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Title: A spy on the conjurer : or, a collection of surprising and diverting stories, with merry and ingenious letters by way of memoirs of the famous Mr. Duncan Campbell, demonstrating the astonishing foresight of that wonderful deaf and dumb man. The whole bein
Created: January 1, 1725
Creator: Haywood, Eliza Fowler
Type: Book
Description: London : W. Ellis, J. Brotherton, J. Batly, T. Woodward, J. Fox, 1725.
Subject: Campbell, Duncan, 1680?-1730, Biography, Deaf

Title: Secret memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbel [sic], the famous deaf and dumb gentleman
Created: January 1, 1732
Creator: Campbell, Duncan
Type: Book
Description: London : Printed for J. Millan and J. Chrichley, 1732. 239 p.: port. ; 20 cm. Baker Collection no. 40. Similar to The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell ascribed to Daniel Defoe.
Subject: Deaf, Biography

Title: Representative deaf persons of the United States of America; containing portraits and character sketches of prominent deaf persons (commonly called "deaf mutes") who are engaged in the higher pursuits of life.
Created: January 1, 1898
Creator: Gallaher, James Ernst
Type: Book
Description: Edited by James E. Gallaher. Chicago, J.E. Gallaher [c1898]. 224 p.: illus. (ports); 24 cm.
Subject: Biography, Deaf, United States, Biographical inventories

Title: Peeps into the deaf world
Created: January 1, 1917
Creator: Roe, William Robert
Type: Book
Description: [s.l. : s.n.], 1917 (Derby : Bemrose & Sons). xi, 410 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject: Deaf, Biography, Deaf blind, Women, Clergyman

Title: Notable men in "the House." A series of sketches of prominent men in the House of Representatives, members of the Thirty-seventh Congress.
Created: January 1, 1862
Creator: Glyndon, Howard
Type: Book
Description: New York, Baker & Godwin, 1862. 103, [1] p. 24 cm.
Subject: Deaf, Deaf authors, United States Congress, Biography, Legislators

Title: Memoir of Albert Newsam
Created: January 1, 1868
Creator: Pyatt, Joseph
Type: Book
Description: Philadelphia, Printed for the author, 1868. vi, 7-160 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Subject: Newsam, Albert, Deaf artists, Artists -- Deaf, Lithography, Biography

Title: The life and labors of the Rev. T.H. Gallaudet 1859
Created: January 1, 1859
Type: Book
Description: New York : Robert Carter & Brothers, 1859. viii, 440 p. : 1 port. ; 19 cm.
Subject: Teachers, Deaf education, Biography

Title: L'Abbé de l'Epée, founder of the first institution in Paris for the deaf and dumb : a dramatised tale founded on an historical fact.
Created: January 1, 1870
Creator: Bouilly, Jean Nicolas
Type: Book
Description: Bristol : I.E. Chillcott, 1870. 68 p. ; 17 cm.
Subject: Teachers, Biography, Deaf education, Drama, Charles-Michel de L’Epée

Title: L'Abbé de l'Epée
Created: January 1, 1899
Creator: Escollon, Ariste
Type: Book
Description: Paris : Tolra & M. Simonet, éditeurs, [1899]. iii, 158 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject: L'Epée, L'Abbé de, Teachers, Deaf, Education, Biography

Title: The history of a blind deaf-mute girl
Created: January 1, 1865
Creator: Carton, Charles Louis
Type: Book
Description: Dublin :Catholic Deaf and Dumb Institution, 1865. 54 p.; 14 cm. Baker Collection no. 427. A biography of Anna Timmermans.
Subject: Deaf blind, Biography

Title: A brief narrative of the life of Mrs. Adele M. Jewel, (being deaf and dumb.)
Created: January 1, 1869
Creator: Jewel, Adele J.
Type: Book
Description: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Dr. Chase’s Steam Printing House ..., 1869. 24 p. : 1 ill ; 15 cm.
Subject: Deaf, Biography, Deafness, Personal narratives

Title: Biography of Minnie Schultz-Kelly : a plain, simple story from the cradle to second widowhood of an unfortunate deaf and dumb woman, in which some remarks are interwoven on the nature, state, and education of the deaf.
Created: January 1, 1904
Creator: Schultz-Kelly, Minnie
Type: Book
Description: Chicago, Ill. : Published by Mrs. M.M. Kelly, 1904. 60 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Subject: Biography, Deaf

Title: A biographical sketch of the Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL.D., the first great educator of the deaf in America : prepared on the occasion of the Gallaudet Centennial Commemoration, December, 1887
Created: January 1, 1887
Creator: Syle, Henry Winter
Type: Book
Description: Philadelphia, W.R. Cullingworth, [c1887]. 29, [2] p. ill., ports. ; 24 cm. with numerous illustrations engraved by Wm. R. Cullingworth.
Subject: Gallaudet, T.H., Biography, Deaf

Title: Autobiography of Amos Kendall
Created: January 1, 1872
Creator: Kendall, Amos
Type: Book
Description: Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1872. ix, 700 p. front. (port.) plates, fold. facsim. 24 cm.
Subject: Biography, Deaf, Kendall, Amos

Title: Article on Kitto’s Lost senses
Created: January 1, 1845
Creator: Young, John Radford, Kitto, John
Type: Book
Description: [s.l. : s.n., 1845?] p. [331]-364 ; 21 cm.
Subject: Deaf, Biography, Personal narratives, Deafness, Deaf-blind, Deaf authors

Title: An account of Laura Bridgman, of Boston, Massachusetts : a blind, deaf and dumb girl, with brief notices of three other blind mutes in the same institution.
Created: January 1, 1843
Creator: Howe, S.G. (Samuel Gridley)
Type: Book
Description: London : J. Wright, 1843. vii, 149 p. ; l2 cm.
Subject: Deaf blind, Biography, Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1899.

Title: The Abbé de l'Epée, Charles-Michel de l'Epée, founder of the manual instruction of the deaf and other early teachers of the deaf.
Created: January 1, 1913
Creator: Holycross, Edwin Isaac
Type: Book
Description: Columbus, Ohio : Holycross, 1913. 72 p. : ports. ; 20 cm.
Subject: Teachers, Deaf education, Biography, Deaf