MSS 149

Lankenau, Robert O., 1919-2000.
Papers of Robert O. Lankenau, 1933-1998.

 

 

Gallaudet University Archives.

 

 

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 149
Creator:
Title: Papers of Robert O. Lankenau, 1933-1998.
Quantity: 22 linear feet (44 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2008 February 25.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information:
Processed by: Michael J. Olson. 2004. 
Processing Note: See MSS 93, Robert O. Lankenau Papers.
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:

 

Films

·         Edward Miner Gallaudet Statue Dedication [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 139-4

 

Manuscripts

·         Collection , National Association of the Deaf, 1962-1979. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 93

 

SMSS

·         Papers of Robert O. Lankenau, 1942. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

 

Vertical Files

·         Robert O. Lankenau. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical

 

Biographical Sketch

 

Robert Lankenau was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended the Indiana School for the Deaf. He graduated from Gallaudet University in 1942 with a BS in Chemistry and Mathematics and worked at Firestone for over 42 years

 

He was the president of the NAD from 1968-1972. During his tenure as president, he purchased the Halex House where the NAD headquarters relocated. Lankenau was one of the founders of Ohio Association for the Deaf. He was one of the few people who helped established Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. He contributed to the effort to obtain automobile insurance for deaf drivers. He was a member of Telecommunications for the Deaf, Incorporated (TDI) and served as its president for eight years. He was involved in numerous of government commissions and different committees.

 

During the last five years of his life, he devoted his time to research and statistical analysis. Robert Lankenau died July 22, 2000.

 

Scope and Content

 

The Robert O. Lankenau Collection consists of 44 boxes; the dates range from the 1930’s to the 1990’s. The collection covers a broad range of subjects such as awards, bylaws and constitution, convention details, correspondence, various reports, notes, Minutes, Newspaper clippings, memos, letters and numerous other documents pertaining to running associations (Ohio Association of the Deaf, National Association of the Deaf and Telecommunications for the Deaf Inc. Overall, this collection provides a rich and insightful history of the establishment of Deaf Organizations in the United States.

 


Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

No Series.

 

