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MSS 81
National
Association of the Deaf, est. 1880
Collection of the National Association of the Deaf, 1880-1991
Gallaudet
University
Archives.
Descriptive
Summary
Repository:
Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.:
MSS 81
Creator:
Title:
Collection of
the National Association of the Deaf, 1880-
1991
Quantity:
5.5 Linear
Feet (11 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2006 January 5.
Acquisition
Information:
The National Association of the Deaf Collection was created when
several items were donated to the Gallaudet University Archives at
different times. Additions to the Collection are ongoing.
Processed by:
Nora L. McCabe. 1984 December 8.
Processing Note:
Updated on
April 10, 1998.
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.
Historical Sketch
The history of the National Association of the Deaf dates back to
1850, when the New England Gallaudet Association of the Deaf was
founded. It served as a predecessor for the National Association for
the Deaf, which was established on August 25, 1880 in Cincinnati,
Ohio. It was later
incorporated in Washington,
D.C. in 1900. The first home
office opened in 1950 in Chicago, and Halex House in Silver Spring,
Maryland, where NAD has its headquarters, was dedicated in 1973.
Four men are given credit for founding the National Association of
the Deaf. Robert P. MacGregor was its first president and the
founder of the Cincinnati
Day School for the Deaf.
Edmund Booth of Iowa is
known as the “father of NAD” but declined the first presidency in
favor of MacGregor. Booth was a graduate of the Hartford school,
where he studied under both Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent
Clerc. He later became the owner and editor of a successful
newspaper, the Anamosa Eureka. Henry Rider and Edwin Hodgson,
both of New York, were among the first to endorse a national
association of the deaf through the printed pres. They both, at
separate times, owned the Deaf Mutes Journal.
The National Association of the Deaf has served in the best
interests of deaf Americans for over one hundred years. It has made
every effort to create a favorable social image of deaf culture. NAD
has fought for compulsory education laws for deaf children and
retention of the combined system (oral and sign language) in
residential schools for the deaf. It also has successfully
diminished impostors who solicit money from the public by pretending
they are deaf. In addition, the NAD has protected basic civil rights
of deaf Americans, such as the right to equal justice, the right to
exercise franchises, assume the responsibilities of taxpayers, equal
employment opportunities, and motor vehicle use.
The Miss Deaf America Pageant was established in 1972 at the 31st
convention of the National Association of the Deaf in Miami Beach,
Florida, and continues to this day.
Scope
and Content
The NAD collection is extremely
broad, covering a wide range of subjects. It is broken down into six
series: Convention Proceedings (1880-1990), NAD Business
Correspondence (1910-1915), Abbe de l’ Epee Memorial Statue
(1915-1930), Centennial Convention (1980), Miss Deaf America Pageant
(1972-1974), and General (1880-1991). Convention programs make up
the bulk of the collection although the years 1923, 1926, 1952-1962,
1966-1968, 1972-1974, and 1986. The Centennial Convention of 1980 is
the most complete of all the conventions in the collection. In
addition, not all of the Miss Deaf America Pageant programs are
available. Programs for 1974, 1976, and 1978 are missing. Newspaper
clippings related to all aspects of the National Association of the
Deaf are included in the collection, particularly a scrapbook of
clippings from the 1934 convention in New York. In addition, papers
related to the de l’Epee memorial statue at St. Mary’s School for
the Deaf in Buffalo, New York are stored here. Overall the NAD
collection provides a rich and insightful history into one of the
most 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 |
Proceedings of the First National Convention of Deaf-Mutes |
1880 |
|
1 |
2 |
Proceedings of the Second National Convention of Deaf-Mutes |
1883 |
|
1 |
3 |
Proceedings of the Third Convention of National Association
of the Deaf |
1889 |
|
1 |
4 |
Proceedings of the World's Congress of the Deaf and the
Report of the Fourth Convention of the National Association
of the Deaf |
1893 |
|
1 |
5 |
Book- NAD Convention Proceedings |
1896-1907 |
|
1 |
6 |
Proceedings of the Sixth Convention of National Association
of the Deaf |
1900 |
|
1 |
7 |
Proceedings of the Eighth Convention of National Association
of the Deaf |
1907 |
|
1 |
8 |
Proceedings of the Ninth Convention of National Association
of the Deaf and
Third World
Congress of the Deaf |
1910 |
|
1 |
9 |
Proceedings of the Tenth National Convention of Deaf-Mutes |
1913 |
|
2 |
1 |
Proceedings of the Eleventh (Special) Convention of National
Association of the Deaf |
1915 |
|
2 |
2 |
Proceedings of the Twelfth Convention |
1917 |
|
2 |
3 |
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Convention |
1920 |
|
2 |
4 |
Proceedings of the Sixteenth Triennial Convention of the
National Association of the Deaf and the
Fourth World Congress of the Deaf |
1930 |
|
2 |
5 |
Official Program of the Sixteenth Triennial Convention of
the NAD |
1930 |
|
2 |
6 |
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Triennial Convention of the
NAD |
1934 |
|
2 |
7 |
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Triennial Convention of the
NAD |
1937 |
|
2 |
8 |
Proceedings of the Nineteenth Triennial Convention of the
NAD |
1940 |
|
2 |
9 |
Proceedings of the Twentieth Triennial Convention of the NAD |
1946 |
|
2 |
10 |
Proceedings of the Twenty-First Triennial Convention of the
NAD |
1949 |
|
2 |
11 |
National Association of the Deaf 27th Biennial Convention,
Washington DC |
1964 |
|
3 |
1 |
Minutes of the 34th Biennial Convention
Rochester, NY |
1978 |
|
3 |
2 |
Proceedings of 1984 Biennial Convention,
Baltimore, MD |
1984 |
|
3 |
3 |
Program-33rd Biennial Convention
Houston, TX |
1976 |
|
3 |
4 |
Program- 36th Biennial Convention St.
