DHM: A Brief History Of The Pennsylvania Institution For The Deaf And Dumb (Document)

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EXCERPT: The history of oral teaching in the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is at once peculiar and interesting. The system of instruction originally adopted by the Institution was the manual or Sicard system, and for half a century the employment of no other was attempted....

TITLE:	A Brief History Of The Pennsylvania Institution For The Deaf And Dumb
CREATOR:	H. Van Allen (author)
DATE:	1893
FORMAT:	n/a

SOURCE:	Available at selected libraries

KEYWORDS:	Abbe Sicard; Communication; David G. Seixas; Deaf; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Employment; Government; Government Agencies; GOVERNMENT, POLICY & LAW; Identity; Institutions; INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS & CORPORATIONS; Laurent Clerc; Legislation; Lewis Weld; Oralism; Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Institution For The Deaf; Philadelphia, PA; Schools; Sensory Disability; Sign Language; Social Welfare & Communities; Thomas Gallaudet

NOTE:	Republished in Histories of American Schools for the Deaf, 1817-1893, edited by Edward Allen Fay (Washington, D.C.: The Volta Bureau, 1893), vol.1.

OBJECTS	FROM THIS ARTIFACT: - A Brief History Of The Pennsylvania Institution For The Deaf And Dumb (doc) - David G. Seixas (still) - First Building Of The Philadelphia Institution (still) - Pennsylvania Institution For The Deaf And Dumb (still) - The Abbe Sicard (still) - The Advanced Department Building (still)

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