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Programme for Unity Social

August 1937

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SADDM Subscription Renewal Letter
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ADDA Booklet of “Rules”

Rules of the Australasian Deaf and Dumb Association.

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Annual Reports of Deaf Committee 1930-50

Annual Reports of Deaf Committee 1930-50

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Circular by Dot Shaw

Forming a Deaf Writers’ Group

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Letter to Mr Lonsdale from Helen Keller, August 1931

A letter from Helen Keller thanking the Deaf Society for naming the chapel at 5 Elizabeth St after her.

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The Deaf Advocate December 1930
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ADDA Logo

Logo of the Australasian Deaf and Dumb Association.

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Souvenir Programme of the Jubilee of ADDS Victoria

Souvenir Programme of the Jubilee of ADDS Victoria

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Deaf Writers’ Group

circa 1986

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Letter from Edgar Potter (Association) to Hon W Brooks (Society) 14 April 1937

Part of the “Amalgamation File” which contains documents relating to the forced merger of the Association of Deaf and Dumb Citizens in the Deaf Society in 1937.

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The Deaf Advocate January 1931
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The Gesture April 1908
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Official Programme of the ADDSV Great Carnival

ADDSV Official Programme of the Great Carnival

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Original Deaf Committee

Formed on 13th June 1913

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Letter from the Society to the Under-Secretary E B Harkness 27 May 1937

Part of the “Amalgamation File” which contains documents relating to the forced merger of the Association of Deaf and Dumb Citizens in the Deaf Society in 1937.

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The Deaf Advocate [September] 1931
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Australasian Deaf and Dumb Association Congress, 1911

All deaf speakers and familiar topics.

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Interstate Adult Deaf & Dumb Picnic in NSW

Interstate Adult Deaf & Dumb Picnic in NSW

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Presentation by AAAD member Alf Eaton ‘The Deaf in their Own Association’

Paper by Alf Eaton

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Draft letter from the Society to the Rev E Potter May 1937

Part of the “Amalgamation File” which contains documents relating to the forced merger of the Association of Deaf and Dumb Citizens in the Deaf Society in 1937.

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Herbert Hersee with the Women’s Guild

Circa 1932.

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ADDSV Group Photo

ADDSV Group Photo

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AAD’s first Constitution

Australian Association of the Deaf

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Page two of a letter to Rev E Potter 27 May 1937

Part of the “Amalgamation File” which contains documents relating to the forced merger of the Association of Deaf and Dumb Citizens in the Deaf Society in 1937.

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