Manuscripts

MSS 160

Balfour, Louis M., 1908-2007.
Papers of Louis M. Balfour, 1926-2003.

Gallaudet University Archives.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 160
Creator:
Title: Papers of Louis M. Balfour, 1926-2003.
Quantity: 13.0 Linear Feet (26 document boxes)
Abstract: Louis M. Balfour (1908-2007) was a retired Deaf printer and researcher on the history of Deaf education and peddling.
Note:

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: 2004.
Processed by: Michael J. Olson. May 2006.
Processing Note: None
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

Related Material in the Archives:

Vertical Files

· Louis M. Balfour. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical

Photographs

· Louis M. Balfour. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits

Biographical Sketch

Louis M. Balfour, a life long Deaf researcher of the history of Deaf education and peddling, was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1908. At a young age, Louis moved first to Philadelphia with his parents and siblings, then to Pittsburg and finally, to Chicago in 1916. He was educated in Chicago until the family again moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1922. Louis had a Deaf sister and they both began attendance at the Virginia School for the Deaf in Staunton in the fall of 1922. Louis was active in the school where he participated as a member of the Boy Scouts. He learned printing as a trade at the school. Following his graduation in 1930, he resided in Richmond area where he worked as a paperhanger with his father and uncle. He also worked as a house painter. He worked in Richmond from 1932 - 1942, with an exception in 1941 where he worked in Washington, DC for two months as a painter in one of the Senate Office Buildings.

Louis attended the first Boy Scout Jamboree in 1930 where he met many Boy Scout members from all over the world and began correspondence with them. He continued to be active with the Boy Scout until his marriage to Mildred White, a graduate of the North Carolina School for the Deaf, on December 24, 1938 in Richmond. Louis and Mildred had a daughter, Josephine, who was born in 1940. During World War II, jobs were limited which forced Mildred and Josephine to relocate to Winston-Salem, North Carolina where they lived with Mildred’s parents while Louis searched for employment in the District of Columbia area.

From 1942 to 1944, Louis worked as a printer at the various newspapers plants in the DC area. Louis worked in a printing office at the Army Map Service in Washington, DC from 1944 to 1948. The family moved to the DC area soon after Louis got a secure job. Louis became a member of the Columbia Typographical Union #101 in 1946. After 1948, he worked at the Washington Times-Herald, The Washington Post and Washington Evening Star where he held the position for 19 years until retiring in 1974.

Louis and Mildred had three more children after Josephine: Robert, Latane, and Patricia. They resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland for many years. Louis spent his spare time visiting and researching at various historical societies and libraries. He collected copies of historical information on Deaf education and the families of Bolling, Braidwood, Gallaudet, Cogswell, and Clerc. He spent much of his time researching Deaf peddling and Deaf peddlers.

Louis was a member of various organizations: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Gallaudet University Alumni Association, Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the Virginia Historical Society.

Scope and Content

The Louis M. Balfour Papers consist of letters, clippings, certificates, diary, poems, receipts, greeting cards, postcards, notebooks, manual alphabet cards, research notes, and business cards

The collection, which consists of approximately 22,100 pages, dates from 1926 to 2003. The bulk of the collection consists of his research papers on the history of Deaf education, especially on the families of Bolling, Braidwood, Gallaudet, Cogswell, and Clerc. There are some copies of biographies of individuals who are associated with Deaf education. The bulk dates are mostly between the 1940s and the 1990s.

The largest subject in the collection is focused on the history of Deaf peddling. Louis spent much of his time writing to the Federal authorities and State agencies and encouraged them to crack down on Deaf peddlers. Not only that, he also wrote to the Schools for the Deaf superintendents and principals and also to Deaf organizations about the exploitation of Deaf peddlers.

The most interesting collection is that there are some letters from members of the Boy Scouts from other countries that Louis received between 1930 and 1933. One Boy Scout member from India wrote many letters telling of the social revolution in India.

Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

Series I: Family Correspondence and Files

Boxes 1 – 7 (Folder 11) 1929-2003

Louis M. Balfour corresponded with his wife, Mildred and their children. Also, he corresponded with his sister, brothers, and other relatives. Included in this series, there are some of Louis’ writing exercises to brush up with his English literacy. There is a sub series on Josephine Balfour from 1940 to 1987. She corresponded with his parents and siblings. Also she wrote letters to her alma mater, Augustana College of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The second sub series is about the Boy Scouts from 1930 to 1951. There are letters with members of the Boy Scouts between 1930 and 1933. Included in this collection is a diary which describes Louis’ experiences with the First National Boy Scout Jamboree which was held in 1930. The third sub series is about his employment from 1930 to 1998. He wrote many letters on his difficulties to obtain a steady employment during the Great Depression and World War II. The last and fourth sub series is about Deaf peddling. Included in the collection are several manual alphabet cards produced by Deaf peddlers. Louis researched and collected many articles, clippings, and research notes on Deaf peddling.

Series II: General Files

Box 7 (Folder 12) – Box 10 (Folder 26) 1926-2003

Louis corresponded with his deaf friends, various churches, and organizations. Included are some correspondents who are related to Bolling Family. There are some file folders on Brightwood Citizens Association of DC. Included is one letter from Ulysses S. Grant, III, a descendant of President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.