Box

Folder

Title of Folder

Date

1

1

Ohio Association of the Deaf  (OAD) 1977 Convention Minutes/Resolutions

1975-1978

1

2

Ohio Association of the Deaf

1973-1992

1

3

Ohio Association of the Deaf

1984

1

4

OAD-Ad Hoc Committee

1972-1976

1

5

OAD-Ad Hoc Committee

1972-1976

1

6

OAD-Ad Hoc Committee-Defense Fund

1975-1976

1

7

OAD-Ad Hoc Committee-Minutes

1975-1977

1

8

OAD-Auditor/Financial Reports

1985-1991

1

9

OAD-Awards

1980-1986

1

10

OAD-Committee Reports

1988

1

11

OAD-Committee Reports

1990

1

12

OAD-Communication Access Now

1986-1991

2

1

OAD-Communication Access Now

1986-1991

2

2

OAD-Community Leadership Training

1978

2

3

OAD-Conference

1992

2

4

OAD-Constitution and By Laws

1963-1989

2

5

OAD-Constitution and By Laws Revised

1989-1992

2

6

OAD-Constitution and By Laws Revised

1991

2

7

OAD-Constitution and By Laws

1993-1994

2

8

OAD-Contract with United Deaf Services

1985

2

9

OAD-Convention 1979

1978-1980

2

10

OAD-Convention 1981

1981

2

11

OAD-Convention/Conference Guidelines

1989

3

1

OAD-Convention Reports

1987

3

2

OAD-Convention Reports

1993

3

3

OAD-Convention Suggestions

1992

3

4

OAD-Correspondence

1960-1964

3

5

OAD-Correspondence

1960-1965

3

6

OAD-Correspondence and Reports

1965-1975

3

7

OAD-NAD Correspondence

1965-1975

3

8

OAD-Correspondence

1975-1976

3

9

OAD-Correspondence

1976-1983

3

10

OAD-Correspondence

1977

4

1

OAD-Correspondence

1977-1978

4

2

OAD-Correspondence

1977-1978

4

3

OAD-Correspondence and Reports

1977-1982

4

4

OAD-Correspondence and Reports

1977-1982

4

5

OAD-Correspondence and Reports

1977-1982

4

6

OAD-Correspondence

1978-1979

5

1

OAD-Correspondence

1978-1979

5

2

OAD-Correspondence

1979-1981

5

3

OAD-Correspondence

1979-1981

5

4

OAD-Correspondence

1979-1984

5

5

OAD-Correspondence

1980-1983

5

6

OAD-District #4 Christmas Banquet

1992

5

7

OAD- District Reports

1979-1984

5

8

OAD- District Reports

1984-1988

5

9

OAD- District Reports

1989

5

10

OAD- District Reports

1990

5

11

OAD- Education of the Deaf

1964-1967

5

12

OAD- Financial Reports

1963-1974

6

1

OAD- Financial Reports

1975-1983

6

2

OAD- Financial Reports

1983-1984

6

3

OAD-Grand Ball

1974-1984

6

4

OAD-Grand Ball 1978

1978-1979

6

5

OAD-Grand Ball

1986

6

6

OAD-Grand Ball

1988

6

7

OAD-History

1985

6

8

OAD-Jr. OAD

1983-1985

6

9

OAD-Jr. OAD Letters and Reports

1984-1985

6

10

OAD-Lankenau's Notes

n.d.

6

11

OAD-Leadership Workshop

1984

6

12

OAD-Letters

1982-1990

7

1

OAD-Letters and Reports

1983-1984

7

2

OAD-Letters

1985-1998

7

3

OAD-Letters and Memos

1989-1991

7

4

OAD-Membership Standings

1976-1983

7

5

OAD-Memos and Correspondence

1961-1967

7

6

OAD-Memos and Financial Reports

1960-1967

7

7

OAD-Memos

1985-1990

7

8

OAD-Minutes

1959-1968

7

9

OAD-Minutes

1959-1970

7

10

OAD-Minutes/Reports

1967-1981

7

11

OAD-Minutes

1968-1975

8

1

OAD-Minutes

1980-1984

8

2

OAD-Minutes

1981-1983

8

3

OAD-Minutes

1981-1984

8

4

OAD-Minutes

1982-1989

8

5

OAD-Minutes

1984-1985

8

6

OAD-Minutes and Reports

1989-1993

8

7

OAD-Minutes

1990-1995

8

8

OAD-Minutes and Reports

1991

9

1

OAD- Miss Ohio Pageant

1987-1990

9

2

OAD- Monthly Reports

1961-1966

9

3

OAD- Ohio White House Conference

1976-1977

9

4

OAD- Pageant committee

1987-1988

9

5

OAD-President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped

1976-1978

9

6

OAD- Proceedings

1967-1975

9

7

OAD- Rally

1985-1987

9

8

OAD- Recording Secretary's Report

1986-1987

9

9

OAD- Recording Secretary

1987

9

10

OAD-Reports

1974-1975

9

11

OAD-Reports

1974-1977

9

12

OAD-Reports

1981-1983

9

13

OAD-Reports

1986-1987

10

1

OAD-Reports

1986-1987

10

2

OAD-Reports

1987-1989

10

3

OAD-Reports

1993-1995

10

4

OAD-Resolutions

1983

10

5

OAD-Scholarship Committee

1990-1993

10

6

OAD-State Financial Reports

1991

10

7

OAD-TTY Conversations

n.d.

10

8

OAD-Title XX Social Services

1978

10

9

OAD-William B. Blevins

1970-1971

10

10

Workshop on Improved Vocational Opp. for the Deaf- Tennessee

1964

10

11

Ohio Federal of Organization of the Deaf Post War Committee-Correspondence

1948

10

12

Ohio Council of Organization of the Deaf - Correspondence

1948

10

13

OCOD- Correspondence

1949

11

1

OCOD-Newspaper Clippings

1949

11

2

OCOD- Correspondence

1949

11

3

OCOD- Correspondence

1949

11

4

OCOD- Correspondence

1950

11

5

OCOD- Correspondence

1951

11

6

OCOD- Correspondence

1952

12

1

OCOD- Correspondence

1952

12

2

OCOD- Correspondence

1953-1954

12

3

OCOD- Correspondence

1954

12

4

Ohio Deaf Motorists Association - Annual Report

1957

12

5

ODMA - Bulletin

1956-1959

12

6

ODMA - Letters

1951-1959

12

7

ODMA - Minutes

1953-1958

12

8

Ohio Governor's Council on Disabled Persons

1970-1989

12

9

Ohio Governor's Council on Disabled Persons

1986-1989

12

10

Ohio Governor's Council on Disabled Persons

1987

12

11

Ohio Gov. Council On Disabled Persons- Annual Report

1983

12

12

Ohio Gov. Council On Disabled Persons-Chairman Letters

1985-1986

12

13

Ohio Gov. Council On Disabled Persons-Committee Employment

1983-1986

13

1

OGCDP-Committee On Employment

1983-1986

13