| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | SubFonds |
| Reference Number | RNID/2 |
| Title | Institutional archives of various deaf organisations |
| Date | c1832-c1989 |
| Description | Minute books, scrap books, diaries, registers, photograph albums and other material created by various deaf organisations and schools, including:
RNID
Donaldson's Hospital (now known as Donaldson's)
Church Advisory Council for Deaf and Dumb
Fitzroy Square College
Deaf Welfare Examination Board
Royal Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb (now known as Royal Association for Deaf People)
Dundee Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb
Society for Training Teachers of the Deaf and for the Diffusion of the German System
Fellowship of Lay Readers to the Deaf
Guild of the Epiphany
Guild of St John of Beverley
Laurence Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf and Dumb
County of Cornwall Association for the Deaf and Dumb
National Association for Oral Instruction of the Deaf
National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare of the Deaf & National Institute for the Deaf
National Deaf and Dumb Teetotal Society
St Nicholas Hostel for Working Deaf Boys
British Deaf and Dumb Association
Tower House Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf and Dumb Men
Wennington Home for Deaf and Dumb
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire League for the Hard of Hearing
Hampstead School for the Deaf
Royal West of England Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Bath Industrial Home
Deaf and Dumb Industrial Home
Midland Counties Association for the Welfare of the Deaf
National Benevolent Society for the Deaf
College of Deaf Welfare and Social Studies
Blanche Nevile School
Fellowship of Readers to the Deaf
Adult Deaf Dumb Society of Victoria.
There are also diaries, maps and photograph albums relating to Selwyn Oxley, a mission worker who worked with the deaf in the 1920s and 1930s. A small number of items, including letters, photographs and a scrap book relate to the Reverend F W G Gilby, founder of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf during the 1930s. In addition there are several letters from Helen Keller, the deaf author and activist. |
| AccessStatus | Certain restrictions apply |
| AccessConditions | Access to the collection may require a minimum of at least two weeks’ notice. Please contact Special Collections for further information. Some items are closed due to containing sensitive personal data. |
| Related Material | The National Library of Scotland's Manuscripts Collections holds minutes, letter books, financial records, annual reports and other material, 1826-2001. |