Series III: Research Notes

Box 10 (Folder 27) – Box 18 (Folder 5) 1930-2003

Louis researched and made many copies of the materials on history of Deaf education from various historical societies and libraries, also from the Volta Bureau Library. He researched on Alexander Graham Bell’s notes on Bolling and Braidwood. There are several pages of bibliographies on Deaf education. The bulk copies of materials on Deaf education are included. Also, there are several notebooks included. There are newspaper clippings related to Deaf history and people in general.

Series IV: Educational Institutions and Organizations

Box 18 (Folder 6) – Box 22 (Folder 7) 1931-2003

Louis wrote many letters to the superintendents and principals of the schools for the deaf across the country concerning Deaf peddlers and also inquiring for information on the history of Deaf education. He wrote letters to various people at Gallaudet University, included Presidents Leonard M. Elstad, Edward C. Merrill, Jr., Jerry C. Lee, W. Lloyd Johns and Irving King Jordan. He has done much of his correspondence with people at the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Volta Bureau. He wrote and inquired with various historical societies and libraries for information on history of Deaf education and biographies of people who associated with Deaf education.

Series V: Federal and State Agencies

Box 22 (Folder 8) – Box 26 1931-2003

Louis spent much of his spare time writing letters to Senators and Representatives of Congress to complain about the plight of Deaf peddlers and encourage making a law that prevent Deaf peddlers from peddling. Also, he wrote to local State Governors and Legislators concerning Deaf peddlers. Included in this collection, many letters Louis wrote with Federal Government agencies for same inquires on Deaf peddlers. He corresponded with J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning Deaf peddling.

