Manuscript Division T. H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet Papers

T. H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS21832

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.

Dates

Creation: 1806-1958
Creation: Majority of material found within 1806-1917

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access and Restrictions

The papers of T. H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Copyright Status

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of T. H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Biographical Note

T. H. Gallaudet

1787, Dec. 10: Born, Philadelphia, Pa.
1805: B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1808: M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1814: Graduated, Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., and became a minister
circa 1815 - 1817: Traveled to England and France to learn ways for teaching deaf people; studied with Abbeé Sicard in Paris, where he learned sign language
1817: Helped found and direct American Asylum, at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb, Hartford, Conn.
1821: Married Sara Fowle
1851, Sept. 10: 1851, Sept. 10

Edward Miner Gallaudet

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1837, Feb. 5: Born, Hartford, Conn.
1855 - 1857: Taught at school for the deaf founded by his father in Hartford, Conn.
1856: Graduated, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
1857: Principal, Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Blind, Washington, D.C.
1858: Married Jane M. Fessenden (died 1866)
1864 - 1910: President, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
1868: Married Susan Skinner Denison
1879: Published A Manual of International Law. New York [etc.]: A. S. Barnes & Co.
1880: Delegate to international convention of instructors of the deaf, Milan, Italy
1886: Invited by British government to visit London, England, to testify before a royal commission on the blind, deaf, and dumb
1888: Published Life of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Founder of Deaf-Mute Instruction in America. New York: H. Holt and Co.
1917, Sept. 26: Died, Hartford, Conn.

Extent

2,700 items
9 containers
1 oversize
4 linear feet

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Additional Description

Abstract

Educators. Correspondence, diaries, journals, student papers, genealogical information, writings, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to the Gallaudets, father and son, and their founding roles in the education of the deaf.

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is organized by name of family member and therein by type of material.

Additional Guides

The Gallaudet Papers were described in the Library of Congress Information Bulletin 13, no. 30 (July 26,1954): 5-7 and Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions 17, no. l (Nov. 1959): 1-12.

Catalog Record

https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78021832

Acquisition Information

The papers of T. H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet, educators, were given to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Edward Dennison Gallaudet and Maxine Tull Boatner, 1954-1959.