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...

Scope and Contents In this book, Dr. Lane explored the life of deaf portraitist John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854), whose portraits of the New England mercantile elite are famed for their unique style and their depiction of the role of class and wealth in 18th- and 19th-century America. Dr. Lane’s book examines how Brewster interacted with both hearing and deaf societies at the time.This series consists mostly of Dr. Lane’s correspondence about the book, some notes and genealogical material on Brewster...