Box	Folder	Title of Folder	Date
1	1	Announcement Cards	1979-1997
1	2	Application for Certificate of Birth of Rose Cohen	1931-1946
1	3	Autobiography	1974
1	4	Autographs	n.d.
1	5	Bank Books	1949-1974
1	6	Business Cards	n.d.
1	7	Certificates	1930-1998
1	8	Class Assignment - Writings	1930
1	9	Columbia Typographical Union #101	1948-1990
1	10	Conservation notes	n.d.
1	11	Contracts	1932-1972
1	12	Correspondence - Book Orders	1952-1999
1	13	Correspondence - Collectibles	1974-2003
1	14	Correspondence - Family Services Society of Richmond	1940-1946
1	15	Correspondence - Financial	1942-1999
1	16	Correspondence - General - Personal	1931-1959
1	17	Correspondence - General - Personal	1960-1979
1	18	Correspondence - General - Personal	1980-1989
2	1	Correspondence - General - Personal	1990-1999
2	2	Correspondence - Holtz, Herman J.	1943-2000
2	3	Correspondence - Housing and Rent Problems	1943-1946
2	4	Correspondence - Life Insurance	1941-1987
2	5	Correspondence - Photography Equipments	1942-1998
2	6	Correspondence - Real Estate	1949-2002
2	7	Correspondence - Smith, Patricia Balfour	1960-1996
2	8	Correspondence - Stevens, Ida Cohen	1932-1982
2	9	Correspondence - Timberlake, Josephine B.	1937-1968
2	10	Correspondence - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission	1981-1996
2	11	Diaries written by Louis	1943-1994
2	12	Greeting Cards	1943-1979
2	13	Greeting Cards	1981-1989
2	14	Greeting Cards	1990-2000
3	1	Greeting Cards - Louis from family	n.d.
3	2	Holiday Greeting Cards produced by Louis	n.d.
3	3	Holy Cards	1982-1988
3	4	Latane (Tim) Timberlake Balfour - General	1955-2001
3	5	Letters - Cohen, Jacob	1933-1934
3	6	Letters from Relatives	1946-1995
3	7	Letters - Ida V. White from Louis	1941-1942
3	8	Letters - Latane Balfour from Josephine B. Timberlake	1953-1968
3	9	Letters - Louis from Baltimore City Health Dept. re: Birth Certificate	1938-1942
3	10	Letters - Louis from Harry Cohen	1943
3	11	Letters - Louis from Immigration and Naturalization Service	1929-1946
3	12	Letters - Louis from Mildred Balfour	1938-1944
3	13	Letters - Louis from Samuel Cohen	1932-1988
3	14	Letters - Louis and Mildred from Becky Stevens Schalow	1964-1983
3	15	Letters - Louis and Mildred from Joseph Kulik	1960
3	16	Letters - Louis and Mildred from Latane Balfour	1970
3	17	Letters - Louis and Mildred from Phyllis Mellow	1973-1974
3	18	Letters - Louis and Mildred from Robert Balfour	1986-1998
3	19	Letters - Mildred Balfour	1938-2001
3	20	Letters - Mildred from Elizabeth (Liz)	1944
3	21	Letters - Mildred from Ida Cohen Stevens	1939-1944
3	22	Letters - Mildred from Ida Wright	1944-1973
3	23	Letters - Mildred from Louis	1938-1939
4	1	Letters - Mildred from Louis	1940-1973
4	2	Letters - Robert Balfour from Josephine B. Timberlake	1951-1964
4	3	Library Charge Cards - Richmond, VA Public Library	1937-1942
4	4	Louis' Business Cards	n.d.
4	5	Louis' Personal Records	1975-2001
4	6	Membership Cards	1948-1994
4	7	Patricia Balfour Smith - General	1957-1997
4	8	Poem - "Auld Lang Syne" by Mildred White Balfour	1937
4	9	Postcards	1935-1964
4	10	Receipts	1946-1948
4	11	Robert Balfour - General	1950-1987
4	12	Selective Service System - Richmond, VA	1940-1943
4	13	Survey of the Vocational Status of the Deaf in the District of Columbia	1947
4	14	Sympathy Cards	1940-1990
4	15	TTY Conservation papers	n.d.
4	16	War Ration Book	1942-1943
4	17	Writing Exercises	n.d.
5	1	Application for Federal Employment - Josephine Balfour	1962
5	2	Augustana College - Josephine Balfour	1955-1960
5	3	Birth Certificate - Josephine Balfour	1940
5	4	Calvin Coolidge High School - Josephine Balfour	1957-1958
5	5	Class work assignments - Josephine Balfour	1954-1962
5	6	Correspondence - Balfour, Josephine	1943-1944
5	7	Correspondence - Balfour, Josephine	1950-1987
5	8	Correspondence - Balfour, Robert (Bobby) from Josephine	1958-1963
5	9	Correspondence - Brown, Clarence Blair "Pat"	1955-1962
5	10	Correspondence - General	1947-1963
5	11	Correspondence - Relatives	1950-1962
5	12	General Materials	1955-1969
5	13	Letters - Josephine Balfour from Joseph Kulik	1959-1963
5	14	Letters - Josephine Balfour from Josephine B. Timberlake	1943-1962
5	15	Letters - Latane (Tim) Balfour from Josephine Balfour	1959-1963
5	16	Letters - Louis and Mildred from Josephine Balfour	1958-1964
5	17	Letters - Mildred from Josephine Balfour	1950-1964
5	18	Letters - Patricia Balfour from Josephine Balfour	1963-1967
5	19	Notebooks	n.d.
5	20	Diary of the First National Scout Jamboree	1930
5	21	Letters - Boy Scouts - General	1930-1948
5	22	Letters - Boy Scouts of America	1930-1939
5	23	Letters - Boys' Life	1930-1931
5	24	Letters - Cox, Robert A. H. - England	1930-1933
5	25	Letters - Fernau, Connie - Pennsylvania	1937-1948
6	1	Letters - Fukuda, Teizaburo - Japan	1931-1951
6	2	Letters - Giere, Calvin N. - Minnesota	1930-1931
6	3	Letters - Groenendyk, Peter C. - Holland	1931
6	4	Letters - Hooper, Harold - Canada	1931-1940
6	5	Letters - Krog-Jensen, Niels - Denmark	1930-1933
6	6	Letters - La Rosa, Theodore M. - Pennsylvania	1930-1933
6	7	Letters - Makio, Dick N. - Hawaii	1931-1932
6	8	Letters - Nowy, Josef - Austria	1931-1932
6	9	Letters - Prendeville, David - New Zealand	1931
6	10	Letters - Sawkins, William - Canada	1930-1932
