1830-1930
Jennifer L. Nelson and
Kristen C. Harmon, Editors
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Gallaudet Deaf Literature, Volume 2
Contents
| Foreword | |
| Christopher Krentz | ix |
| Acknowledgments | xiii |
| Introduction | |
| Jennifer L. Nelson and Kristen C. Harmon | 1 |
| John Robertson Burnet | |
| The Orphan Mute, 1835 | 11 |
| My Sister’s Funeral, 1835 | 18 |
| James Nack | |
| Law Proceedings, 1839 | 22 |
| The Last Words of a Bachelor, 1839 | 24 |
| Laurent Clerc | |
| Visits to Some of the Schools for the Deaf
and Dumb in France and England, 1848 |
31 |
| Unknown | |
| The Wonderful Coffee-Mill, 1849 | 33 |
| Isaac H. Benedict | |
| Aerial Navigation by a Deaf-Mute, 1855 | 36 |
| Mary St. Cloud Belches | |
| A Family History, 1856 | 44 |
| Joseph Mount, “Joe the Jersey Mute” | |
| Recollections of a Deaf and Dumb Teacher, 1858 | 48 |
| A Leaf from a Teacher’s Diary, 1865 | 51 |
| John Carlin | |
| Excerpt from The Scratchsides Family, 1868 | 55 |
| Howard Glyndon (Laura Redden Searing) | |
| The Realm of Singing, c. 1872 | 60 |
| The Widow Waring’s Christmas Surprise, 1872 | 66 |
| William B. Swett | |
| Selections from Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in
the White Mountains, 1874 |
74 |
| James Denison | |
| Impressions of the Milan Convention, 1881 | 81 |
| Edwin (Edmund) Booth | |
| Booth’s Reminiscences of Gallaudet, 1881 | 90 |
| Kate M. Farlow | |
| Selections from Silent Life and Silent
Language, or, the Inner Life of a Mute, 1883 |
92 |
| W.C. | |
| Scene in a Railroad Station, 1893 | 105 |
| Frieda W. Bauman | |
| A Romance of Far Away Cuba, 1900 | 107 |
| Hypatia Boyd | |
| What One Girl Hears and Sees, 1901 | 112 |
| What One Girl Hears and Sees (continued), 1901 | 116 |
| Douglas Tilden | |
| Reflections of a Deaf-Mute Philosopher, 1903 | 122 |
| Helen Keller | |
| What I Am Doing, 1905 | 127 |
| Alice C. Jennings | |
| Is It Beneficial to a Deaf Oralist to Learn
the Sign Language, 1906 |
133 |
| Douglas Tilden | |
| More Extracts from the “Zeno” Mss: The
So-called “Tribe of Fools,” 1907 |
137 |
| Alice Taylor Terry | |
| Bro. Hart’s “Something Greater,” 1908 | 150 |
| Thomas Flowers | |
| Life after Graduation, c. 1908 | 157 |
| Howard L. Terry | |
| A Sophomore’s Revenge, 1896/1910 | 160 |
| Helen Keller | |
| New Vision for the Blind, 1913 | 164 |
| Margaret Prescott Montague | |
| The Little Sign for Friend, 1915 | 167 |
| Enchanted Princess, 1916/1934 | 175 |
| Alice Taylor Terry | |
| Sound—Why Not Let It Alone? 1919 | 188 |
| Vera Gammon | |
| The Three Doors to Knowledge, 1919 | 193 |
| Guie Leo Deliglio | |
| The Test of the Heart, 1921 | 198 |
| Miss Hester of Sunset Valley, 1921 | 203 |
| George W. Veditz | |
| De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum, 1922 | 211 |
| Howard L. Terry | |
| Selections from Mickey’s Harvest: The
Checkered Life of an Unusual Boy, 1922 |
214 |
| James F. Brady | |
| Pro and Con, 1923 | 228 |
| A Christmas Story, 1923 | 232 |
| Albert V. Ballin | |
| A New York Deaf Artist at Hollywood: Some
Experiences in Getting a Foothold in the Movie Studios of Hollywood, 1925 |
237 |
| James F. Brady | |
| By Their Signs Ye Shall Know Them, 1926 | 242 |
| Albert V. Ballin | |
| In an Impromptu Don Quixotic Tilt with a
Modern Wind Mill, called Automobile, with Dire Results to Himself, 1926 |
245 |
| Roger Demosthenes O’Kelly | |
| A Fight with a Highwayman, 1927 | 249 |
| Albert V. Ballin | |
| The Life of a Lousy Extra, 1928 | 253 |
| Howard T. Hofsteater | |
| The Wound, 1930 | 258 |
| Afterword | |
| Octavian Robinson | 259 |
Jennifer L. Nelsonis a professor in the Department of English at Gallaudet University.
Kristen C. Harmon is a professor in the Department of English at Gallaudet University.
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