The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS120

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes’ collection involves approximately 1,700 items. The majority of the papers include the organization’s financial statements, correspondence, and minutes of the meetings that took place mostly in the 1970s. Application for Admission and Certification of Incorporation of this organization is also included. There is information about the sale of the Gallaudet home in this collection.

Dates

Creation: 1921 - 1988

Biographical / Historical

It was an organization that was found by Rev. Dr. Thomas Gallaudet in 1872 and began in New York and Delaware then eventually spread out in the United States with trained missionaries. They were to “promote the temporal and spiritual welfare of adult deaf-mutes.” The organization created a home for the aged and infirm, extended help to the deaf, established a bureau to help understand deaf workers, and a church for all to attend. They believed that they reached 7,000 deaf-mutes annually. In 1974, the organization changed its name to Church Mission to Deaf People.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 document cases)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence and business records of a deaf religious organization.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to Archives by Henry L. Buzzard, May 20, 1988.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: The Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes Records
Status: Completed
Author: Olson, Michael J.
Date: Original creation December 10, 2001. Last update November 30, 2005. ArchivesSpace version created July 6, 2023.
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin