Title:
The Mystic Oral School
Author:
Bell, Alexander Graham
Subjects:
Mystic Oral School
Jonathan Whipple
Lip Reading method
Jonathan Whipple
Lip Reading method
Object ID:
Box 10A #5
Object Name:
Pamphlet
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary artifact
Publisher:
Gibson Brothers, Printers and Bookbinders
Publication Place:
Washington, DC
Pubication Date:
1897
Collection:
Eva Butler
Summary:
This pamphlet explains the lip reading method of instruction, gives a good history of the Mystic Oral School, and mentions the competion with the Hartford School for the deaf, where sign language was taught.
Text of the address of Alexander Graham Bell, March 10, 1897, before the Committee on Humane Institutions concerning the recommendation of his Excellency Governor Cooke, that "the appropriation of State funds be withdrawn for the Mystic Oral School, and that suitable provision for the State pupils therein be made elsewhere, as the State of Connecticut does not need two schools for the instruction of its deaf wards."
Text of the address of Alexander Graham Bell, March 10, 1897, before the Committee on Humane Institutions concerning the recommendation of his Excellency Governor Cooke, that "the appropriation of State funds be withdrawn for the Mystic Oral School, and that suitable provision for the State pupils therein be made elsewhere, as the State of Connecticut does not need two schools for the instruction of its deaf wards."
People:
Johnson, William Samuel
Ellsworth, Oliver
Sherman, Roger
Green, Timothy
Johnson, William Samuel
Wolcott, Erastus
Wadsworth, Jeremiah
Franklin, Benjamin
Adams, John
Jefferson, Thomas
Bowes, Catherine Drinker
Huntington, Samuel
Ellsworth, Oliver
Sherman, Roger
Green, Timothy
Johnson, William Samuel
Wolcott, Erastus
Wadsworth, Jeremiah
Franklin, Benjamin
Adams, John
Jefferson, Thomas
Bowes, Catherine Drinker
Huntington, Samuel
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