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Gallery of Diplomas Collection
Gallery of Diplomas – Calvin Coolidge
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The following are diplomas granted to Gallaudet University graduate and undergraduate students and signed by United States President Calvin Coolidge who was president from 1923 until 1929.
Diplomas were also signed by Percival Hall, president of Gallaudet from 1910 until 1945.
During this period, the school was known as the Columbia Institution for the Deaf which included both the Kendall School primary programs and Gallaudet College.
U.S. President
Gallaudet President
Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929
Percival Hall
1910-1945
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Ernest George Langenberg
Bachelor of Arts
June 10, 1924
In 1864, Congress passed a bill authorizing the institution, known as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, to establish the National College for the Deaf and Dumb which would provide college-level instruction and confer college degrees. On...
Resource Type: History