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Title
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Madison School for the Deaf
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Description
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Interior view of pupils and teacher in classroom at Madison School, located at 29th and Wyandotte streets. School was known as the Madison School for the Deaf from 1937 to 1940. Rooms were used for deaf students beginning in 1914. Named for U.S. President James Madison.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Early History of the Kansas School for the Deaf, 1861-1873
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree from George Washington University, discussing the early history of the Kansas School for the Deaf, "the oldest state educational institution in the state of Kansas," founded in 1861 in Baldwin, Kansas, originally. Chapter 2 (pages 4-22) about Philip Alfred Emery, or Philip Emery, the first teacher at the Kansas School for the Deaf, born in Ohio in 1830 and starting with the school around 1860.
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Date
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1966-07
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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Signs of Inclusion
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Description
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Article profiles the Deaf Liberty Baptist Church of Overland Park, Kansas, and its congregation. It was founded in 1980 and is reported to be the oldest church for the deaf in the area. The congregation has worshiped at several locations, but has been at the North Overland Park Baptist Church (7910 W. 75th St.) since 1998. Other deaf ministries are discussed in the article.
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Date
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2011-09-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
