William Gedney Photographs and Writings: St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, ca. 1960

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The 50,000 item collection documents Gedney's work from the 1950s to 1989. Subjects include photographs of cross country road trips; rural New York; Manhattan; Brooklyn; rural Kentucky; Hippies in San Francisco; composers; gay rallies and demonstrations; St. Joseph's School for the Deaf; India; England; Ireland; France; and, a large number of nocturnal pictures.

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Archive of Documentary Arts
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- Composers, 1962-1968
- Cross Country, 1966-1967
- Europe, 1974-1982
- The Farm, 1950s
- India, 1969-1971 and 1979-1980
- Kansas, 1969
- Kentucky, 1964 and 1971
- Miscellaneous, 1958-1982
- New York, 1954-1984
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- St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, ca. 1960
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In the late 1950s, William Gedney phototgraphed the children and teachers at St. Joseph's School for the Deaf. It's not clear whether this project was commissioned or it was self-initiated. Some of the photographs were eventually reproduced in a small booklet about the school.

Young boy standing by an animal cage with teacher.	Boys fighting with students observing; teachers moving toward fight.	Teacher and two students with arms extended, streching.	Student facing corner next to a door. Statue of Mary appears through window.
Teacher pointed to words on blackboard; student watching.	Teacher working with student at piano.	Boy sitting at table, watching teacher.	Adult placing hand on face of girl on cot.
African-American student looking at book in dark room.	Teacher at table in classroom with four students wearing headphones.	Close-up of girl with hearing aid at table.	Teacher helping student wearing headphones pronounce sounds into a microphone.
Small girl and teacher spreading sheet over a cot.	Teacher at chalkboard with three students watching, one student turned to face the camera.	Male student writing at chalkboard with a teacher and female student observing.	Teacher signing to student.
Teacher working with boy at far side of open room.	Boy with hearing aid.	Boy wearing hearing aid fighting with African-American boy over wheelbarrow.	Teacher playing tambourine with girl who is covering face with her hands.
Boy and woman hugging on stairs.	Teacher with four students wearing headphones.	Teacher working with children individually at table; classroom; teacher placing headphones on children.	Girl sitting on floor.
Teacher with two students in hallway.	Exterior of school with students exercising in field.	Children and teachers at St. Joseph's School.	African-American teacher with three students at table; African-American girl with hearing aid raising hand.
Children in classroom; teacher working with children individually at table; children wearing headphones, hearing aids.	Boy playing with train set.	Close-up of boy.	Teacher with students in hallway with windows and numerous potted plants.

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