Louis, MO |
1982 |
|
3 |
5 |
Program- 27th Biennial Convention,
Baltimore MD |
1984 |
|
3 |
6 |
Program- 39th Biennial Convention
Charleston, SC |
1988 |
|
3 |
7 |
Program- 40th Biennial Convention
Indianapolis, IN |
1990 |
|
4 |
1 |
Correspondence- Aldrich,
Chester H. |
1912 |
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4 |
2 |
Correspondence- Banks |
1910-1913 |
|
4 |
3 |
Correspondence- Booth F.W. |
1911-1913 |
|
4 |
4 |
Correspondence- Davis, William E. |
1912-1913 |
|
4 |
5 |
Correspondence- Editors |
1913 |
|
4 |
6 |
Correspondence- Fuller, L.B. |
1911 |
|
4 |
7 |
Correspondence- Hanson, Olof (General) |
1910-1915 |
|
4 |
8 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to Aldrich,
Chester H.) |
1912 |
|
4 |
9 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to Booth, F.W.) |
1912-1913 |
|
4 |
10 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to Davis, William E.) |
1912-1913 |
|
4 |
11 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to Editors) |
1912-1913 |
|
4 |
12 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to Howard, J.C.) |
1910-1915 |
|
4 |
13 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to Pearse, Carroll G.) |
1912 |
|
4 |
14 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to
Regensburg, Oscar) |
1910-1913 |
|
4 |
15 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (t0 Seeley, P.R.) |
1911-1913 |
|
4 |
16 |
Correspondence-Hanson, Olof (to Stewart, R.E.) |
1913 |
|
4 |
17 |
Correspondence-Howard, J.C. (to Hanson, Olof) |
1910-1915 |
|
4 |
18 |
Correspondence to the Members of the Executive Committee |
1910-1914 |
|
4 |
19 |
Correspondence-Miscellaneous |
1910-1913 |
|
4 |
20 |
Moving Picture Fund |
1912-1913 |
|
4 |
21 |
Original Report of
Cleveland, Ohio Convention. Stenographer's copy. (10th
Triennial Convention.) |
1913 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
22 |
Correspondence-Pearse, Carroll G. |
1912 |
|
4 |
23 |
Correspondence-Regensburg, Oscar (to Hanson, Olof) |
1910-1913 |
|
4 |
24 |
Correspondence-Regensburg, Oscar |
1910-1913 |
|
4 |
25 |
Correspondence-Rothbert, W.H. |
1912 |
|
4 |
26 |
Correspondence-Seeley, P.E. |
1911-1913 |
|
4 |
27 |
Correspondence-Sowell, J.W. |
1911-1913 |
|
4 |
28 |
Correspondence-Stewart, R.E. |
1911-1913 |
|
4 |
29 |
Hanson Honorary Fund- Donations List |
1913 |
|
4 |
30 |
Miscellaneous |
1910-1913 |
|
5 |
1 |
Clippings (xerox copies)-NAD |
1910-1912 |
|
5 |
2 |
Clippings (xerox copies)-NAD |
1912-1913 |
|
6 |
1 |
Correspondence-A |
1928-1930 |
|
6 |
2 |
Correspondence-B |
1928-1931 |
|
6 |
3 |
Correspondence-C |
1915-1930 |
|
6 |
4 |
Correspondence-D |
1927-1930 |
|
6 |
5 |
Correspondence-E |
1923-1928 |
|
6 |
6 |
Correspondence-F |
1927-1930 |
|
6 |
7 |
Correspondence-G |
1928-1931 |
|
6 |
8 |
Correspondence-H |
1928-1931 |
|
6 |
9 |
Correspondence-K |
1930 |
|
6 |
10 |
Correspondence-L |
1927-1930 |
|
6 |
11 |
Correspondence-M |
1926-1931 |
|
6 |
12 |
Correspondence-Mc |
1929-1930 |
|
6 |
