The American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection of records from the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf contains personal records of those who applied for teaching certificates.
The Volta Bureau, under the direction of the Association, issued three types of certificates:
Collegiate Registration
Certified Registration
Standard Registration
The files in this collection contain application forms for specified certificates, correspondence between the applicant and the Volta Bureau, credentials, and transcripts concerning the applicant.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by the applicant’s name and it contains 146 folders in 6 boxes and approximately 5,100 entries.
The materials are dated from 1929 – 1935, with bulk dates between 1931 – 1933.
Dates
- Creation: 1929 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.
Biographical / Historical
The American Association to the Promote the Teaching of Speech of the Deaf was founded in 1890 at the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, in New York, by Alexander Graham Bell.
The Association changed its name to Volta Speech Association for the Deaf in 1948, and in 1953, changed again to the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, which celebrated its centennial in 1990.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (6 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown.
- Title
- American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Steedman, Margaret
- Date
- Original finding aid created May 23, 1998, last updated November 17, 2005, ArchivesSpace version created May 2, 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Gallaudet University Archives Repository