Scope and Contents Written by Dr. Lane with Ulf Hedberg and Richard Pillard, People of the Eye traces the history and genealogy of interlinked deaf families through New England, particularly Maine. Most of this series consists of genealogical materials, such as pedigrees, biographies, and birth and death records, arranged by family name. This includes a special collection of genealogies from families on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.The remainder of the material in this series includes research...

Scope and Contents Dr. Lane’s first book tells the story of Victor of Aveyron and the attempts to educate him and provide him with language. The series includes correspondence and notes, an extensive clipping file of reviews of the book, and some photocopies of letters written in Year 8 of the French Revolutionary calendar (1799). Of particular interest is an original letter by Dr. Jean Marc Itard, the physician who treated Victor, written in Year 9 (1800) to the directors of the institution where he was...