Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection of the National Association of the Deaf consists of 79 document boxes and 2 oversize boxes for a total of 43.5 linear feet and approximately 67,150 pages. The materials within the collection range from 1915 to 1993. The earliest documents are reproductions-most of the collection is made up of materials from the 1970s. The bulk of the papers are convention materials, correspondence, organizational documents, and publications. The strongest component of the collection is...

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The last series of the collection pertains to services established to assist the deaf with everyday living. Information about devices, service dogs, medical and social services, telecommunications, and captioning are located in series thirteen. The largest portion in this group consists of information about mental health services for the deaf during the 1970s. Television captioning, including a nation-wide rally against CBS, is a prominent feature of this series.