Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center

At Drs. John S. & Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center, we educate students in the documentary arts and shine a light on significant historical issues and endangered cultural knowledge specific to deaf people.

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Deaf Difference + Space Survival

Deaf Printers

Deaf New York City

Eugenics and the American Experience

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Programs

Deaf Difference + Space Survival

In the early 1960s a joint research project hosted by the U.S. Department of the Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sought out deaf men from Gallaudet University to participate in experiments on balance, motion sickness, and weightlessness. Eleven men aged 25...

Deaf NYC

Deaf New York City is a thrilling project that takes you on a journey through time, exploring the evolution of Deaf spaces in one of the most exciting cities in the world. Through meticulous research spanning years, the project presents a historical account of the...

Eugenics and the American Experience

The leading proponent of sterilization in the United States was Harry Hamilton Laughlin, superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office (ERO) at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, N.Y. Those states that adopted sterilization laws usually modeled them after Laughlin's conceptual framework. Laughlin's list...

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Schuchman Center in the News

The Washington Post Mentions the Schuchman Center's Project on Deaf Printers, 7/16/2019 Dr. Harry G. Lang Receives the Dr. John S. and Dr. Betty J. Schuchman Deaf History Award, 5/2/2019 The Schuchman Center Presents a Keynote During the Oral History Mid-Atlantic Region Conference, 4/23/2019 Naming...

Informed Consent and Video Release

This page shows video versions of two documents signed before any interview with links to each consent form. The Informed Consent document outlines the purpose and process of the interview, confidentiality and use of the interview footage, risks, benefits, and language use. Its purpose is...

Deaf History Resources

Gallaudet University Archives and Deaf Collections History Through Deaf Eyes Online Exhibition Dr. John S. & Dr. Betty J. Schuchman Deaf History Award Deaf Studies Digital Journal Accessible Rhetoric Library of Congress Personal Digital Archiving Film Care.org Image Permanence Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology...

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