Contents
Preface / Kristin Snoddon
Foreword / Anita Small
Introduction / Joseph J. Murray
Part 1: Autobiographies
On Writing My Story as Deaf History / Ulla-Bell Thorin (Sweden)
Reflections on Biographical Research and Writing / Harry G. Lang (United States)
Part 2: Biographies of Deaf Pioneers
Finding the Connections: Educated Deaf People in England in the Mid-Seventeenth Century / Peter Jackson (United Kingdom)
Writing Resistance: Edwin A. Hodgson and the Controversy at St. Ann’s Church / Jannelle Legg (United States)
Hannah Holmes: A Case of Japanese American Deaf Incarceration / Newby Ely (United States)
Józef Jerzy Rogowski: A Unique Figure in Polish Deaf History / Tomasz Adam Świderski (Poland)
Matsumura Sei-ichirÔ: The First Deaf President of a Japanese School for Deaf People / Akio Suemori (Japan)
Remembering a Legacy: Samuel Thomas Greene / Clifton F. Carbin (Canada)
Written into History: The Lives of Australian Deaf Leaders / Darlene Thornton (Australia), Susannah Macready (Australia), and Patricia Levitzke-Gray (Australia)
Laurent Clerc: A Complex and Conflicted Deaf Man in America / Christopher A. N. Kurz (United States) and Albert J. Hlibok (United States)
Part 3: Deaf Community Collective Histories: Stories from the Continents
The Siege of Leningrad and Its Impact on the Life of a Deaf Family / Tatiana Davidenko (Russia)
The Oral History and Experience of the Deaf Community in Russia / Victor Palenny (Russia)
Signs of Freedom: Deaf Connections in the Amistad Story / Kim A. Silva (United States)
The Cosmopolitan Correspondence Club / Melissa Anderson (Australia) and Breda Carty (Australia)
Part 4: Deaf Arts Evolution
The History of Poetic Style: De’VIA Poetry / Theara Yim (Canada) and Julie Chateauvert (Canada)
Southwestern De’VIA: The Origin of Multicultural De’VIA / Tony Landon McGregor (United States)
Photographing Deaf People: The Lives and Works of Three Pioneers in American Deaf Photography / Drew Robarge (United States)
The Vineyarders: A Fusion of History and Fiction / Veronica Bickle (Canada), Bob Paul and Jennifer Paul (United States)
Part 5: Preserving and Accessing Deaf History
Digital Personal Documents: Preservation Challenges / Marc-André Bernier (Canada)
Finding Hidden Treasures: Research Help in the Library and Archives / Diana Moore (United States) and Joan Naturale (United States)
Contributors
Index