute for the Deaf (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

"The Technical Signs Project (TSP) was established at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), in 1975 to help facilitate effective and precise communication in academic and career environments through the establishment of a nationally based system for collecting, evaluation, selecting, recording, and sharing (CESRS) signs used in these environments."

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 document boxes)

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

Collection of 17 VHS videotapes from a series titled Technical Signs produced at the National Technical Institute of the Deaf (NTID). The set is incomplete.