6	11	Letters - van Katwijk, Anthony - Holland	1930-1931
6	12	Letters - Vazirani, Jagatrai H. - India	1930-1933
6	13	Transcript of letters from Boy Scout members	1930-1931
6	14	Correspondence - Employment	1930-1942
6	15	Correspondence - Employment	1943-1949
6	16	Correspondence - Employment	1950-1998
6	17	Employment - General	1942-1976
7	1	Manual Alphabet Cards	n.d.
7	2	Manual Alphabet Cards used by Peddlers	n.d.
7	3	Manual Alphabet Cards in Braille	n.d.
7	4	Peddling - Articles	1948-1984
7	5	Peddling - Articles "The Deaf Do Not Need to Peddle or Beg"	1953
7	6	Peddling - Articles from The Frat	1946-1953
7	7	Peddling - Copy of a letter from Governor of Indiana, Otis R. Bowen	1975
7	8	Peddling - General	1953-1983
7	9	Peddling - National Association of the Deaf Pamphlet "Stop This Racket!"	n.d.
7	10	Peddling - Newspaper clippings	1948-1969
7	11	Peddling - Research notes	n.d.
7	12	Correspondence - Abbitt, Josephine C.	1949
7	13	Letters - Augustana College, Rock Island, IL	1957
7	14	Correspondence - Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD	1953-1987
7	15	Correspondence - Barnard College re: F. A. P. Barnard	1958
7	16	Correspondence - Beauchamp, James B.	1943-1946
7	17	Correspondence - Best, Harry	1944
7	18	Correspondence - Bill Rice Ranch	1974-1995
7	19	Correspondence - Bloomer, Grace E. - Acousticon International	1948
7	20	Correspondence - Braidwood, Robert J. re: Braidwood / Bolling Family	1948-1971
7	21	Brightwood Citizens Association - General	1930-1966
7	22	Brightwood Citizens Association - Letters	1930-1967
7	23	Brightwood Citizens Association - Minutes	1930
7	24	Brightwood Citizens Association - Minutes	1960-1969
8	1	Brightwood-Manor Park Citizen's Association	1952-1972
8	2	Correspondence - British Deaf History Society - Tony Boyce	1999
8	3	Correspondence - Brown, Clarence Blair "Pat"	1939-1982
8	4	Correspondence - Central Methodist Church, Staunton, VA	1950-1951
8	5	Correspondence - Centenary Methodist Church, Richmond, VA	1937-1979
8	6	Correspondence - Christ Church Mission to the Deaf, Alexandria, VA	1981-1982
8	7	Correspondence - Christ Methodist Church for the Deaf - Rev. Foxwell	1957-1969
8	8	Correspondence - Christian Deaf Fellowship - Rev. Stallings, Jr.	1956-1982
8	9	Correspondence - Churches - General	1929-1999
8	10	Community for the Hearing Impaired	1969-1973
8	11	Correspondence - Conference of Executives of American Schools Deaf	1956-1997
8	12	Correspondence - Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf	1947-2000
8	13	Correspondence - Cressel, Almeta C.	1949
8	14	Correspondence - Cressel, Mrs. R. E.	1949
8	15	Correspondence - Deaf Ministries - General	1989-1998
8	16	Correspondence - Deaf-Reach	1993-1997
8	17	Letters - De Bell, Mary T. re: Turberville Family	1946
8	18	Letters - Doane, Letitia L.	1926-1927
8	19	Correspondence - Emory Methodist Church, Washington, DC	1943
8	20	Federation of Citizens Associations of the District of Columbia	1965-1976
8	21	Correspondence - Fitzgerald, Jake H. re: Almeta C. Cressel	1950-1951
8	22	Correspondence - Flanagan, E. Latane	1945-1956
8	23	Correspondence - General	1930-1947
8	24	Correspondence - General - A to Z	1941-1949
8	25	Correspondence - General - A to W	1950-1959
8	26	Correspondence - General - B to Z	1960-1969
8	27	Correspondence - General - A to W	1970-1979
9	1	Correspondence - General - A to W	1980-1989
9	2	Correspondence - General - A to W	1990-2003
9	3	Letters - Goldberg, Herman R.	1948
9	4	Correspondence - Golladay, Loy E.	1981
9	5	Correspondence - Gordon, James W. re: William D. Cooke Family	1946-1947
9	6	Correspondence - Gorman, Pierre	1968
9	7	Grace United Methodist Church, Takoma Park, MD	1979
9	8	Correspondence - Grant, Ulysses S., III	1958
9	9	Correspondence - Grosvenor, Gilbert	1950-1965
9	10	Correspondence - The Hands - Martha Butler	1972-1986
9	11	Correspondence - Hasenstab, Dr. Suzanne	1979-1983
9	12	Helen Beebe Speech and Hearing Center, Pennsylvania	1987-1998
9	13	Correspondence - Higgins, Francis C.	1946-1985
9	14	Correspondence - The Leader Publishing Co., Inc., Staunton, VA	1929-2000
9	15	Letters - Missing pages	n.d.
9	16	Letters - No dates	n.d.
9	17	Correspondence - Lewis Memorial Methodist Church, Washington, DC	1956-1957
9	18	Correspondence - Long, E. Florence (wife of J. Schuyler Long)	1937-1944
9	19	Correspondence - Marsters, James C.	1966-1967
9	20	Correspondence - Mary Baldwin College	1954-1999
9	21	Correspondence - McCanless, William	1937
9	22	Correspondence - Melody Master Manufacturing Company	1954
9	23	Correspondence - Methodist Church - Bishop Lord	1961-1972
9	24	Correspondence - Miller, Dr. June	1970-1990
9	25	Correspondence - Monsees, Edna K.	1948-1950
9	26	Correspondence - Moscovitz, Charles	1948
9	27	Correspondence - Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, Washington, DC	1946-1962
10	1	Correspondence - National Association of the Deaf	1941-1998
10	2	Correspondence - NAD - Centennial Historical Calendar Committee	1979-1980
10	3	Correspondence - Northcott, Winifred H.	1973-1985
10	4	Correspondence - Patton, James S. re: Braidwood / Bollings	1964-1972
10	5	Letters - Peet, Elizabeth	1946
10	6	Correspondence - The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, VA	1932-1956
