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American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf Papers

HISTORICAL SKETCH 

The American Association to the Promote the Teaching of Speech of the Deaf was founded in 1890 at the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf held in New York by Alexander Graham Bell.

The American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech of the Deaf celebrated their Fiftieth Anniversary on June 17 - 21, 1940 at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf.

The Association changed its name in 1948 to Volta Speech Association for the Deaf.

In 1953, Volta Speech Association for the Deaf changed its name to the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. In 1990, the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf celebrated its centennial.

SCOPE AND CONTENT   

This collection of records from the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, contains files on persons applying for teaching certificates. The Volta Bureau, under the direction of the Association, issued three types of certificates to qualified persons:

                        1]  the Collegiate Registration

                        2]  the Certified Registration

                        3]  the Standard Registration

The files in this collection contain application forms for specified certificates, correspondence between the applicant and the Volta Bureau, credentials, and transcripts concerning the applicant.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by the applicant's name and it contains 146 folders in 6 boxes and approximate number of items: 5,100 The materials are dated from 1929 - 1935, with bulk dates between 1931 - 1933.


FOLDER LISTS

Box Folder Title of Folder Date
1 1 Certification: Archer, Tunis V. 6/15/1931
1 2 Certification: Barron, Mary Grey 8/15/1931
1 3 Certification: Bennett, Josephine 5/31/1932
1 4 Certification: Berkeley, Anne Butler 6/15/1931
1 5 Certification: Bickler, Mary Hillaird 9/21/1931
1 6 Certification: Bickler, Mary Hillaird 3/21/1932
1 7 Certification: Boslett, Cecelia 1/11/1932
1 8 Certification: Bradley, Vivian Gladys 2/1/1932
1 9 Certification: Buell, Edith M. 1/30/1932
1 10 Certification: Brubank, Edith 6/15/1931
1 11 Certification: Carmichael, Mattie Leah 7/22/1935
1 12 Certification: Casey, Marjorie Mabel 11/23/1935
1 13 Certification: Coffman, Opal  9/26/1933
1 14 Certification: Cornell, Louise E. 10/10/1931
1 15 Certification: Crampton, Alice L.. 1/11/1932
1 16 Certification: Craven, Ada Elizabeth 8/25/1931
1 17 Certification: Craven, Edith 8/15/1931
1 18 Certification: Crouter, Florence B. Lewis. 1/11/1932
1 19 Certification: Dedrick, Ruth Van Male. 1/11/1932
1 20 Certification: Dinsmore, Annette Bocher  8/15/1931
1 21 Certification: Dougherty, Julie P. 1/11/1932
1 22 Certification: Doyle, Murene Agnes 8/1/1932
1 23 Certification: Dunbar, Evelina 6/15/1932
1 24 Certification: Dunlap, Mary M. 6/15/1931
1 25 Certification: DeMotte, Amelia 5/23/1932
2 1 Certification: Eifler, Bertha  8/15/1932
2 2 Certification: Elliott, Annie Edwina 5/19/1932
2 3 Certification: Elliott, Sarah Leonard 6/15/1931
2 4 Certification: Elstad, Leonard Marvin  6/15/1931
2 5 Certification: Eves, Lauretta W.     1/11/1932
2 6 Certification: Eylers, Elizabeth Hope 6/15/1931
2 7 Certification: Freck, Phyllis 6/9/1933
2 8 Certification: Fandrei, Mimi J. 8/15/1931
2 9 Certification: Fulton, Mary E. 12/24/1931
2 10 Certification: Gifford, Gladys Mary 1/11/1932
2 11 Certification: Gildea, Marie 8/15/1932
2 12 Certification: Goodspeed, Esther     8/15/1932
2 13 Certification: Golden, Nannie Bowie 8/15/1931
2 14 Certification: Goldsborough, Anna B 1/11/1932
2 15 Certification: Gordon, Georgianna   1/11/1932
2 16 Certification: Gordon, Mary Logan 8/15/1931
2 17 Certification: Gratz, Leola A.  8/15/1932
2 18 Certification: Griffin, Grace M. 6/15/1931
2 19 Certification: Griffin, La Dora 6/15/1931
2 20 Certification: Griffin, Lee R.  6/15/1931
2 21 Certification: Groht, Mildred A. 1/11/1932
2 22 Certification: Haeseler, Charlotte S. 5/20/1935
2 23 Certification: Hammer, Helen L. 6/15/1931
2 24 Certification: Hancock, E. Frances 5/9/1932
2 25 Certification: Hardness, Margaret Norton 7/22/1935
3 1 Certification: Harlow, Cecile Walter 8/15/1931
3 2 Certification: Harmon, Augusta 8/29/1931
3 3 Certification: Harner, Zella   3/21/1932
3 4 Certification: Harrell, Hattie 8/29/1931
3 5 Certification: Haybeck, Bertha Wolf 1/11/1932
3 6 Certification: Howes, Annette S. 6/15/1931
