Laurent Clerc and Thomas H. Gallaudet Resources: American School for the Deaf (ASD)

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American School for the Deaf

In one of the earliest photos of the American School for the Deaf, Girls pose for the student picture in front of the "Old Hartford" building. American School for the Deaf c. 1890s

This section has information about the American School for the Deaf (ASD) and the Cogswell family. Below is the RIT Libraries catalog if you need more information. Deaf Studies Archives has posters from the Through Deaf Eyes history exhibit.

Book Title Samples

The Abbé de l'Epée, Charles-Michel de l'Epée, founder of the manual instruction of the deaf : and other early teachers of the deaf
Online
A Deaf Artist in Early America: the Worlds of John Brewster, Jr.
Print. John Brewster entered the first class at ASD with Alice Cogswell at age 51.
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences by Harry G. Lang; Bonnie Meath-Lang
Print.
Father and daughter : a collection of Cogswell family letters and diaries, 1772-1830
Online.
Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford
Online RIT only. Print book in collection.
My Heart Glow
Print.
A Study of Alice Cogswell
Print.
Voice of the deaf; a biography of Edward Miner Gallaudet.
Print.

History of ASD and Sign Language

1918 NAD Proceedings of the Convention (Vol. 12)
Online
American Asylum for the Deaf: A first experiment in education, 1817-1880
Online RIT only.
American School, at Hartford, for the Deaf: Language, culture, communities : 200 years of impact by the American School for the Deaf
The Appeal of the Deaf-Mute
Online
Benedictine Roots in the Development of Deaf Education
Print.
A chain of love
Print.
The Deaf Community in America
Online. Print available in collection.
Deaf Heritage
Online RIT only.
The Deaf History Reader
Print.
Deaf Mute in the New International Encyclpedia
Education of the Deaf and Dumb in The Catholic Encyclopedia
Online.
A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language
Online RIT only. Print in collection.
History of the Asylum
Online
The history of the first school for deaf-mutes of America. How they are educated, and how the alphabets are invented, and introduced into use .
Online.
Inside Deaf Culture
Online. Print in collection.
The Legacy Begins
Online.
Looking Back
Print.
A Place of Their Own
Print.
Sign Language Archaeology
Online. Print in collection.
Through Deaf Eyes
Print.
Words Made Flesh
Online. Print in collection.

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