10	7	Letters - Root, Mrs. Grace Cogswell re: Cogswell / Bolling	1940
10	8	Correspondence - St. Barnabas' Mission to the Deaf, Chevy Chase, MD	1980-2001
10	9	Correspondence - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA	1971-1994
10	10	Correspondence - St. Paul United Methodist Church, Chevy Chase, MD	1965-1997
10	11	St. Paul United Methodist Church, Chevy Chase, MD	1978-1987
10	12	Letters - Schilling, Alice	1929-1936
10	13	Letters - Shepperson, Mary G. re: Bolling Family	1939
10	14	Correspondence - Shinpaugh, Joe R.	1979-1998
10	15	Correspondence - Stovel, Laura	1938-1972
10	16	Correspondence - Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, Takoma Park, MD	1944-1948
10	17	Letters - Terry, Howard L.	1937
10	18	Correspondence - Unterberger, Betty Miller re: Braidwood / Bollings	1947-1948
10	19	Correspondence - Vernon, McCay	1973
10	20	Correspondence - Virginia Association of the Deaf	1947-1994
10	21	Correspondence - Wallace, Lucy Waddell Baker re: William Dewey Cooke	1947
10	22	Washington United Methodist Church for the Deaf	1959-1984
10	23	Correspondence - White, O. Smith	1949
10	24	Correspondence - Yarnall, Mary R.	1964
10	25	Correspondence - Yates, Fred P., Jr.	1972-1999
10	26	Correspondence - Yates, Leo	1974-1998
10	27	Abraham Lincoln
10	28	Akerly Family
10	29	Alexander Graham Bell - Articles
10	30	Alexander Graham Bell - Letters (copies) - General
11	1	Alexander Graham Bell - Letters (copies) - Mrs. A. C. Pratt
11	2	Alexander Graham Bell - Letters (copies) - Wisconsin Oral Deaf
11	3	Alexander Graham Bell - Research notes
11	4	American School for the Deaf
11	5	Amos Kendall
11	6	Bibliographies / Sources
11	7	Bibliographies / Sources
11	8	Biographies
11	9	Bolling / Braidwood / Cobbs Hall
12	1	Bolling / Braidwood / Cobbs Hall
12	2	Cogswell Family
12	3	Deaf and Blind
12	4	Deaf Education
12	5	Deaf Education
12	6	Deaf Education
12	7	Deaf Education
12	8	Deaf Soldiers in the Civil War
13	1	Edward Miner Gallaudet
13	2	Flournoy Family
13	3	Foreign - Articles
13	4	Foreign - Articles
13	5	Frederick A. P. Barnard
13	6	Gallaudet Family
13	7	Helen Keller
13	8	Job Turner
13	9	Josephine B. Timberlake
13	10	Julia Brace
14	1	Laurent Clerc
14	2	Lawrence W. Saunders
14	3	Lydia H. Sigourney
14	4	The Maryland Gazette, 1773 re: Dr. Graham
14	5	Notebooks - Bolling
14	6	Notebooks - Bollings / Braidwood / Gallaudet
14	7	Notebooks - Bibliography / notes
14	8	Notebooks - Bibliography / Skinner / Peddlers
14	9	Notebooks - Gallaudet / Bibliography
14	10	Notebooks - General
14	11	Notebooks - General
15	1	Notebooks - General
15	2	Notebooks - General
15	3	Notebooks - General
15	4	Notebooks - Poems / Gallaudet / Braidwood / Bell
15	5	Notebooks - Speech lessons / Bibliography
15	6	Notebooks - Timberlake / Turberville / Bollings
15	7	Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
15	8	Platt H. Skinner
15	9	Poems
16	1	Religion
16	2	Rev. Thomas Gallaudet
16	3	Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
16	4	Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
16	5	Schools for the Deaf
16	6	Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
16	7	William D. Cooke
16	8	William Dabney Kerr
16	9	Wisconsin Day Schools for the Deaf
16	10	Newspaper Clippings	1930-1939
16	11	Newspaper Clippings	1940-1949
17	1	Newspaper Clippings	1950-1959
17	2	Newspaper Clippings	1960-1969
17	3	Newspaper Clippings	1960-1969
17	4	Newspaper Clippings	1970-1979
17	5	Newspaper Clippings	1970-1979
17	6	Newspaper Clippings	1980-1989
18	1	Newspaper Clippings	1980-1989
18	2	Newspaper Clippings	1990-1999
18	3	Newspaper Clippings	1990-1999
18	4	Newspaper Clippings	2000-2003
18	5	Newspaper Clippings	n.d.
18	6	Letters - Alabama School for the Deaf and Blind	1981
18	7	Letters - Arizona School for the Deaf	1980
18	8	Letters - Arkansas School for the Deaf	1971
18	9	Correspondence - California School for the Deaf, Berkeley	1937-1967
18	10	Correspondence - California - John Tracy Clinic	1975-1983
18	11	Letters - Canada - Ontario School for the Deaf	1950
18	12	Correspondence - Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind	1973
18	13	Correspondence - Connecticut - American School for the Deaf	1939-2000
18	14	Correspondence - District of Columbia - Kendall School for the Deaf	1948-1962
19	1	Correspondence - Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind	1938-1984
19	2	Correspondence - Georgia School for the Deaf	1938-1967
19	3	Letters - Atlanta Area Day School for the Deaf	1974
19	4	Correspondence - Illinois School for the Deaf	1942-1995
19	5	Correspondence - Indiana School for the Deaf	1957-1996
19	6	Letters - Iowa School for the Deaf	1974
19	7	Correspondence - Kansas School for the Deaf	1937-2000
19	8	Correspondence - Kentucky School for the Deaf	1939-1996
19	9	Letters - Kentucky - Louisville Deaf Oral School	1985
19	10	Correspondence - Louisiana School for the Deaf	1939-1964
19	11	Correspondence - Maine - Governor Baxter State School for the Deaf	1967-1978
19	12	Correspondence - Maryland School for the Deaf	1935-1996
19	13	Letters - Massachusetts - Beverly School for the Deaf	1974
19	14	Correspondence - Massachusetts - Clarke School for the Deaf	1948-2000
