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- GLC#
- GLC06277
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 12, 1897
- Author/Creator
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
- Title
- to Clara Hammond McGuigan
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Bell writes to Superintendent of the Mystic Oral School McGuigan about current issues in deaf education. He is waiting in Washington because he may be called to testify before a Congressional Committee concerning a bill supported by both of them. Advises her how to respond to confusion about and criticism of the "oral method" of schooling deaf children. Includes his evaluation of the effectiveness of English, French, and German sign language.
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