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.