19	15	Correspondence - Massachusetts - Horace Mann School for the Deaf	1952-1964
19	16	Correspondence - Massachusetts - Perkins School for the Blind	1957-1959
19	17	Letters - Michigan School for the Deaf	1947
19	18	Correspondence - Minnesota School for the Deaf	1947-1958
19	19	Letters - Mississippi School for the Deaf	n.d.
19	20	Correspondence - Missouri School for the Deaf	1951-1981
19	21	Correspondence - Missouri - Central Institute for the Deaf	1958-2000
19	22	Letters - Missouri - St. Joseph Institute	1954
19	23	Letters - Montana School for the Deaf	1973
19	24	Correspondence - New Jersey School for the Deaf	1958-1979
19	25	Correspondence - New Mexico School for the Deaf	1958-1981
19	26	Correspondence - New York - Central NY School for the Deaf, Rome	1948-1975
19	27	Correspondence - New York - Lexington School for the Deaf	1948-1999
19	28	Correspondence - New York - NTID / RIT	1975-2003
19	29	Correspondence - New York School for the Deaf, White Plains	1954-1981
19	30	Letters - New York - PS 47	1995
19	31	Letters - New York - Rochester School for the Deaf	1958-1998
19	32	Correspondence - North Carolina School for the Deaf	1942-1976
19	33	Correspondence - Ohio School for the Deaf	1947-1969
19	34	Letters - Oklahoma School for the Deaf	1958-1974
19	35	Letters - Oregon School for the Deaf	1975
19	36	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - Archbishop Ryan Memorial Institute Deaf	1975-1988
19	37	Letters - Pennsylvania - Locust Grove Mennonite School for the Deaf	1962
19	38	Correspondence - Pennsylvania School for the Deaf	1947-1997
19	39	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf	1975-1996
19	40	Letters - South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind	1939-1948
19	41	Letters - South Dakota School for the Deaf	1971-1986
19	42	Correspondence - Tennessee School for the Deaf	1946-1962
19	43	Correspondence - Texas School for the Deaf	1946-1973
19	44	Letters - Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind	1960
19	45	Correspondence - Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind	1930-1969
20	1	Correspondence - Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind	1971-2003
20	2	Correspondence - Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Hampton	1970-1996
20	3	Letters - Virginia School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children, Newport News	1938
20	4	Letters - West Virginia School for the Deaf	1949-1975
20	5	Letters - Wisconsin - St. John's School for the Deaf	1975-1983
20	6	Correspondence - Great Britain - Royal National Institute for the Deaf	1971-1989
20	7	Correspondence - Scotland - Donaldson's School for the Deaf	1968
20	8	Correspondence - Archives	1985-1998
20	9	Correspondence - Atwood, Albert W.	1964
20	10	Correspondence - Domich, Alta P. (Patterson)	1957-1973
20	11	Correspondence - Elstad, Leonard M.	1945-1968
20	12	Correspondence - Faculty	1957-1987
20	13	Correspondence - Frank, Gerri	1982-1997
20	14	Correspondence - Gallaudet University Alumni Association	1980-2000
20	15	Correspondence - Gannon, Jack R.	1977-1996
20	16	Letters - Hall, Percival	1937-1943
20	17	Correspondence - Hicks, Doin	1980-1990
20	18	Correspondence - Hilton, Corrine	1978-1981
20	19	Correspondence - Johns, W. Lloyd	1983
20	20	Correspondence - Jones, Carolyn	1973-1974
20	21	Correspondence - Jordan, I. King	1988-2002
20	22	Correspondence - Lee, Jerry C.	1984-1987
20	23	Correspondence - Library	1949-1996
20	24	Correspondence - Merrill, Edward C., Jr.	1969-1983
21	1	Correspondence - Muth, George E.	1969-1975
21	2	Correspondence - Office of Development	1980-1997
21	3	Correspondence - Office of Public Relations	1966-1971
21	4	Correspondence - Pendell, Lucille H.	1953-1971
21	5	Correspondence - Staff	1956-2000
21	6	Invitation Cards to the Commencement at Gallaudet	1972-1994
21	7	Correspondence - Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf	1955-1980
21	8	Correspondence - Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf	1981-2000
21	9	Correspondence - American Assoc. to Promote the Teaching Speech to Deaf	1937-1958
21	10	Correspondence - Volta Bureau	1944-1958
21	11	Correspondence - Volta Review	1938-1975
21	12	Correspondence - Connecticut Historical Society	1971-1993
21	13	Correspondence - Connecticut Historical Society	1994-1999
22	1	Correspondence - College of William and Mary Library	1940-1991
22	2	Correspondence - Columbia Historical Society / Historical Society of DC	1958-1998
22	3	Correspondence - Historical Societies - General	1940-1997
22	4	Correspondence - Libraries and Archives - General	1940-1998
22	5	Correspondence - Virginia - Libraries and Archives	1941-1991
22	6	Correspondence - Virginia Historical Society	1942-2001
22	7	Correspondence - Yale University Library and Archives	1972-1999
22	8	Correspondence - Bush, George - Vice President of the United States	1982-1986
22	9	Correspondence - Clinton, William J. - President of the United States	1992-1999
22	10	Letters - Eisenhower, Mamie	1958
22	11	Letters - Gore, Albert - Vice President of the United States	1994
22	12	Correspondence - Johnson, Lyndon Baines - President of the United States	1964-1967
22	13	Letters - Reagan, Nancy	1982
22	14	Correspondence - Rockefeller, Nelson A.	1958-1976
