Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Olof Hanson Papers consist of letters, clippings, certificates, diary, poems, calling cards, receipts, account books, publications, lecture papers, sketch books, architectural papers, and reports.The collection, which consists of approximately 6,800 pages, dates from 1862 to 1948. The bulk of the collection consists of his correspondence between his family and relatives; also his correspondence concerning the architectural works. The bulk dates are mostly between 1870s and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Olof Hanson Papers consist of letters, clippings, certificates, diary, poems, calling cards, receipts, account books, publications, lecture papers, sketch books, architectural papers, and reports.The collection, which consists of approximately 6,800 pages, dates from 1862 to 1948. The bulk of the collection consists of his correspondence between his family and relatives; also his correspondence concerning the architectural works. The bulk dates are mostly between 1870s and...

Abstract

Olof Hanson (1862 -1933) was a Deaf architect and clergyman. Olof designed several buildings at some schools for the deaf and one building at Gallaudet University. Olof was the 8th President of the National Association of the Deaf from 1910 to 1913.