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Deaf -- Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Clayton Valli memorial collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006631447]
Identifier: RITDSA-0174
Overview

This collection contains documentation of a 2003 memorial service held at NTID for Clayton Valli, deaf linguist and ASL poet. Both photographs and a video document the memorial.

Dates: 2003
Found in: RIT Archives

Deaf history newspaper clippings

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006631457]
Identifier: RITDSA-0050
Overview

Deaf history newspaper clippings focus on the education of the Deaf at the turn of the twentieth century, mainly in New York State. Also included are obituaries and articles on notable Deaf persons.

Dates: circa 1890-1925
Found in: RIT Archives

Deaf Rochester News collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0136
Overview

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.

Dates: 1987-circa 2005; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2002
Found in: RIT Archives

Harry Lang collection on Edmund Booth

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: R0006631421]
Identifier: RITDSA-0055
Overview

The Harry Lang collection on Edmund Booth consists of Lang's research files used in writing his book, Edmund Booth: Deaf Pioneer.

Dates: circa 2000-2005
Found in: RIT Archives

John Panara collection on Robert and Shirley Panara

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0166
Overview

The John Panara collection on Robert and Shirley Panara includes photographs, correspondence and local news articles collected by the Panara family and used in an NTID exhibit on Robert Panara from 2014.

Dates: 1943-1991
Found in: RIT Archives

Miriam and Kenneth Lerner ASL Poetry collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006631211]
Identifier: RITDSA-0027
Overview

A collection of Deaf poetry videotapes, dvds, and digital documents containing lectures, performances, and interviews documenting ASL (American Sign Languagae) poetry. The materials were gathered while conducting research for Heart of The Hydrogen Jukebox, a documentary film by Miriam Lerner about ASL poetry.

Dates: 1987-2012
Found in: RIT Archives

NTID promotional materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0063
Overview

NTID promotional ephemera includes cups, paperweights, buttons, and other artifacts related to National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dates: circa 1968-2017
Found in: RIT Archives

StoryCorps interviews and transcripts

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006629664]
Identifier: RITDSA-0066
Overview

Set of three cds of interviews created for the StoryCorps project. StoryCorps is a nonprofit oral history project dedicated to documenting the lives of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs.

Dates: 2009
Found in: RIT Archives

Wendy Dannels collection on FIRST Robotics

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0173
Overview

The Wendy Dannels collection on FIRST Robotics contains items and documents collected by Dannels pertaining to the Rochester School for the Deaf's 2009-2010 FIRST Robotics competition team, RoboComm-X (Team 3162). Items include documents dating from 2009-2010 about the FIRST Robotics competition.

Dates: 2009-2010; Majority of material found within 2009 - 2010
Found in: RIT Archives