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Deaf -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Lang biographical files for Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0056
Overview

Harry Lang biographical files consists of Lang's research used for the book, Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary, (co-authored with Bonnie Meath-Lang).

Dates: 1990-1995
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

Harry Lang collection on Robert Panara

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: R0006631420]
Identifier: RITDSA-0054
Overview

The Harry Lang collection on Robert Panara consists of Lang's research files used in writing his book, Teaching From the Heart and Soul: The Life and Work of Robert F. Panara.

Dates: 1934-2003
Found in: RIT Archives

National Technical Institute for the Deaf faculty papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0150
Overview

Collection of 104 published and unpublished manuscripts written by faculty at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT between 1986-2010.

Dates: 1986-2010; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2005
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

T. Alan and Vicki T. Hurwitz collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITDSA-0134
Overview

Alan and Vicki Hurwitz were both employed at National Technical School for the Deaf (NTID) for many years. In 2013, they left to work at Gallaudet University. This collection includes several devices for communicating with the deaf, several coffee mugs from different events at NTID and cookbooks from different deaf schools across the U.S.

Dates: 1971-2007
Found in: RIT Archives