NTID History collection
Scope and Contents
The RIT Archive collection on National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) includes newsclippings, promotional materials, campus publications, photographs, and other ephemera generated by and for NTID from 1965 to 2016. These materials cover a range of topics including visual arts and theater at NTID, the groundbreaking and dedication of the Henrietta campus for NTID, the 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, and 35th anniversaries of NTID, research conducted at NTID, faculty and staff, curriculum, and the general history of NTID.
Also includes oversized items:
Framed photograph of Nanette Fabray, Greg Hill, and Ronald Reagan. 14.25”L x 11.56”W (in frame).
Pen and marker drawing on illustration board of the interior of Panara Theater. 20”L x 15”W. Undated.
Framed poster for the NTID Special Speakers Series, featuring Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995
Framed poster designed to look like oversized US currency. US presidents and founding fathers on the bills have been replaced with key figures from NTID’s history.
Dates
- Creation: 1965-2016
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1965 - 2016
Creator
- Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT Archive Collections (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf, one of nine colleges at RIT, was established by an act of Congress and signed into law by President Johnson in 1965. After an extensive national search, RIT was chosen as the permanent home for NTID, and the first group of students arrived in Fall 1968. RIT was chosen over such schools as Illinois State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and University of Southern California.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) building opened in October 1974. Lady Bird Johnson officially dedicated the building. Since that time, NTID enrollment has been growing and currently numbers approximately 1500 students, with several hundred cross registering into other RIT colleges.
Extent
13 Linear Feet (23 document boxes, 1 legal document box, one box of oversized artwork = 25 boxes total)
Language
English
Overview
A collection of materials pertaining to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) from 1965 to the current time. Materials include newsclippings, promotional materials, campus publications, photographs, and other ephemera generated by and for NTID.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type and then chronologically.
Other Finding Aids
In addition to this finding aid, an inventory is available below. For more information, please contact the RIT Archive Collections.
RIT Archive collection on NTID
Custodial History
Most of this collection are materials collected by RIT archivists over the years and resided in the old CS. North Institutional Files.
Accruals
Additional accruals are expected.
Processing Information
Finding aid created by Jess Andrews in February 2017.
Subject
- Castle, William E., Dr. (Person)
- DeCaro, James J., -2019 (Person)
- Ellingson, Mark (Person)
- Hurwitz, T. Alan (Person)
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf (Organization)
- Stuckless, E. Ross (Person)
- United States. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare (Organization)
- Title
- RIT Archive collection on National Technical Institute for the Deaf
- Status
- Published
- Subtitle
- RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive
- Author
- Jess Andrews
- Date
- 2/1/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2/11/2025: Collection is being re-inventoried for easier identification.
- Box: 1 - NTID History 1960s (Paper Records)
- Box: 2 - NTID History 1960s-1970s (Paper Records)
- Box: 3 - NTID History 1970s (Paper Records)
- Box: 4 - NTID History 1980s (Paper Records)
- Box: 5- NTID History 1980s - 1990s (Paper Records)
- Box: 6- NTID History, 1990s - Undated (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7- NTID Events (Paper Records)
- Box: 8- NTID Events (Paper Records)
- Box: 9- NTID Theater/Arts (Paper Records)
- Box: 10 - NTID Publications / About NTID (Paper Records)
- Box: 11 - NTID Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 12 - NTID Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 13 - NTID Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 14 - NTID Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 15- NTID Publications - Research Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 16- Research Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 17- Research Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 18- Research Publications - NTID Promotional Materials (Paper Records)
- Box: 19 - NTID Promotional Materials (Paper Records)
- Box: 20 - RIT/NTID Relationship (Paper Records)
- Box: 21- NTID Faculty/Staff/Student Resources (Paper Records)
- Box: 22- NTID Faculty/Staff/Student Resources (Paper Records)
- Box: 23- NTID Faculty/Staff/Student Resources - NTID Photographs (Paper Records)
- Box: 24- Research Publications (Paper Records)
- Box: 33 (Artwork)
Repository Details
Part of the RIT Archives Repository