3 7 Certification: Howes, Esther C. 6/15/1931
3 8 Certification: Jones, Carrie L.  10/10/1931
3 9 Certification: Kelly, Mary Dolores 8/15/1932
3 10 Certification: Kendall, Edith F. 6/15/1931
3 11 Certification: Kendall, Elsie Phifer 8/15/1932
3 12 Certification: Kennedy, Georgia Newborn 6/30/1932
3 13 Certification: Key, Elizabeth B.          12/24/1931
3 14 Certification: Kidder, Katherine B.           8/5/1932
3 15 Certification: Krallman, Esther Dorothea  3/14/1932
3 16 Certification: Lagerberg, R. Carin H. 12/15/1931
3 17 Certification: LaRue, Sarah J. 11/21/1933
3 18 Certification: Leonard, Bessie Northrop 8/25/1931
3 19 Certification: Lutz, Stella  12/31/1931
3 20 Certification: Macomber, Marianna 8/29/1931
3 21 Certification: Maxson, Kathryn P.  8/15/1931
3 22 Certification: Miller, Malinda K. 8/15/1931
3 23 Certification: Mirrieless, Ruchiel  12/31/1931
3 24 Certification: Moore, Lucille M. 6/15/1931
3 25 Certification: Morris, Dorothy M. 6/15/1931
4 1 Certification: Murray, Ethel D. 5/23/1932
4 2 Certification: Myers, Doris Marita  6/15/1931
4 3 Certification: McClellan, Grace A.  6/15/1931
4 4 Certification: McClelland, Frances  8/5/1932
4 5 Certification: McGill, Sara Reeves 8/15/1932
4 6 Certification: McMillan, Katherine  12/26/1931
4 7 Certification: Nelson, Margaret Annette    8/15/1931
4 8 Certification: New, Mary Caroline 6/15/1931
4 9 Certification: Newlee, Clara E. 6/15/1931
4 10 Certification: Nichol, Nell 6/15/1931
4 11 Certification: Norton, Carrie B. 8/15/1931
4 12 Certification: Norton, Florence Wangler  5/23/1932
4 13 Certification: O'Brien, Mary Isabelle 8/5/1932
4 14 Certification: Oehler, Hannah    6/15/1931
4 15 Certification: Oehler, Phoebe Elizabeth   6/15/1931
4 16 Certification: Olson, Ebba Sophie  6/15/1931
4 17 Certification: Orenbaum, Ruth E. 6/15/1931
4 18 Certification: Orr, John P.      2/19/1932
4 19 Certification: Palmer, Patti     6/15/1931
4 20 Certification: Park, M. Edna  6/15/1931
4 21 Certification: Park, Ruth A. 3/7/1932
4 22 Certification: Parker, Katherine  6/15/1931
4 23 Certification: Patten, Helen Travis 8/15/1931
4 24 Certification: Peyton, Frances Marion 8/29/1931
4 25 Certification: Rice, Stanley F. 6/15/1931
5 1 Certification: Roberts, Corinne Rives 9/15/1932
5 2 Certification: Roberts, Maumee  12/31/1931
5 3 Certification: Rolshouse, Theresa  12/24/1931
5 4 Certification: Russell, Lillian E. 8/29/1931
5 5 Certification: Ruthven, Henrietta C. 8/15/1931
5 6 Certification: Sanders, Marion Peterson 6/15/1931
5 7 Certification: Sanders, Keyes Danforth 6/15/1931
5 8 Certification: Sanders, Nida Tamzin 8/15/1931
5 9 Certification: Schumacher, Margaret M. 1/11/1932
5 10 Certification: Shiflet, Cleta 1/11/1932
5 11 Certification: Smith, Ernestine Brown 5/20/1935
5 12 Certification: Smith, Mary Brown 12/24/1931
5 13 Certification: Solomon, Jean 8/15/1932
5 14 Certification: Statz, Vita M. 1/11/1932
5 15 Certification: Stearns, Laura J. 6/15/1931
5 16 Certification: Struppler, Hazel V. 5/9/1932
5 17 Certification: Teitelbaum, Bernard  8/5/1932
5 18 Certification: Thomas, Ethel Ruth 8/29/1931
5 19 Certification: Tilly, Vivian 8/15/1931
5 20 Certification: Tubbs, Erin 8/15/1931
5 21 Certification: Tucker, Laura  3/10/1932
5 22 Certification: Van Cleft, Margaret 6/15/1931
5 23 Certification: Vance, Mary 8/15/1931
5 24 Certification: Vance, Ruth E. 6/15/1931
5 25 Certification: Voorhees, Mayme H. 1/11/1932
6 1 Certification: Wall, Junia M. 1/11/1932
6 2 Certification: Warren, Jessie Rosalie 6/15/1931
6 3 Certification: Watrous, Elizabeth  8/29/1931
6 4 Certification: Webb, Lois Jean 6/15/1931
6 5 Certification: Westling, Tyra Melvia 12/31/1931
6 6 Certification: Welty, Harry L. 8/15/1932
6 7 Certification: Wilcox, Rachel M. 1/11/1932
6 8 Certification: Williams, Ellen Gifford 9/25/1931
6 9 Certification: Ledden, Elizabeth Garwood 8/15/1932
6 10 Certification: Wood, Eliza Bronson  8/11/1932
6 11 Certification: Wood, Mary Deem 8/29/1931
6 12 Certification: Wynne, Mattie K. 6/15/1931
6 13 Not Certified: Carlson, Alfhild   1930-1931
6 14 Not Certified: Cobb, Dorothy C.      1931
6 15 Not Certified: Gilbert, Isacc B.  1931-1932
6 16 Not Certified: Hubbard, Mabel   1931-1933
6 17 Not Certified: Heurd, Anna Currey 1930-1932
6 18 Not Certified: Mills, Mary Moore   1931-1932
6 19 Not Certified: McManaway, Howard Morgan 1932
6 20 Not Certified: Thoma, Florence Beatrice 1931
6 21 Not Certified: Williamson, Julia Marie 1933-1935
   
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