MSS 50

Fusfeld, Irving S.,1883-1977

Papers of Irving S. Fusfeld, 1920-1972

 

 

Gallaudet University Archives.

 

 

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 50
 Creator:
Title: Papers of Irving S. Fusfeld, 1920-1989
 Quantity: 10.0 Linear Feet (20 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2005 December 6.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information:.
Processed by: Carielyn Kelly. 1984 November 14.
Processing Note:
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:

See ALADIN for more materials related to Irving S. Fusfeld.

 

Deaf Film

·         [Dr. Irving S. Fusfeld] [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 160-4

·         New scenes on Kendall Green [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 49-4, 419-4

·         [Deaf Minister Signed a Song] [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 188-4

·         Psychology, educational psychology [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 135-4

 

 

Manuscripts

·         Papers of Irving Fusfeld, 1922-1944. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 128

·         Papers, Cecile Leban Fusfeld, 193[?]-1947. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 11

 

Photographs

·         Irving S. Fusfeld [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits.

·         Photograph album of Frances Margaret Parsons [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 85


Small Manuscripts

·         Papers, Alta W. Patterson Domich, 1960. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS.

·         Papers, Nancy Hutchinson, 1953. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS.

·         Papers, Alice Armstrong Kent, 1938. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS.

 

Vertical Files

·         Irving S. Fusfeld. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical

 

 

Biographical Sketch


1883                             Born on November 5th, in New York, N.Y.

1915                             Received B.S. degree, Columbia University

1915-1916                     Took the Normal Training course at Gallaudet College.

1916                             Became a member of the college staff, and became an instructor until he eventually achieved the rank of professor in psychology and in education.

1917-1918                     Assistant editor of the American Annals of the Deaf.

1920-1943                     Editor of the American Annals of the Deaf for 23 years.

1921                             Received M.A. degree, Gallaudet College

1924-1925                     Field investigator in a nation-wide survey of schools for the Deaf.  Co-authored (with Dr. Rudolph Pintner) the Survey of American Schools for the Deaf.

1928                             Published The Survey of American Schools for the Deaf

 

1938                             Appointed as the first director of the Gallaudet College Research Department.

1939                             Appointed as the first dean of the Gallaudet College.

1943                             Resigned as Editor of the American Annals of the Deaf

1946                             Received an honorary doctorate from Gallaudet College.

1953                             Appointed as Vice-President of Gallaudet College.

1955                             Became a member of the White House Conference on Education.

1956                             Selected “Man of the Year” by the Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity, Gallaudet College Chapter. Retired as Vice President of Gallaudet College

1960                             Served for several years as staff psychologist at the California School for the deaf in Berkeley. Retired in 1960.

1974                             Vice-President Emeritus, conferred From Gallaudet College.

1977                             Died on March 8 at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

Scope and Content

 

             The Irving Fusfeld Collection consists of letters, manuscripts, articles, and addresses written by Dr. Irving S. Fusfeld. During the fifty years he served the deaf. Dr. Fusfeld functioned in various capacities including Professor, Vice President and Dean, all at Gallaudet College, Editor of the American Annals of the Deaf, Director of Research at Gallaudet College, Field Investigator of the National Research Council, and Psychologist at the Berkeley School for the Deaf.

                The collection, which consists of approximately 19,500 pages of manuscript, dates from 1920-1972. The bulk of the collection consists of material collected while serving as editor to the American Annals of the Deaf, 1920-1966.

                Included in the Annals series are letters to and from Fusfeld regarding articles to be published, articles to be researched, comments on articles, and Fusfeld’s research. Also included are bank statements, cancelled check receipts, and expenditures.

                Prior to being Editor of the Annals, Fusfeld began his career in deafness as a Professor at Gallaudet College. Lecture notes, class notes, and letters written while teaching at Gallaudet can be found in the collection.

                In addition to teaching at Gallaudet, Fusfeld was a member of the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf. Fusfeld was instrumental in establishing accreditation standards for schools for the deaf. Letters relating to certification requirements and standards, as well as committee minutes, applications, and financial documents have been kept in the Fusfeld collection.

                In 1938, Fusfeld became director of the Research Center at Gallaudet. In 1940, he surveyed various schools for the Deaf to establish standards and to obtain a gauge for progress. Included in this series are data sheets, class records, teacher evaluations and questionnaires from the Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas Schools for the Deaf. The bulk of these materials are dated 1940.

                Dr. Fusfeld became Dean of Gallaudet in 1939 and served Kendall Green in that capacity until 1952. As Dean, Fusfeld initiated the re-organization of Gallaudet’s curriculum, to provide for areas of concentration, which later developed into departmentalization. While dean, Fusfeld kept records and letters related to the curriculum, entrance exams, and letters for discipline to students.

                Also, as Dean then as Vice President of Gallaudet, Fusfeld wrote numerous articles and addresses. Topics include: occupational conditions of the deaf, counseling the deaf, problems in deaf education, and psychological aspects of deafness. These and other articles dating from 1940-1966 are included in the collection.

                The final series of the collection consists of personal manuscripts of Dr. Fusfeld. Included are letters from family members, awards and certificates, and personal legal documents.

 

Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

No Series.

 

Box

Number

Title of Folder

Date

1

1

Articles, Seminar Reports

circa 1925

1

2

Article, ‘Survey of Schools for the Deaf” 

n.d.

1

3

Class Notes, Deaf Education

1927

1

4

Class Notes, Educational Psychology

1935 - 1940

1

5

Professor, Gallaudet College, Evaluation forms

n.d.