22	15	Letters - Roosevelt, Eleanor	1938
22	16	Correspondence - Beall, J. Glenn, Jr. - Senator MD	1956-1975
22	17	Letters - Bobo, James H. - General Counsel for United States Senate	1955
22	18	Correspondence - Byrd, Harry F. - Senator Virginia	1941-1942
22	19	Correspondence - Byrd, Robert - Senator West Virginia	1961
22	20	Correspondence - Harkin, Tom - Senator Iowa	1988-1993
22	21	Letters - Hill, Lister - Senator Alabama	1963-1968
22	22	Correspondence - Javits, Jacob K. - Senator New York	1957-1975
22	23	Correspondence - Johnson, Edwin C. - Senator Colorado	1952
22	24	Correspondence - Kennedy, Edward M. - Senator Massachusetts	1964-1998
22	25	Correspondence - Kennedy, Robert F. - Senator Massachusetts	1965-1967
22	26	Correspondence - Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. - Senator Massachusetts	1947
22	27	Correspondence - Mathis, Charles McCurdy, Jr. - Senator Maryland	1954-1984
22	28	Correspondence - McGovern, George - Senator South Dakota	1971-1976
22	29	Letters - Mikulski, Barbara A. - Senator Maryland	1980-1990
22	30	Correspondence - Moynihan, Daniel P. - Senator New York	1997
22	31	Letters - Packwood, Bob - Senator Oregon	1983
23	1	Correspondence - Robb, Charles S. - Senator Virginia	1990-1991
23	2	Correspondence - Simon, Paul - Senator Illinois	1989-1996
23	3	Letters - Smith, H. Alexander - Senator New Jersey	1955-1958
23	4	Correspondence - Tydings, Joseph D. - Senator Maryland	1969-1970
23	5	Correspondence - Tydings, Millard E. - Senator Maryland	1943-1945
23	6	Correspondence - Warner, John W. - Senator Virginia	1980
23	7	Correspondence - Senators - General	1931-1996
23	8	Correspondence - Broyhill, Joel T. - Rep. Virginia	1958
23	9	Correspondence - Barnes, Michael D. - Rep. Maryland	1979-1986
23	10	Correspondence - Carey, Hugh L. - Rep. New York	1967-1974
23	11	Correspondence - Kelley, Augustine B. - Rep. Pennsylvania	1944-1949
23	12	Correspondence - McCormack, E. J. - House of Representative Staff	1944
23	13	Letters - Morella, Constance A. - Rep. Maryland	1988-1989
23	14	Correspondence - Roosevelt, James - Rep. California	1958
23	15	Letters - Staggers, Harley O. - Rep. West Virginia	1949
23	16	Correspondence - Thornberry, Homer - Rep. Texas	1949-1962
23	17	Correspondence - Congressmen - General	1948-2000
23	18	Correspondence - The President's Committee on Employment o/t Physical Handicpd	1958-1998
23	19	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census	1948-1980
23	20	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Education	1980-2000
23	21	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare	1955-1980
23	22	Correspondence - U. S. Department of HEW - Boyce R. Williams	1956-1959
23	23	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Health and Human Services	1985-1997
23	24	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Justice	1961-1997
23	25	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Justice - FBI	1963-1975
23	26	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Justice - FBI - J. Edgar Hoover	1950-1969
23	27	Correspondence - U. S. Department of Labor	1937-1996
23	28	Correspondence - U. S. Postal Service	1948-1990
23	29	Correspondence - U. S. Federal Agencies	1941-1998
23	30	Correspondence - U. S. Senate - Committees	1942-1996
23	31	Correspondence - U. S. Treasury	1950-1996
23	32	Letters - Alaska - Governor's Office	1985
23	33	Correspondence - Alabama - Governor's Office	1967
23	34	Correspondence - Arizona - Governor's Office	1981-1996
23	35	Letters - Arkansas - Governor's Office	1957-1961
23	36	Correspondence - California - Attorney General	1966-1975
23	37	Correspondence - California - Department of Education	1956-2000
23	38	Correspondence - California - Department of Labor	1956-1967
23	39	Letters - California - The Governor's Committee for Employment o/t Hc.	1967
23	40	Correspondence - California - Governor's Office	1956-2000
23	41	Letters - California - Los Angeles Police Department	1958-1996
23	42	Correspondence - California - Mayor's Office	1981-1983
23	43	Letters - California - State Agencies	1958-2001
24	1	Correspondence - Connecticut - Governor's Office	1931-2000
24	2	Correspondence - Connecticut - State Agencies	1952-1996
24	3	Correspondence - District of Columbia - Government of the District of Columbia	1943-1997
24	4	Correspondence - Florida - Department of Education	1955-1980
24	5	Correspondence - Florida - Governor's Office	1956-1984
24	6	Correspondence - Florida - Secretary of State	1981-1985
24	7	Correspondence - Florida - State Agencies	1973-1997
24	8	Correspondence - Florida - Vocational Rehabilitation	1973
24	9	Correspondence - Georgia - Governor's Office	1967-1985
24	10	Correspondence - Georgia - State Agencies	1948-1990
24	11	Letters - Idaho - Department of Education	1937
24	12	Correspondence - Illinois - Department of Children and Family Services	1975-1996
24	13	Correspondence - Illinois - Department of Public Welfare	1942-1958
24	14	Correspondence - Illinois - Department of Rehabilitation Services	1982-1998
24	15	Correspondence - Illinois - Governor's Office	1953-1995
24	16	Correspondence - Illinois - State Agencies	1942-2003
24	17	Correspondence - Illinois - Chicago - Board of Education	1958-1980
