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MSS 93
Lankenau, Robert
O.,
Papers of Robert O. Lankenau, 1962-1979
Gallaudet
University
Archives.
Descriptive
Summary
Repository:
Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.:
MSS 93
Creator:
Title:
Papers of Robert O. Lankenau
Quantity:
6.5 Linear
Feet (13 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2006 January 3.
Acquisition
Information:
The papers of Robert O. Lankenau and the National Association of the
Deaf were donated to the Gallaudet University Archives by Robert O.
Lankenau.
Processed by:
Gary W. Brooks. 1999 May 12.
Processing Note:
See MSS 149, 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.
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Collection , National
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Papers of Robert O.
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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
collection of Robert O. Lankenau and the National Association of the
Deaf is extremely broad, covering a wide range of subjects. The
collection consists of correspondence, reports, letters,
organizations-related papers, convention notes, and records from
various Executive Board, Home Office Board, Officers, Committee, and
General.
The
collection is broken up into seven series: Executive Secretary
Administration; Junior National Association of the Deaf
Administration; National Association of the Deaf Administration;
National Association of the Deaf Business Correspondence (outgoing);
Cultural Programs, President Lankenau’s papers, and General Records
which consists of approximately 3,876 papers dated from 1962-1979.
There are 13 boxes in this collection.
Overall,
this collection provides a rich and insightful history of the
National Association of the Deaf into one of the foremost deaf
organizations in the United States.
Series Descriptions and Folder Lists
No Series.
|
Box |
Folder |
Title of Folder |
Date |
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1 |
1 |
Executive Secretary letters |
1967 |
|
1 |
2 |
Executive Secretary letters |
1968 |
|
1 |
3 |
Executive Secretary letters |
January-June 1969 |
|
1 |
4 |
Executive Secretary letters |
July-December 1969 |
|
1 |
5 |
Executive Secretary letters |
January-June 1970 |
|
2 |
1 |
Executive Secretary letters |
July-December 1970 |
|
2 |
2 |
Executive Secretary letters |
1971-1974 |
|
2 |
3 |
Grant applications |
1970-1972 |
|
2 |
4 |
Home Board Letters |
1968, 1971 |
|
3 |
1 |
Junior N.A.D. - Annual Report |
1970-1971 |
|
3 |
2 |
Constitution and By-Laws |
n.d. |
|
3 |
3 |
Junior N.A.D. - Correspondence |
1967-1969 |
|
3 |
4 |
Junior N.A.D. - Correspondence |
1970 |
|
3 |
5 |
Junior N.A.D. - Correspondence |
1971-1973 |
|
3 |
6 |
Junior N.A.D. - Memo |
1968-1974 |
|
3 |
7 |
Junior N.A.D. - Misc. |
n.d. |
|
3 |
8 |
News clipping |
n.d. |
|
3 |
9 |
Newsletter |
1968-1972 |
|
4 |
1 |
Communicative Skills Program |
1969-1971 |
|
4 |
2 |
Council of Representative/N.A.D. Bill |
1972 |
|
4 |
3 |
Investments & Stocks |
1962-1963 |
|
4 |
4 |
Iowa
School Information |
1972 |
|
4 |
5 |
N.A.D. Board Correspondence |
1966-1968 |
|
4 |
6 |
N.A.D. Board Correspondence |
1969 |
|
4 |
7 |
N.A.D. Board Correspondence |
1970-1973 |
|
5 |
1 |
N.A.D. Committee Reports |
1969,1971-1977 |
|
5 |
2 |
N.A.D. Current Committee |
1966-1968 |
|
5 |
3 |
N.A.D. Law Committee |
1968-1970 |
|
5 |
4 |
N.A.D. Memo |
1969-1974 |
|
5 |
5 |
N.A.D. Newsletter |
1965-1968 |
|
5 |
6 |
N.A.D. Officer's Report |
1972 |
|
5 |
7 |
N.A.D. President's expense Account Bill, Receipts Etc. |
n.d. |
|
5 |
8 |
Results - Home Office Board Letters |
1968 |
|
5 |
9 |
Results - Home Office Board Letters |
1969 |
|
5 |
10 |
Results - Home Office Board Letters |
1970 |
|
5 |
11 |
Results - Home Office Board Letters |
1971 |
|
5 |
12 |
N.A.D.- Secretary/Treasurer-Lankenau |
1967-1968 |
|
5 |
13 |
N.A.D.- Stock Prospectus |
1962-1963 |
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5 |
14 |
Miscellaneous |
n.d. |
|
5 |
15 |
Pettingill, Don Papers |
