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Fair copy of the manuscript and “blues” for Shuart’s book Signs in Judaism, intended to make it easier for Jewish deaf to communicate religious concepts accurately. Series 20 includes an extensive set of slides demonstrating Shuart’s signs.

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Materials from Schmitt’s time as the NCJD archivist. Most correspondence in this collection is related to the archive, including acknowledgment letters for donations and letters regarding the processing of the collection. The register is an item-level description of the contents of the archive, arranged by donor name. (Schmitt’s register does not reflect the current arrangement or contents of the NCJD Collection.)

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A thesis written by Slotnick while attending CSUN as part of the requirements for his master’s degree in educational administration and supervision. The thesis covers the NCJD’s founding and summarizes the proceedings of the NCJD’s first sixteen biennial conventions.

Scope and Contents The bulk of this series consists of photographic slides, mostly demonstrations of Adele Shuart’s signs for Jewish religious subjects – see series 17 for more on this topic. The collection also includes slides from the NCJD 16th biennial convention in 1986, a slide of Ms. Shuart herself, slides of a religious service for the deaf and blind, slides of pieces by the deaf artist David Bloch, and slides from the Israeli deaf dance troupe Kol Demama. There are also some oversized photos from...