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.

Material from Gallaudet’s Deaf Studies department, as well as academic papers and other work done by Dr. Andersson and others in the field of deaf studies. Includes some minutes from Gallaudet’s original Task Force for Deaf Studies, as well as a collection of course and department descriptions from deaf education and deaf studies programs at colleges other than Gallaudet.

Dr. Goedele de Clerck, a native of Belgium, is a sociologist and researcher in deaf communities and sign language who has spent time at Gallaudet as a visiting scholar. Dr. Andersson collected some of her academic writings here, including her doctoral dissertation. Note that one paper in this series is closed to the public until 2050.