MSS 48

Vernon, McCay, 1928-
Papers of McCay Vernon, 1949-1983

 

 

Gallaudet University Archives.

  

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Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
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MSS 48
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Title: Papers of McCay Vernon, 1949-1983.
Quantity: 8.5 Linear Feet (18 document boxes)
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This document last updated 2008 March 3.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: McCay Vernon donated his papers to Gallaudet University Archives in October of 1984.
Processed by: Michael J. Olson and Carie Lyn Kelly. 1984 March 28.
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


Films

·         Usher's syndrome [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 28-8

 

Photographs

·         McCay Vernon. [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits


Vertical Files

·         McCay Vernon. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical


 

Biographical Sketch

 

1928                 Born October 14

1951                 B.A. degree. University of Florida

1955                 M.S. degree. Education of the Deaf, Gallaudet College

1957                 M.A. degree. Psychology Florida State University

1966                 Ph.D. Psychology. Claremont Graduate School Claremont, California

1951-1954         Teacher, Coach, Residence Hall Counselor. Florida School for the Deaf and Blind.

1955-1956         Teacher and Coach Texas School for the Deaf

1956-1958         Teacher and Coach. Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind

1956-1962         Psychologist and Teacher

1963-1964         California School for the Deaf

1962-1963         Clinical Psychologist. Riverside County General Hospital, California

1962-1964         Associate Professor and Lecturer. California Baptist College (Summer and Part-Time)

1963                 Lecturer, Los Angeles State College (Summer and Winter)

1964-1965         Research Associate. Institute for Research on Exceptional Children. University of Illinois

1965-1966         Research Associate Professor. DePaul University. Chicago, Illinois

1966-1969         Research Psychologist on Project Director of Project on Psychosis and Deafness Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute. Michael Resse Hospital. Chicago, Illinois

1969-1991         Professor of Psychology. Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland

1969-1989         Editor-in-Chief, American Annals of the Deaf

1970                 Man of the Year, Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity

1971-1972         Distinguished Teacher Award. Western Maryland College

1973                 Alice Cogswell Award

1975                 Declaration of Merit, World Federation of the Deaf

1975                 Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree. Gallaudet College

1976                 Daniel T. Cloud Award. University of Northridge

1979-1980         Powrie V. Doctor Chair of Deaf Studies. Gallaudet College

 

 

Scope and Content

 

The McCay Vernon Papers consist of class notes, correspondence, manuscripts and articles written by Dr. McCay Vernon. Dr. Vernon was a professor of Psychology at Western Maryland College and Editor in-Chief of the American Annals of the Deaf.

 

The collection, which consists of approximately 14,850 pages, dates from 1949-1983. The bulk of the collection consists of Vernon's articles, manuscripts and papers. Being one of the most prolific writers in the field of deafness, Vernon has included more than 150 articles etc. in the series dated from 1969-1983. Some of the issues addressed in his literature include: Deafness and Mental Health, Genetics and Deafness, Total Communication, Diagnostic and Assessment Tools, Psycho-Social aspects related to the Deaf Blind, Ushers Syndrome, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Political Rights and the Multi-handicapped Deaf.

 

McCay Vernon holds a Masters Degree in both Deaf Education and Psychology. A large part of the collection consists of personal class notes taken while pursuing his degrees. Lecture notes dating from 1950-1960 can be found for the following courses in Child Development, Educational Psychology, Human Development, Experimental Psychology, Methods of Teaching the Deaf and Personality Adjustment.

 

Also included from the Graduate School are some of Vernon's term papers: Rational "Psychology of Albert Ellis, Recent and Outstanding Research on Prenatal Care, and Relative Intelligence and Achievement of Jews and Gentiles.

 

McCay Vernon was an Editor-in-Chief of the American Annals of the Deaf. In The A.A.D. series of this collection, included are letters of acceptance and rejection of submitted publications ­along with the reviewing board's comments.

 

The Annals provide reviews of books relating to the field of deafness. Included in this series are Vernon's letters requesting reviews and copies of the reviews. The correspondences along with the reviews are arranged by subject in alphabetical order.

 

Other correspondence found are those with the managing editor, the Annals Committee, Administrative Committee, letters to the Editor, and New Trends Publishing Company.

