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Box MSS205.27

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

The Thomas O. Berg Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS205
Abstract

Papers of Thomas O. Berg, deaf athlete and long-time track and field coach at Gallaudet University. Includes correspondence, event results, photographs, programs and brochures, magazines and newsletters, award plaques and memorabilia, and more.

Dates: 1923 - 2008

Series 13: Idaho School for the Deaf Correspondence, 1948 - 1969

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Part of a collection of Berg’s older correspondence contributed to the Archives by Steve Baldwin. The bulk of this correspondence is related to Berg’s time at the Idaho School for the Deaf, particularly 1955-1956. During this period he and some other deaf teachers came into conflict with the school superintendent, Dr. Burton Driggs, over incidents including the alleged beating of a student by a matron. The controversy reached the local newspapers (clippings are included in this series), and...
Dates: 1948 - 1969