1972-1974 |
|
5 |
16 |
Punta Gorda-Fla Business Boyd Hume |
1972-1974 |
|
5 |
17 |
Sanderson, Robert Papers |
1966-1973 |
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6 |
1 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
1967 |
|
6 |
2 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
January-February 1968 |
|
6 |
3 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
March-April 1968 |
|
6 |
4 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
May-June 1968 |
|
6 |
5 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
July-August 1968 |
|
6 |
6 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
September-November 1968 |
|
7 |
1 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
February-November 1969 |
|
7 |
2 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
January-May 1970 |
|
7 |
3 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
June-August 1970 |
|
7 |
4 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
September-December 1970 |
|
7 |
5 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
January-March 1971 |
|
7 |
6 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
April 1971 |
|
7 |
7 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
May 1971 |
|
8 |
1 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
June 1971 |
|
8 |
2 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
July 1971 |
|
8 |
3 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
August 1971 |
|
8 |
4 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
September
1971 |
|
8 |
5 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
October 1971 |
|
8 |
6 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
November
1971 |
|
8 |
7 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
December
1971 |
|
9 |
1 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
January 1972 |
|
9 |
2 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
February
1972 |
|
9 |
3 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
March 1972 |
|
9 |
4 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
April 1972 |
|
9 |
5 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
May-June; August 1972 |
|
9 |
6 |
N.A.D. Correspondence (Outgoing) |
January 1973-Nov. 1975 |
|
10 |
1 |
N.A.D. Cultural Program-Correspondence (Outgoing)
|
1967-1968 |
|
10 |
2 |
N.A.D. Cultural Program-Correspondence (Outgoing)
|
1969 |
|
10 |
3 |
N.A.D. Cultural Program-Correspondence (Outgoing)
|
1970 |
|
10 |
4 |
N.A.D. Cultural Program-Correspondence (Outgoing)
|
1971-72 |
|
10 |
5 |
N.A.D. Cultural Program-Letters |
1969 |
|
10 |
6 |
N.A.D. Memo. |
1967-1971 |
|
10 |
7 |
N.A.D. Miscellaneous |
1968-1972 |
|
11 |
1 |
President's Board Letters |
1971-1972 |
|
11 |
2 |
President's Board Letters (Mimeographed) |
1968-1969 |
|
11 |
3 |
President's Board Letters (Mimeographed) |
1970 |
|
11 |
4 |
President's Board Letters-Results |
1968-1969 |
|
11 |
5 |
President's Board Letters-Results |
1970 |
|
11 |
6 |
President's Board Letters-Results |
1971 |
|
11 |
7 |
President's Column |
1968,1971-72 |
|
11 |
8 |
President's copies from Executive Secretary |
1968 |
|
11 |
9 |
President's copies of Board Members Letters |
1965,'67,'69 |
|
11 |
10 |
President's copies of Letters-General |
1968-1969 |
|
11 |
11 |
President's copies of Letters-General |
1970-1972 |
|
11 |
12 |
President's Letters to Board Members-General copies |
1968-1971 |
|
12 |
1 |
President's Letters- Received & Answered-Original
|
1967-1968 |
|
12 |
2 |
President's Letters- Received & Answered-Original
|
1969 |
|
12 |
3 |
President's Letters- Received & Answered-Original
|
1970 |
|
12 |
4 |
President's Letters- Received & Answered-Original
|
1971-1972 |
|
12 |
5 |
President's Letters- Received & Answered-Original
|
19731975 |
|
12 |
6 |
President's Letters- Received & Answered-Original
|
n.d. |
|
12 |
7 |
President's Miscellaneous |
n.d. |
|
13 |
1 |
Miscellaneous |
1962-1973 |
|
13 |
2 |
Miscellaneous |
1962-1973 |
|
13 |
3 |
Project D.E.A.F.-Ohio |
1970-1971 |
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