 

During the mid 1970s and early 1980s, Vernon became interested in film as a medium to educate the general public on the issues and aspects of deafness. Proposals and correspondence for the following films can be found in Vernon's collection: Deaf Blindness (1981), Human Difference The Study of Exceptionality (1980), Preschool Program, Quota Film Series Communication Disorders (1982), Mainstreaming: Hearing Impaired Children in Regular Schools (1975), We Tiptoed Around Whispering, Listen, Total Communication, Swan Lake: Conversations with Deaf Teenagers and Intolerable (1975).

 

The final component of the McCay Vernon Collection consists of general and personal correspondence. Being a nationally recognized psychologist, writer and consultant in the field of deafness, Dr. Vernon's expertise is sought on a national level.

 

Correspondence includes invitations to speak at conferences, seminars, and conventions on topics such as Rubella, Multi-handicapped deaf, Ushers Syndrome, and Deaf-Blindness. Other letters are requests for available materials, reprints of articles and information on available services. Consultation on legal matters, information on assessment procedures and dissertation evaluations are also discussed.

 

Among McCay Vernon's correspondents are: Linda Annala, Bernard Bragg, Robert Davila, Sen. John East, Joanna Greenberg, Gov. Harry Hughes, Barbara Kannapell, Jacqueline Mendelsohn, Michael Olanski, Art Roehrig, William Stokoe and Jerry Vlaska.

 

Series Descriptions and Folder List

Series 1            Class Notes, Correspondence, Materials, and Term Papers


Boxes 1-5         1949-1972

McCay Vernon kept most of his class notes, materials and term papers while he was in college. Most of the notes are about psychology, deafness, and speech for the deaf.

 

Series 2            General Correspondence

 

Boxes 5-9         1966-1982

 

Series 3            Films and Proposals Films

 

Boxes 10-11      1975-1982        

In this box, there are proposals and grants for the films about Deaf-Blind, Communication Disorders, Exceptional Child and Psychological Testing.

 

Series 4            American Annals of the Deaf, McCay Vernon, Editor

 

Boxes 11-13      1968-1983

General Correspondence, Annals Meetings

 

Series 5            Manuscripts and Correspondence (Accepted/Rejected)

 

Boxes 13-16      1972-1983

In this content, the author's articles are accepted and rejected for the publication in the Annals. These files are arranged by the author's name in the alphabetical order.

 

Series 6           Book Reviews

 

Boxes 17-18     1969-1983

Correspondences and Reviews. Arranged by subject in alphabetical order.


 

Folder Lists


 

Box

Folder

Title of Folder

Date

1

1

Basic Outlines

1960's

1

2

Bibliographies

1960's

1

3

Biology notes

1949-1950

1

4

Blind notes

1950's

1

5

Class notes

1950's

1

6

A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography

1959

1

7

Correspondence & Notes - Quigley, Stephen

1964-1965

1

8

Counselor Meetings

n.d.

1

9

Intelligence Testing of Deaf Children

1962

1

10

Language Notes - Kendall School

1950's

1

11

Language Notes - Kendall School

1950's

1

12

Learning & Educational Psychology

1960's

2

1

Library Science Materials

1956

2

2

Materials about Reading

1960's

2

3

Materials for Speeches

1960's

2

4

Methods of Teaching Deaf

1950's

2

5

Methods of Teaching Deaf

1950's

2

6

Miscellaneous

1960's

2

7

Notes - Class

1960's

2

8

Notes - Audiometer

1950's

2

9

Notes - Child Development

n.d.

2

10

Notes - Education of Deaf, etc.

1950's

2

11

Notes - Educational Psychology

1961

2

12

Notes - Experimental Psychology

1949-1950

3

1

Notes - Experimental Psychology

1960's

3

2

Notes - Human Development

1950's

3

3

Notes - Human Development

1960's

3

4

Notes - Humanities

1950's

3

5

Notes - Learning (Human)

1958

3

6

Notes - Lip-reading

1960's

3

7

Notes - Essays - Mentally Retarded

1952

3

8

Notes - Personality Adjustment

1959

3

9

Notes - Personality Adjustment

n.d.

3

10

Notes - Psychology

1963

3

11

Notes - Quigley & Vernon

1965

3

12

Notes - Research Methods & Design

n.d.

