| LC control no. | n 86023038 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Gallaudet University |
| See also | Predecessor: Gallaudet College |
| Beginning date | 1986-08-04 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Deaf--Education (Higher) Hearing impaired--Education (Higher) |
| Found in | Its An Act to Authorize Quality ... 1986: p. 1 (Gallaudet University; continuation of Gallaudet College as Gallaudet University) Gallaudet University website, Apr. 29, 2005 (Gallaudet University had its beginnings in 1856 when Amos Kendall established a school for the deaf and blind children (incorporated 1857 by Congress as Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind); Congress authorized the National Deaf Mute College in 1864; college renamed Gallaudet College, 1894; became Gallaudet University, Aug. 4, 1986; Public Law 420 of the 83rd Congress changed the name of the entire institution to Gallaudet College) Wikipedia, December 14, 2015 (Gallaudet University is a federally chartered private university for the education of the Deaf and hard of hearing located in Washington, D.C.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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