Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute Records 1970-2012 (bulk 1980-2012)

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Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute Records 1970-2012 (bulk 1980-2012)

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The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute Collection contains the daily operational records concerning the care and interaction with cross-fostered and signing chimpanzees as well as the research that has been undertaken with the chimpanzees. The entire collection spans from 1970 to 2012.

1618 VHS tapes; 1038 mini Digital Videocassettes; 46 16 mm film reels; 151 Betamax tapes; 72 Sanyo V-cord; 101 ½” high density tape reels; 51 U-matic tapes; 183 Super 8 film reels; 8,014 slides; 10,842 photographs; and approximately 1,000 3-ring binders of paper records

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Central Washington University Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 6377729

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Fouts, Roger.

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Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute

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In 1966, Beatrix and R. Allen Gardner began Project Washoe by cross-fostering (i.e. one species raising another, in this case humans raising a chimpanzee) the chimpanzee Washoe as if she were a deaf child at the University of Nevada at Reno. A vital component of the cross-fostering environment was the exclusive use of American Sign Language (ASL) in communication between Washoe and her caregivers. Raised in this environment, Washoe acquired the signs of ASL in much the same way that...