Bernard Bragg collection, 1951-2008.

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Bernard Bragg collection, 1951-2008.

The Bernard Bragg collection focuses on the career of Bernard Bragg, especially as it pertains to the National Theatre of the Deaf. It also contains materials relating to the history of deaf theater. The collection contains: photographs, news clippings, newsletters, magazines, correspondence, playbills, scripts, and posters. Materials related to well-known Deaf actor Bernard Bragg, with emphasis on his time with the National Theatre of the Deaf.

4.0 linear feet (4 file boxes)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8180498

RIT Library, Wallace Library

Related Entities

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National Technical Institute for the Deaf

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Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

National Theatre of the Deaf

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Bragg, Bernard, 1928-

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