MSS 120
The Church Mission to Deaf Mutes

Collection of The Church Mission to Deaf Mutes, 1921-1988

Gallaudet University Archives.

 

 

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 120
 Creator: Henry L. Buzzard
Title: Collection of The Church Mission to Deaf Mutes, 1921-1988
Quantity: 1.0 Linear Feet (2 document boxes)
Abstract:  
Note: This document last updated 2005 November 30.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Henry L. Buzzard donated the collection of the Church Mission to Deaf Mutes to Gallaudet University Archives. The gift was made on May 20, 1988.

Processed by: Michael Olson. 2001 December 10.
Processing Note:
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

 

 

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            Organizational History

            

It was an organization that was found by Rev. Dr. Thomas Gallaudet in 1872 and began in New York and Delaware then eventually spread out in the United States with trained missionaries.  They were to “promote the temporal and spiritual welfare of adult deaf-mutes.”  The organization created a home for the aged and infirm, extended help to the deaf, established a bureau to help understand deaf workers, and a church for all to attend. They believed that they reached 7,000 deaf-mutes annually.  In 1974, the organization changed its name to Church Mission to Deaf People.

 

Scope and Content

 

The Church Mission to Deaf Mutes’ collection involves approximately 1,700 items.  Majority of the papers includes the organization’s financial statements, correspondence and minutes of the meetings that took place mostly in the 1970’s.  Application for Admission and Certification of Incorporation of this organization is also included. There is information about the sale of Gallaudet home in this collection.

  

            Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

            No Series.

                                               

           

Box

Folder

Title of Folder

Date

1

1

Application for Admission 

1971

1

2

Budget – Proposal  

1962

1

3

By-Laws      

1961-1974

1

4

Certificate of Incorporation 

n.d.

1

5

Financial Report 

1970

1

6

Financial Report 

1971

1

7

Financial Report 

1972

1

8

Financial Statements 

1957-1966

1

9

Financial Statements 

1967-1976

1

10

Financial Statements 

1972

1

11

Financial Statements 

1973

1

12

Financial Statements 

1974

1

13

Financial Statements 

1975

1

14

Financial Statements 

1976

1

15

Financial Statements 

1977

1

16

Correspondence 

1969-1970

1

17

Correspondence 

1971

1

18

Correspondence 

1972

1

19

Correspondence 

1973

1

20

Correspondence 

1974

1

21

Correspondence 

1975

2

1

Correspondence

1976

2

2

Correspondence

1977

2

3

Correspondence—Cemetery plots

1977

2

4

Correspondence

1978

2

5

Correspondence

1979

2

6

List of members of the Board of Trustees

1963-1978

2

7

Minutes of the Executive Committee 

1921

2

8

Minutes and Agendas

1958-1969

2

9

Minutes and Agendas  

1970

2

10

Minutes and Agendas 

1971

2

11

Minutes and Agendas 

1972

2

12

Minutes and Agendas

1973

2

13

Minutes and Agendas

1974

2

14

Minutes and Agendas

1975

2

15

Minutes and Agendas

1976

2

16

Minutes and Agendas

1977

2

17

Minutes and Agendas

1978

2

18

Minutes—Board of Lady Managers

1969-1970

2

19

Newsletters    

1987-1988

2

20

Pamphlets

1971-1974

2

21

Sale of Gallaudet Home                                     

1974-1975