3

13

Notes - Statistics

1950's

3

14

Notes - Statistics (Earl)

1961

4

1

Occupational Guidance

1953-1961

4

2

Psychology - Topics for Discussion with Leadership Trainees

1962

4

3

Review for M.A. Comprehensive

n.d.

4

4

Speech notes

1950's

4

5

Speech for Deaf

1950's

4

6

Speech for Psychology - Education Class

n.d.

4

7

Speech Teaching - notes

1955

4

8

Student's Notes - Deaf Adolescent

1972

4

9

Supervising Teachers Meeting

1964-1965

4

10

Teaching Materials

1950's-1960's

4

11

Teaching Notes - Psychology

1962

5

1

Term Paper - Articles & Writings

n.d.

5

2

Term Paper - The Rational Psychology of Albert Ellis

n.d.

5

3

Term Paper - Recent & Outstanding Research on Prenatal Behavior

n.d.

5

4

Term Paper - Relative Intelligence and Achievement of Jews and Gentiles

n.d.

5

5

Thesis - A Comparison of Colored and White Deaf and Hearing Children in Intelligence and Personality by Douglas J. Scott

1957

5

6

Written Assignments - Education 282 ­Dr. Hubert Armstrong

n.d.

5

7

Correspondence - Counseling with Paula

1979-1980

5

8

Correspondence & Manuscript - Diagnosis of a Major Health Problem: Childhood Hearing Loss

1975-1976

5

9

Correspondence - Dr. Powrie V. Doctor Chair

1979

5

10

Correspondence - Gallaudet Exchange Program

1974

5

11

Correspondence - Ms. A Glimpse of. Reality: Hard of Hearing Children in a Public School Setting

1972-1973

5

12

Correspondence & Scripts - Greenberg, Joanne

1972-1976

5

13

Correspondence & Manuscripts - Language in Cognitive and Affective Processes

1970-1972

5

14

Correspondence - Lloyd, Glenn

1969

5

15

Correspondence - NOVA

1977-1978

5

16

Correspondence - Office of Demographic Studies

1976

5

17

Correspondence - Manuscripts - The Psychological Exam

1968-1970

5

18

Correspondence - Research Article for NAD Guideline

1971

5

19

Correspondence - Roehrig, Arthur

1975

5

20

Correspondence - Smith, Jess

1974

5

21

Correspondence - A Study of Behavioral Characteristics of Children with Waardenburg's Syndrome

1974

5

22

Correspondence - Usher's Syndrome

1966-1974

5

23

Correspondence - Usher's Syndrome

1966-1974

5

24

Correspondence - Usher's Syndrome

1973-1975

5

25

Correspondence - Violation of Constitutional Rights: The Language Impaired Person and the Miranda Warnings

1977-1978

6

1

Correspondence

1981 March

6

2

Correspondence

1981 April

6

3

Correspondence

1981 May

6

4

Correspondence

1981 June

6

5

Correspondence

1981 July

6

6

Correspondence

1981 August

6

7

Correspondence

1981 September

7

1

Correspondence

1981 October

7

2

Correspondence

1981 November

7

3

Correspondence

1981 December

7

4

Correspondence

1982 January

7

5

Correspondence

1982 February

7

6

Correspondence

1982 March

7

7

Correspondence

1982 April

8

1

Correspondence

1982 May

8

2

Correspondence

1982 June

8

3

Correspondence

1982 July

8

4

Correspondence

1982 August

8

5

Correspondence

1982 September

8

6

Correspondence

1982 October

8

7

Correspondence

1982 November

9

1

Correspondence

1982 November

9

2

Correspondence

1982 December

10

1

Proposal - Deaf Blind Film

1981

10

2

Proposal Film - Human Difference The Study of Exceptionality - Part 1

1980

10

3

Proposal Film - Human Difference The Study of Exceptionality - Part 2

1980

10

4

Proposal Film - Preschool Program

n.d.

10

5

Proposal - Quota Film Series - Communication Disorder

1982

10

6

Proposal - Film Studies of Communication Disorder

1982

10

7

Film Proposals - Part 1

1975

10

8

Film Proposals - Part 2

1975

11

1

Films - The Exceptional Child

1976

11

2

Human Exceptionality Film Series

n.d.

11