Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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231
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Repository
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University of Aberdeen
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Reference
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GB231/MS 3428
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Title
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Records of Aberdeen Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
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Dates
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1840-1918
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Access Status
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Open, subject to signature accepting conditions of use at reader registration sheet
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Access Conditions
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Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Special Libraries and Archives (e-mail: speclib@abdn.ac.uk and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
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Description
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This is a small collection, but the records contain a great deal of information about the Institute and its work over a sixty year period. Directors' minutes, 1840 - 1979, and weekly visitation committee minutes, 1864 - 1918, provide a detailed record of the daily running and organisation of the school, but also include information about individual pupils and teachers, and the developments in teaching methods for deaf and dumb children which took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Reports submitted to the Directors of the Institution and to Aberdeen School Board contain further information about teaching methods for deaf and dumb children, 1883 - 1903, and the relationship between the Institution and the new [Aberdeen School Board] School for the Deaf and Dumb, 1913 - 1914. Miscellaneous loose papers, 1862 - 1878 and undated, include extracts from the last will and testament of Alexander Calder, 20 Sept 1862.
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Level
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Fonds
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Extent
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1 box (0.15 linear metres)
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Finding Aids
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Very brief collection level description available on Aberdeen University Library Catalogue, accessible online http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/
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Related Material
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Annual reports for the Institution for the years 1844/5, 1860 - 1864, 1868 and 1885/6, and Aberdeen Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, An Account of the General Institution for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children on the principles of Abbe Sicard, established in Aberdeen (Aberdeen, 1822) are in the University Pamphlets and Local collections. The Account ... contains information about the establishment of the Institution, a list of donations and subscriptions, and rules and regulations. Information about the Institution's relationship with Aberdeen School Board will be found in the Aberdeen School Board Triennial Reports, also held in the University. Papers of William Harvey, relating to Magdalene Asylum and Home for the Deaf and Dumb, Aberdeen, 1840 - 1880 have been deposited in the University (reference MS 3039). Full reference details for all of these records will be found in the University Library On-line Catalogue http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/
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Associated Persons
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ABD284 | Aberdeen Institution for the Deaf and Dumb |
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