The Sixth Volume in the Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies Series George M. Teegarden (1852-1936) taught at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf for 48 years, established the printing department, and also served as the first editor of the sch...

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was a central figure in the artistic life of mid-nineteenth-century Paris and London. His distinct aesthetic, with its emphasis on appreciating a work of art as an arrangement of colours, lines and shapes, can be se...

One of the most important sculptors of this century, Richard Serra has been a spokesman on the nature and status of art in our day. Best known for site-specific works in steel, Serra has much to say about the relation of sculpture to place, whether u...

Born almost totally deaf, Philip Zazove has spent his entire life beating the odds – first by excelling in public schools during an era when most deaf children went to special schools, then by aspiring to become a medical doctor. Despite his stellar...