Collections : [ASD Archives]

This carefully organized collection includes the histories of deaf education, religion, Hartford, and the United States. It also links ASD's heritage and regional impact with its contributions to the Deaf Community as a whole. Among the thousands of items in ASD's collection are: Over 3,000 letters, including correspondence from the School's founders; ASD's Act of Incorporation, 1816; ASD Board of Directors Reports, beginning 1816; Documents relating to the first state and federal aid to special education in the history of the U.S.; The oldest book on sign language; Letters and essays by the school's earliest students; Over 35,000 photographs. The school's archival inventory was first organized in 1967. In 2008, the archives were relocated to the former Principal's house. Since then, ASD's archives have been significantly enriched by donations from friends and alumni. Collaboration with other historical societies, research, and new discoveries have also broadened the collection.

Photographs in this collection document the development and operations of the American School for the Deaf.

This collection contains correspondence of individuals associated with the American School for the Deaf.

This collection includes publications published by the American School for the Deaf as well as collected publications related to deaf education and the American School for the Deaf.

Reports and records document the history and operations of the American School for the Deaf, which was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817, by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Mason Cogswell, and Laurent Clerc and became a state-supported school later that year. Included in this collection are Founding Records, Annual Reports, Records of the ASD Administration, Committee Records, Student and Staff Records, Records of ASD Organizations and Events. and Financial Records.

This collection contains documentation collected by various individuals and records of related organizations and institutions involved in deaf education.