Scope and Content Note
The papers of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) and his son, Edward Miner Gallaudet (1837-1917), span the years 1806-1958, with the bulk from 1806 to 1917. The papers of T. H. Gallaudet include correspondence, diaries, student papers from when he attended Yale University, other personal and family material, and documents relating to the American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut, which he helped found. The papers of Edward Miner Gallaudet include correspondence and diaries, as well as journals, a memoir, various writings, and documents relating to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C. Also in the collection are Gallaudet family photographs and papers of Maxine Tull Boatner, biographer of Edward Gallaudet.