The Elizabeth Lucinda Moss Papers
Dates
- Creation: 1923 - 1944
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Lucinda Moss was born on April 16, 1898 in Govans, Maryland. She went to the Maryland School for the Deaf at Frederick for 13 years. Miss Moss enrolled at Gallaudet College in 1916 and received a B. S. degree in 1921.
In 1925 she traveled to Europe and visited the international exposition in Paris and the International Conference on the education of the Deaf in London, Great Britain.
She taught at the Florida School for the Deaf, 1921-1922, South Carolina School for the Deaf 1926-1930, Indiana School for the Deaf 1930-1944, and Virginia School for the Deaf 1944-1945.
In 1957 Miss Moss became the second wife of Thomas Watson Osborne. Elizabeth L. Moss Osborne died on July 13, 1978 in a suburb of San Francisco.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (2 half-cases)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, memorabilia, and articles from deaf teacher Elizabeth L. Moss's travels in Europe and the United States.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No recorded details of acquisition.
- Title
- The Elizabeth Lucinda Moss Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hedberg, Ulf
- Date
- Original document December 6, 1989. Last update January 5, 2006. ArchivesSpace version created January 13, 2023.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Gallaudet University Archives Repository