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MSS 97
Jordan, Jerald
M. (CISS/WGD), 1927-2008
Papers of Jerald M. Jordan, 1955-1987
Gallaudet University Archives.
Descriptive Summary
Repository:
Gallaudet
University Archives
Call No.: MSS
97
Creator:
Title:
Papers of Jerald M. Jordan, 1955-1987
Quantity:
5.0 Linear
Feet (10 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2005 December 16.
Acquisition
Information:
Jerald M. Jordan gave
the CISS/WGD Papers to the Gallaudet University Archives in 1987.
Processed by:
Thomas Strunk. 2001 February 15.
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:
Photographs
·
Jerald M. Jordan [picture].
Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits.
·
Photograph album of Frances
Margaret Parsons [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number:
Photograph Album AL 85
·
Photograph album of Reuben
I. Altizer [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number:
Photograph Album AL 50
Vertical Files
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Jerald M. Jordan.
Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical.
Biographical
Sketch
Jerald M. Jordan, the
5th president of CISS, was born in Roseville, Michigan on July
7, 1927. He became deaf at 7 years old due to spinal meningitis. After
attending various schools in Michigan, he attended Gallaudet College and
graduated in 1948. He worked at Washington, D.C. newspapers for 11
years after graduating. He got a job at Gallaudet
College’s Preparatory Department, teaching Science in 1959. In 1961,
he taught Mathematics and became director of the
Computing Center until 1973. He changed his position as he was appointed
the director of College’s Project Talent Search in 1973. He worked
in the Admission Office in 1976.
Jordan
became the 5th president of CISS in 1971, and he was the first
American to hold the position. He was elected a member of the CISS
Executive committee in 1967. He continued to hold the position until
1995, retiring as president of CISS. He served as president for 24 years
and executive committee for 28 years. In 1986, Jordan received
the CISS Gold Medal in recognition of his
years of service on the CISS Executive committee. In 1995, Jordan
was given the title as an Honorary Life Member of CISS and also served as
a member of the CISS Legal Commission. Jordan passed away on March 26,
2008.
Agency History
Comite International
des Sports des Sourds (CISS), was founded on August 16, 1924 in Paris, France after the First
International Games for the Deaf. Two men, E. Ruben Alcais of France and
Antoine Dresse of Belgium, formed this organization to promote athletic
competition among the deaf people in the world incorporating the ideals of
the Olympics. There were only six presidents of this organization in its
entire history. To play in the WGD, a nation must be a member of CISS.
In the first World
Games of the Deaf (WGD), formerly known as International Games for the
Deaf, in 1924 in Paris, there were only six member countries, Belgium,
Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain, Holland and Poland, and the
membership grew to 72 countries with 2068 athletes competing in the 18th
Games in Denmark in 1997. In 1951, International Olympics Committee (IOC)
officially recognized CISS as the only organization responsible for
running the deaf world games.
Scope and Content
This collection is
composed primarily of correspondence between CISS president Jerald M.
Jordan and his secretary Knut Sondergaard with letters from others in
CISS. All contracts and correspondence contained in this box are relevant
to the CISS/WGD.
Series Descriptions and Folder Lists
No Series.
|
Box |
Folder |
Title of Folder |
Date |
|
1 |
1 |
CISS - Executive Committee (Part 1) |
1955-1973 |
|
1 |
2 |
CISS - Executive Committee (Part 2) |
1974-1982 |
|
1 |
3 |
CISS - Technical Committee |
1970-1977 |
|
1 |
4 |
CISS - 1971 |
1971 |
|
1 |
5 |
CISS - 1972 |
1972 |
|
1 |
6 |
CISS - President’s Message |
1978 |
|
1 |
7 |
CISS - Protests |
1972-1977 |
|
1 |
8 |
CISS - Jordan to Executive Committee |
1972-1981 |
|
1 |
9 |
CISS - Rules & Regulations |
1971-1981 |
|
1 |
10 |
CISS - International Olympics Committee |
1974-1983 |
|
2 |
1 |
Miscellaneous |
n.d. |
|
2 |
2 |
European Championship in Shooting |
1975-1977 |
|
2 |
3 |
Letters - Malmö Games |
1972-1973 |
|
2 |
4 |
CISS - 50th Anniversary - Paris, 1974 |
1973-1974 |
|
2 |
5 |
1975
Pan-American Games (Venezuela) |
1973-1977 |
|
2 |
6 |
1975
Winter Games - Lake Placid |
1973-1979 |
|
2 |
7 |
CISS - 1980 |
1979-1982 |
|
2 |
8 |
1981
Games (Cologne, West Germany) |
1979-1981 |
|
2 |
9 |
1983
Winter Games (Italy) |
1981-1982 |
|
2 |
10 |
WGD -
Norway Program Book |
1987 |
|
3 |
1 |
CISS - Dahlgren |
1969-1973 |
|
3 |
2 |
CISS - Grut |
1971-1973 |
|
3 |
3 |
CISS - Kruger |
1972-1981 |
|
3 |
4 |
CISS - Lonnoy |
1973-1976 |
|
3 |
5 |
CISS - Lovett |
1983 |
|
3 |
6 |
CISS - Rubino |
1973-1979 |
|
4 |
1 |
Miscellaneous from Sondergaard |
1965-1972 |
|
4 |
2 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1973-1974 |
|
4 |
3 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1975-1977 |
|
4 |
4 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1977-1978 |
|
4 |
5 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1979-1980 |
|
4 |
6 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1981 |
|
4 |
7 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1982 |
|
4 |
8 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1983 |
|
4 |
9 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) |
1984-1985 |
|
5 |
1 |
Correspondence - Sondergaard (CISS) Bucharest Games (Romania) |
1973-1977 |
|
5 |
2 |
General Letters - Bucharest Games |
1974-1977 |
|
5 |
3 |
Correspondence - Host Country: Bucharest, Romania |
1973-1984 |
|
5 |
4 |
American Athletics
Association of the Deaf |
1973-1981 |
|
5 |
5 |
American Athletics Association of the Deaf |
1982 |
|
5 |
6 |
American Athletics Association of the Deaf |
1983-1985 |
|
5 |
7 |
American Athletics Association of the Deaf - National Basketball Tournament Program Book |
1986 |
|
5 |
8 |
American Athletics Association of the Deaf - Records Commission |
1986 |
|
6 |
1 |
Algeria |
1978-1981 |
|
6 |
2 |
Argentina |
1956-1985 |
|
6 |
3 |
Australia |
1977-1984 |
|
6 |
4 |
Austria |
1978 |
|
6 |
5 |
Bangladesh |
1975-1980 |
|
6 |
6 |
Belgium |
1973-1985 |
|
6 |
7 |
Brazil |
1977-1983 |
|
6 |
8 |
Bulgaria |
1976-1984 |
|
6 |
9 |
Canada (1973-1978) |
1973-1978 |
|
6 |
10 |
Canada (1978-1985) |
1978-1985 |
|
6 |
11 |
Chile |
1974-1982 |
|
6 |
12 |
China |
1973-1974 |
|
6 |
13 |
Colombia |
1974-1981 |
|
6 |
14 |
Costa Rica |
1974-1982 |
|
6 |
15 |
Denmark |
1974-1981 |
|
6 |
16 |
Dominican Republic |
1974-1977 |
|
6 |
17 |
England |
1974-1984 |
|
6 |
18 |
Finland |
1974-1980 |
|
6 |
19 |
France |
1968-1983 |
|
6 |
20 |
Germany (East) |
1973-1985 |
|
7 |
1 |
Germany (West) |
1973-1985 |
|
7 |
2 |
Hong
Kong |
1982-1984 |
|
7 |
3 |
Hungary |
1973-1983 |
|
7 |
4 |
India |
1973 |
|
7 |
5 |
Iran |
1974-1984 |
|
7 |
6 |
Ireland |
1981-1984 |
|
7 |
7 |
Israel |
1974 |
|
7 |
8 |
Italy |
1973-1984 |
|
7 |
9 |
Jamaica |
1982-1984 |
|
7 |
10 |
Japan |
1973-1983 |
|
7 |
11 |
Korea |
1977-1984 |
|
7 |
12 |
Mexico |
1975-1984 |
|
7 |
13 |
Morocco |
1981 |
|
7 |
14 |
Netherlands
(Holland) |
1981-1985 |
|
8 |
1 |
New
Zealand |
1974-1985 |
|
8 |
2 |
Nicaragua |
1979 |
|
8 |
3 |
Norway |
1975-1981 |
|
8 |
4 |
Pakistan |
1973-1984 |
|
8 |
5 |
Paraguay |
1977-1981 |
|
8 |
6 |
Peru |
1979-1981 |
|
8 |
7 |
Poland |
1968-1985 |
|
8 |
8 |
Portugal |
1974-1979 |
|
8 |
9 |
Romania |
1980-1984 |
|
8 |
10 |
Russia
(USSR) |
1973-1983 |
|
8 |
11 |
Singapore |
1980 |
|
8 |
12 |
South Africa |
1975-1982 |
|
8 |
13 |
Spain |
1973-1983 |
|
8 |
14 |
Sweden |
1973-1983 |
|
8 |
15 |
Switzerland |
1977 |
|
8 |
16 |
Turkey |
1973-1974 |
|
8 |
17 |
USA |
1968-1983 |
|
8 |
18 |
Uruguay |
1974-1984 |
|
8 |
19 |
Venezuela |
1977-1985 |
|
8 |
20 |
Yugoslavia |
1973-1983 |
|
9 |
1 |
World Games of the Deaf (Part 1) |
1967-1968 |
|
9 |
2 |
World Games of the Deaf (Part 2) |
1969 |
|
9 |
3 |
World Games of the Deaf (Part 3) |
1970-1971 |
|
9 |
4 |
U.S.A. International Games for the Deaf: Office of Finance Officer
(Part 1) |
1962-1963 |
|
9 |
5 |
U.S.A. International Games for the Deaf: Office of Finance Officer
(Part 2) |
1963 |
|
9 |
6 |
CISS - Medallion & Photos |
n.d. |
|
10 |
1 |
USA
1983-1984 CISS (Part 1) |
1983 |
|
10 |
2 |
USA
1983-1984 CISS (Part 2) |
1983-1985 |
|
10 |
3 |
USA 1983-1984 (Pinchas) |
1982-1985 |
|
10 |
4 |
1985
Organizing Committee - LA Organizing Team Minutes |
1981-1985 |
|
10 |
5 |
1985
Organizing Committee - Letters |
1981-1985 |
|
10 |
6 |
1985
Organizing Committee - Herb Schreiber |
1981-1984 |
|
10 |
7 |
1985
Organizing Committee - Austin Travel Co. |
1983-1985 |
|
10 |
8 |
1985
Organizing Committee - Medical File |
1985 |
|
10 |
9 |
1985
Games (Los Angeles) Part 1 |
1981-1983 |
|
10 |
10 |
1985
Games (Los Angeles) Part 2 |
1984 |
|
10 |
11 |
Society for American Baseball Research: Membership Directory |
1976-1982 |
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