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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelSeries
Reference Number RNID/4
TitleSelwyn Oxley postcard collection
Datec1910s
DescriptionPhotographic postcards compiled by Selwyn Oxley, an English mission worker with the deaf. The postcards depict seemingly miscellaneous subjects including as scenes at deaf schools and institutions in Switzerland, Australia, Tasmania and France. Also scenes showing deaf people in costume and dignitaries connected to various deaf organisations. Some of the postcards feature explanatory captions.
Extent27 boxes containing over 20,000 postcards
AdminHistorySelwyn Oxley (1890-1951) was a mission worker who worked with the deaf in the 1920s and 1930s through his involvement with the Guild of St John Beverley. He gained an MA from Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University), USA, a higher educational institution for the deaf and hard of hearing, in 1939.

His publications include:
'A pageant entitled "The deaf of other days: in twelve episodes"' [1928]
'A pageant play entitled St. John of Beverley...' 2nd editon,1932
'With Compliments from Mr. Selwyn Oxley. [A tract on mission work among the deaf.]' 1930
'Work in the deaf world: with a list of schools, missions and societies at work in the deaf world compiled by W Raper and Selwyn Oxley' 1928.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsAccess to the collection may require a minimum of at least two weeks’ notice. Please contact Special Collections for further information.
FindingAidsA partial list is available for consultation from the RNID Library.
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