Abstract

Papers of deaf sociologist, educator, and international disability activist Dr. Yerker Andersson. Includes correspondence, publications, manuscripts, meeting minutes and agendas, photographs, stamp collection, and more.

Scope and Contents The bulk of this series consists of printouts of Dr. Andersson’s personal e-mail from May through December 2006. This includes some correspondence related to his work with the NAD and the WFD (see series 9 and 10 for more), as well as discussion of the 2006 Gallaudet student protests (see series 3). It also includes a small amount of correspondence from other years, as well as a collection of greeting cards and postcards from Dr. Andersson’s family, friends, and colleagues. See series 16 for...

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, forms, diplomas, and other papers from Dr. Andersson’s time as a Gallaudet student and a member of the Gallaudet faculty. Includes Dr. Andersson’s diplomas from Gallaudet and Columbia University, announcements of academic honors he earned while a student, correspondence and other materials from the Deaf President Now and 2006 protests, and material from class reunions.