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The Gallaudet University Archives hosts the world’s largest collection of materials related to deaf people, deaf culture, deaf history, signed languages, deaf education, and deaf-related organizations. The Archives also collects, preserves, and provides access to the histories of various deaf communities around the world. These histories include signed languages indigenous to specific countries or regions, deaf publications and organizations, publications from deaf organizations from various countries, educational institutions for the deaf, religious institutions for the deaf, and biographical materials relating to deaf individuals of note.
The Archives’ staff members are specialists with skills ranging from digitization to artwork restoration and preservation. The Archives focuses on collecting, preserving, and providing access to a broad sweeping history of Gallaudet University within a 5-year plan established in 2021.
Archives staff are available to provide consultations upon request. Please contact us for more information.
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By the numbers:
50,000+
Individual objects
2,000+
Pieces of artwork
1,500+
Film reels and tapes
200+
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October 13, 2022
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The Archives' online resources can be found in a few different locations. With the exception of the Little Paper Family, which has not been fully digitized, the majority of those resources are available on either IDA@Gallaudet or in the Internet Archive. This page focuses on the...
The Archives has created 19 indexes of birth, marriage, and death records derived from various Deaf publications such as "The Silent Worker," The American Annals of the Deaf, "The Frat," and the Fay Marriage Index. Further, genealogy information can be obtained from Gallaudet Alumni Cards,...
Gallaudet University has the world's largest collection on deaf people, deaf culture, deaf history, sign languages, audiology, speech, deaf education and deaf related organizations. The Library Deaf Collections is composed of books, videorecordings, periodicals and other forms of non-print media. These materials are identified in...
ForewordMissionProgress Report Goal #1 Goal #2 Goal #3 Goal #4 Conclusion It’s been a year since our last check-in on the Archives’ strategic plan. It’s been a year of getting back on an even keel, focusing on building out our backend capabilities, and figuring out...