24	18	Correspondence - Illinois - Chicago - Department of Police	1966-1996
24	19	Correspondence - Illinois - Chicago - Office of the Mayor	1965-1996
24	20	Correspondence - Indiana - Governor's Office	1955-1979
24	21	Correspondence - Indiana - State Agencies	1965
24	22	Correspondence - Iowa - Governor's Office	1973-1996
24	23	Correspondence - Kansas - Governor's Office	1973
24	24	Correspondence - Kentucky - Governor's Office	1958-1996
24	25	Correspondence - Kentucky - State Agencies	1961-1996
24	26	Correspondence - Louisiana - Department of Education	1961-1996
24	27	Correspondence - Louisiana - Office of the Attorney General	1956-1978
24	28	Correspondence - Louisiana - State Agencies	1956-1996
24	29	Correspondence - Maine - Governor's Office	1967-1996
24	30	Correspondence - Maryland - Governor's Office	1931-1997
24	31	Letters - Maryland - House of Delegates	1982
24	32	Correspondence - Maryland - Legislative	1982-1986
24	33	Correspondence - Maryland - Montgomery County Government	1979-1986
24	34	Correspondence - Maryland - Police Department	1956-1991
24	35	Correspondence - Maryland - State Agencies	1943-1998
24	36	Correspondence - Maryland - State Senators	1984-1986
24	37	Correspondence - Maryland - Supreme Bench of Baltimore - Judge Moylan	1946-1958
24	38	Correspondence - Maryland - Vocational Rehabilitation	1944-1984
24	39	Correspondence - Massachusetts - Governor's Office	1958-1997
24	40	Correspondence - Massachusetts - State Agencies	1957-1985
24	41	Correspondence - Michigan - Governor's Office	1956-1967
24	42	Correspondence - Michigan - State Agencies	1958-1996
24	43	Letters - Minnesota - Governor's Office	1957
24	44	Letters - Mississippi - Governor's Office	1961-1983
24	45	Correspondence - Mississippi - State Agencies	1961-1980
25	1	Correspondence - Missouri - Department of Education	1975-1985
25	2	Correspondence - Missouri - Governor's Office	1963-1996
25	3	Correspondence - Missouri - Office of the Attorney General	1959-1988
25	4	Correspondence - Missouri - State Agencies	1954-1987
25	5	Letters - Nevada - Governor's Office	1981
25	6	Letters - New Hampshire - Governor's Office	1931
25	7	Correspondence - New Jersey - Department of Education	1955-1998
25	8	Correspondence - New Jersey - Department of Law and Public Safety	1956-1998
25	9	Correspondence - New Jersey - Governor's Office	1955-1996
25	10	Correspondence - New Jersey - State Agencies	1943-1998
25	11	Correspondence - New Mexico - Governor's Office	1974
25	12	Correspondence - New York - Governor's Office	1931-1985
25	13	Correspondence - New York - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation	1981-1996
25	14	Correspondence - New York - State Agencies	1948-1997
25	15	Correspondence - New York - State Education Department	1975-1983
25	16	Correspondence - New York - NYC - Department of Markets	1967
25	17	Correspondence - New York - NYC - District Attorney	1959-1974
25	18	Correspondence - New York - NYC -Governor's Comm. Employ. Phy. Hc.	1957-1976
25	19	Correspondence - New York - NYC - The Mayor's Comm. Employ. Phy. Hc.	1967-1997
25	20	Correspondence - New York - NYC - Mayor's Office - John V. Lindsay	1967-1972
25	21	Correspondence - New York - NYC - Mayor's Office - Edward I. Koch	1980-1981
25	22	Correspondence - North Carolina - Governor's Office	1941-1984
25	23	Correspondence - North Carolina - State Agencies	1941-1991
25	24	Correspondence - Ohio - Governor's Office	1967-1998
25	25	Correspondence - Ohio - State Agencies	1956-1989
25	26	Correspondence - Oregon - Governor's Office	1974-1998
25	27	Correspondence - Oregon - State Agencies	1956-1984
25	28	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - Board of Education	1975-1998
25	29	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - Department of Public Instruction	1959-1988
25	30	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - Governor's Office	1957-1981
25	31	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - Human Relations Commission	1994
25	32	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - Office of the Attorney General	1960-1997
25	33	Correspondence - Pennsylvania - State Agencies	1958-1997
25	34	Correspondence - Rhode Island - Governor's Office	1960-1996
25	35	Letters - South Carolina - Governor's Office	1981
25	36	Correspondence - Tennessee - Governor's Office	1961-1996
25	37	Correspondence - Tennessee - State Agencies	1958-1996
25	38	Correspondence - Texas - Governor's Office	1957-1998
25	39	Correspondence - Texas - State Agencies	1955-1983
25	40	Correspondence - Utah - Governor's Office	1931-1985
25	41	Correspondence - Various States - State Agencies	1946-1996
25	42	Correspondence - Vermont - Governor's Office	1957-1958
25	43	Correspondence - Virginia - Board of Education / Secretary of Education	1938-1998
26	1	Correspondence - Virginia - Bureau of Insurance	1946-1997
26	2	Correspondence - Virginia - Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing	1989-1994
26	3	Correspondence - Virginia - Department of Public Welfare	1940-1949
26	4	Correspondence - Virginia - Governor's Office	1931-2000
26	5	Correspondence - Virginia - Senate and House of Delegates	1939-1994
26	6	Correspondence - Virginia - State Agencies	1940-1998