13 |
Correspondence-N |
1926-1931 |
|
6 |
14 |
Correspondence-O |
1929-1930 |
|
6 |
15 |
Correspondence-P |
1928-1929 |
|
6 |
16 |
Correspondence-R |
1927-1931 |
|
6 |
17 |
Correspondence-S |
1927-1930 |
|
6 |
18 |
Correspondence-T |
1928-1930 |
|
6 |
19 |
Correspondence-U, V |
1928-1929 |
|
6 |
20 |
Correspondence-W |
1929-1930 |
|
6 |
21 |
Correspondence-Z |
1929 |
|
6 |
22 |
Agreement by and between NAD and Eugene E. Hannan |
1928 |
|
6 |
23 |
Miscellaneous |
ca. 1928-1930 |
|
6 |
24 |
Newspaper clippings (xerox copies) |
ca. 1921-1929 |
|
7 |
1 |
Agreement between NAD and Eugene E. Hannan |
1928 |
|
7 |
2 |
Clippings (xerox copies) |
1930 |
|
7 |
3 |
Contribution Form |
n.d. |
|
7 |
4 |
Correspondence-Ebstain, F. (to Hannan, E.E.-copy) |
1927 |
|
7 |
5 |
Correspondence-Frankenheim, S. (to Hannan, E.E.-copy) |
1928 |
|
7 |
6 |
Correspondence-Frankenheim, S. (to Tilden, D.-copy) |
1928 |
|
7 |
7 |
Correspondence- Hamar, F. (to Frankenheim, S.) |
1928 |
|
7 |
8 |
Correspondence- Hannan, E.E.. (to Frankenheim, S.) |
1927-1930 |
|
7 |
9 |
Correspondence- Herouard, S. (to Frankenheim, S.) |
1928 |
|
7 |
10 |
Correspondence- LeClerq, C.J.L. |
1930 |
|
7 |
11 |
Correspondence- Leighton, A.E. |
1930 |
|
7 |
12 |
Correspondence- Morice, L. |
1928 |
|
7 |
13 |
Correspondence-Picaud, G. (to Frankenheim, S.) |
1928 |
|
7 |
14 |
Correspondence-Roberts, A.L. (Burke, M.A.-copy) |
1928 |
|
7 |
15 |
Correspondence-Roberts, A.L. (to Frankenheim, S.) |
1928-1929 |
|
7 |
16 |
Correspondence-Roberts, A.L. (to Hannan, E.E.-copy) |
1928 |
|
7 |
17 |
Correspondence-Stevens, K.H. |
1928 |
|
7 |
18 |
Correspondence-Tilden, D. (to Frankenheim, S.) |
1927-1928 |
|
7 |
19 |
Declaration of Free Entry and Invoice of Purchased
Merchandise |
1929 |
|
7 |
20 |
History of the Abbe de l'Epee Statue: Complied by Bernard
Bragg (xeroxes0 |
1950 |
|
7 |
21 |
Insurance for Eugene E. Hannan |
1928 |
|
7 |
22 |
Miscellaneous |
n.d. |
|
7 |
23 |
Photographs |
1928-1929 |
|
7 |
24 |
Souvenir- medal with a ribbon |
1930 |
|
8 |
1 |
Calendar Packets |
1980 |
|
8 |
2 |
Centennial Book |
1980 |
|
8 |
3 |
Centennial Book |
1980 |
|
8 |
4 |
Centennial Bulletin #1 |
1980 |
|
8 |
5 |
Centennial Bulletin #2 |
1980 |
|
8 |
6 |
Centennial Daily #1 |
1980 |
|
8 |
7 |
Centennial Daily #2 |
1980 |
|
8 |
8 |
Centennial Daily #3 |
1980 |
|
8 |
9 |
Centennial Daily #4 |
1980 |
|
8 |
10 |
Centennial Daily #5 |
1980 |
|
8 |
11 |
Centennial Daily #6 |
1980 |
|
8 |
12 |
Centennial Daily #7 |
1980 |
|
8 |
13 |
Convention News |
1980 |
|
8 |
14 |
Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness |
1980 |
|
8 |
15 |
G.L.A.D. Information Brochure (Greater
Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Inc.) |
1980 |
|
8 |
16 |
Hearing Hearts, A Magazine of... |
1980 |
|
8 |
17 |
Junior National Association of the Deaf |
1980 |
|
8 |
18 |
Junior National Association of the Deaf-Information Brochure |
1980 |
|
8 |
19 |
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