1

6

Class Notes, Modern European History

1925 - 1926

1

7

Class Notes, Modern European History

1927

1

8

Class Notes, Psychology

1947

1

9

Committee Report on the Curriculum

1938

1

10

Letters to/from Rudolph Pintner re: entrance exam

1927

1

11

Lecture Material

1925 - 1926

2

1

Lecture Notes - ABC     

1934

2

2

Lecture Notes    - Achievement   

1938

2

3

Lecture Notes    - Adjustment Groups

1956

2

4

Lecture Notes    - Armistice Day

n.d.

2

5

Lecture Notes    - Criticism

 

2

6

Lecture Notes    - Deaf Intelligence Testing

1928

2

7

Lecture Notes - Theophilus D'Estrella

n.d.

2

8

Discussion with Ms. Timberlake, Volta bureau 

1938

2

9

Lecture Notes, Education          

1940

2

10

Lecture - Eight Freight Cars of One Make One Thimbleful 

n.d.

2

11

Lecture Notes - English Literature           

1932- 1933

2

12

Lecture Notes, Epidemics 

n.d.

2

13

Lecture Notes, False Gods        

1921

2

14

Lecture Notes, Freshman English           

1929- 1935

2

15

Lecture Notes, Interpretation of Signs     

1932

2

16

Lecture Notes, The Man in the Gilt Frame E.M. Gallaudet: Founder's Day Talk  

1928

2

17

Lecture Notes, A Mental & Educational Survey of Schools for the Deaf

1927 - 1928

2

18

Lecture Notes; Mentality of Deaf Families Pintner and Osborn 

1928

2

19

Lecture Notes, A Momentous Day 

1928

2

20

Lecture Notes, Mother's Day      

1920

2

21

Lecture Notes, N.Y. Conference 

1937

2

22

Lecture Notes, Opportunities  

n.d.

2

23

Lecture Notes, Our Code of Ideals

1931

2

24

Lecture Notes, Our Freedom-Physical and Moral 

n.d.

2

25

Lecture Notes, The problem of counseling  

n.d.

2

26

Lecture Notes, Problems in Educating the Deaf

1941

2

27

Lecture Notes, Religion

 

2

28

Lecture Notes, A Rule of Three

1924

2

29

Lecture Notes, Self Starters 

1943

2

30

Lecture Notes, Sentence Practice Drills 

n.d.

2

31

Lecture Notes, Speech Reading 

n.d.

2

32

Lecture Notes, The Study of Literature

n.d.

2

33

Lecture Notes, Survey of Schools for the Deaf 

n.d.

2

34

 Lecture Notes, Taking Stock

1931

2

35

Talk to Mr. Whitstock's Class

1957

2

36

Lecture Notes, Taylor, Aurell, Michels, Bolton

1927

2

37

Lecture Notes, Thrift 

n.d.

2

38

Lecture Notes, Time

1934

2

39

Lecture Notes, Will  

n.d.

2

40

Lecture Notes, Miscellaneous

n.d.

3

1

National Research Council Conference Notes 

1924

3

2

National Research Council-Conference on Problems of Deafness

1940

3

3

News Releases - Children’s Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor 

1927

3

4

Notes - Excerpts from books

n.d.

3

5

Notes - for future research

n.d.

3

6

Professor - Notes (Miscellaneous)

n.d.

3

7

Notes - Mary Vanuxem's Education of Feeble-minded Women

n.d.

3

8

Notes on lames Mulbern, “A History of Education”

n.d.

3

9

Lecture Notes - Psychology

1938

3

10

Porter memorial Fund

1924 - 1944

3

11

References - Psychology 

n.d.

3

12

Professor, Reading lists

n.d.

3

13

Special Topic Courses -  Columbia University

1938

3

14

Special Topic Courses - Lexington School

 

3

15

Student Papers - Self Marking System

 

3

16

Survey of Schools for the Deaf

 

3

17

Professor, Tests (Miscellaneous)

 

4

1

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification

1931

4

2

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1931

4

3

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1932

4

4

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1933

4

5

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1934

4

6

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1935

4

7

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1936

4

8

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1937

4

9

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1938

4

10

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1939

4

11

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1940

4

12

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1941

4

13

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-letters

1942

5

1

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification- Certificate

1920-1942

5

2

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification- Bank Statements and Cancelled Checks

1945-1946

5

3

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification- Bank Statements and Cancelled Checks

1946-1947

5

4

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification

 

5

5

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification - Receipts & Expenditures  

1946 - 1947

5

6

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification - Receipts & Expenditures 

1949 - 1950

5

7

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification - Bank Book and Cash Accounts

1944 - 1950

5

8

C.E.A.S.D. Committee on Certification-Applications and fees

1931 - 1950

5

9

C.E.A.S.D. Meeting Minutes - Notes

1935

5

10

C.E.A.S.D. Meeting Minutes - Notes

1939

6

1

Editor, American Annals, Survey- North Carolina correspondence

1940

6

2

Editor, American Annals, Survey- North Carolina data sheets       

1938

6

3

Editor, American Annals, Survey - North Carolina School: “Deaf Carolinian”

1938

6

4

Editor, American Annals, Survey-North Carolina forms     

n.d.

6

5

Editor, American Annals, Survey - North Carolina School menu

n.d.

6

6

Editor, American Annals, Survey- North Carolina School, Misc.

n.d.

6

7

Editor, American Annals, Survey- Monthly Weight Records

n.d.

6

8

Editor, American Annals, Survey- North Carolina School - Misc. notes

n.d.

6

9

Editor, American Annals, Survey- North Carolina School Questionnaire 

n.d.

6

10

Editor, American Annals, Survey- North Carolina School - Senior Class Day 

n.d.

6

11

Editor, American Annals, Survey- North Carolina School - Tabulation Sheets

n.d.

6

12

Editor, American Annals, Survey - North Carolina School - Teacher Evaluation

n.d.

6

13

National Research Council, Survey- Texas School, Class Records

1940

6