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Deaf -- Means of communication

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Panara deaf video collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0031
Overview

Collection of VHS tapes and DVDs assembled by Robert Panara, the first deaf faculty member of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1974-2008
Found in: RIT Archives

Robert Panara literature collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0032
Overview

Fiction, plays, mysteries, poetry, and romances featuring deaf characters and collected by Robert Panara, first Deaf faculty member of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1933-1997
Found in: RIT Archives

Shannon Bradford papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0034
Overview

Research materials related to Shannon Bradford's thesis on the National Theatre of the Deaf and dissertation on the Australian Theatre of the Deaf.

Dates: 1996-2000
Found in: RIT Archives

Stephen Aldersley collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0033
Overview

Materials related to major Deaf organizations (1891-1994) and their accomplishments collected by NTID faculty member Stephen Aldersley.

Dates: circa 1890-1995
Found in: RIT Archives

TeleTypewriter (TTY) phones

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0067
Overview

The TeleTypewriter (TTY) phone collection consists of two phone systems. These are communication devices for the deaf. They were donated by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Dates: ca. 1995-1998
Found in: RIT Archives

Tracey Salaway artworks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0178
Overview

Five digital art posters and one stained glass piece.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2002-2003, undated
Found in: RIT Archives

Vistaphones

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0146
Overview Collection contains two vistaphones and a modem. Vistaphones were video telephones that enabled the deaf to have have telephone conversations using sign language. Vistaphones were manufactured by Stromberg-Carlson, a subsidiary of General Dynamics and a telecommunications equipment and electronics manufacturing company in the United States. NTID experimented with Vistaphones, eventually installing more than 30 of the devices. Because of special wiring needs, Vistaphones could only be used...
Dates: circa 1972
Found in: RIT Archives