Robert Panara literature collection, 1933-1997.

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Robert Panara literature collection, 1933-1997.

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Robert Panara's collection of fiction, plays, mysteries, poetry, and romances featuries deaf characters and was used in his literature classes for deaf students. See "Additional Finding Aids" for a collection inventory. Fiction, plays, mysteries, poetry, and romances featuring deaf characters and collected by Robert Panara, first Deaf faculty member of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

3.75 linear feet (3 file boxes, 1 lid box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179251

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Panara, Robert

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The first Deaf faculty member at NTID, and a key figure in its history, Robert Panara was hired in 1967 to assist in establishing NTID on RIT's campus. He was instrumental in planning NTID's curriculum and preparing RIT's staff with ASL classes. He taught English at NTID and founded the Drama Club in 1970, which has grown into a full performing arts program with numerous productions yearly in the theater at NTID named in his honor. It was at the celebration of NTI''s 20th anniversary in 1988 tha...

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

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