Title:
Deaf education pioneer was largely self-taught
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
disabilities. physical
deaf, teaching the
lip reading
sign language
deaf, teaching the
lip reading
sign language
Object ID:
Kim06-074a
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
12/05/96
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Jonathan Whipple began teaching his deaf son, Enoch, to speak, read, and write at home using a method he devised. The process was praised by Horace Mann and Alexander Graham Bell. Later, the school became known as the Mystic Oral School.
People:
Whipple, Jonathan
Whipple, Enoch (b. 1825)
Whipple, Zerah (d. 1879)
Burrows, Silas E.
Bell, Alexander Graham
Mann, Horace
Downing, William S.
McGuigan, Clara M. H. (Dr.)
Whipple, Enoch (b. 1825)
Whipple, Zerah (d. 1879)
Burrows, Silas E.
Bell, Alexander Graham
Mann, Horace
Downing, William S.
McGuigan, Clara M. H. (Dr.)
Search Terms:
Mystic Educational Center
Whipple Home School for the Deaf (f. 1869)
Mystic Oral School
Whipple Home School for the Deaf (f. 1869)
Mystic Oral School