Scope and Contents Louis M. Balfour corresponded with his wife, Mildred and their children. Also, he corresponded with his sister, brothers, and other relatives. Included in this series, there are some of Louis’ writing exercises to brush up with his English literacy. There is a sub series on Josephine Balfour from 1940 to 1987. She corresponded with his parents and siblings. Also she wrote letters to her alma mater, Augustana College of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The second sub series is about the Boy Scouts...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Louis M. Balfour Papers consist of letters, clippings, certificates, diary, poems, receipts, greeting cards, postcards, notebooks, manual alphabet cards, research notes, and business cards. The collection, which consists of approximately 22,100 pages, dates from 1926 to 2003. The bulk of the collection consists of his research papers on the history of Deaf education, especially on the families of Bolling, Braidwood, Gallaudet, Cogswell, and Clerc. There are some copies of biographies of...