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Leonard Hall commentary: DCC filming “signed” histories of KSD - KansasCity.com
In advance of next year’s 150-year anniversary celebration at the Kansas School for the Deaf, Olathe’s Deaf Cultural Center is busy filming “signed” oral histories of former deaf students and KSD staff members.
KSD has had more than 4,000 students enrolled in its 150-year history. The school’s rich past and its promising future have been shaped by its many students, who in turn experienced successes and failures at the school that also molded them.
The Deaf Cultural Center started work on the filming project as a way to capture and preserve the stories of students and staff members for future generations. A similar project was completed during the city of Olathe’s recent celebration of its sesquicentennial. Former students have the chance to share their stories of living at the school and in Olathe. They are wonderful at recalling their memories about the classrooms, sport activities, school activities, community events and the daily routine of living and going to school at KSD.
The most interesting stories may be coming from those students who attended KSD in the 1930s. During the 1930s, many students could not afford to go home for the summer, so they lived on campus in Olathe.
Many older students got jobs at various places around town, including at the booming Hyer Boot Co., which was world famous for cowboy boots at that time. With no air-conditioning in the school buildings and dormitories and very hot summer nights, most students would sleep outside on the front and side lawns.
The deaf coaches played professional football and baseball, including Luther Taylor, who played for the New York Giants baseball team during the National League pennant year of 1904.
These are the untold stories that KSD and Olathe will get from filming the “signed” oral histories of deaf students.
The Deaf Cultural Center already has filmed the stories of many KSD graduates at events across Kansas, including the recent statewide deaf picnic in Emporia.
There will be two additional filming opportunities. The first will be Tuesday at the Senior Citizen Potluck at the Olathe Club for the Deaf; the second will be Aug. 21 at the Deaf Picnic in Topeka.
Filming is expected to be completed in for KSD’s 150th anniversary celebration in September 2011. The project is funded by a grant from Johnson County Heritage Trust Fund and the Johnson County Board of Commissioners.
The completed film will be captioned and become part of a permanent exhibit at the Deaf Cultural Center and an important part of Olathe history.
In advance of next year’s 150-year anniversary celebration at the Kansas School for the Deaf, Olathe’s Deaf Cultural Center is busy filming “signed” oral histories of former deaf students and KSD staff members.
KSD has had more than 4,000 students enrolled in its 150-year history. The school’s rich past and its promising future have been shaped by its many students, who in turn experienced successes and failures at the school that also molded them.
The Deaf Cultural Center started work on the filming project as a way to capture and preserve the stories of students and staff members for future generations. A similar project was completed during the city of Olathe’s recent celebration of its sesquicentennial. Former students have the chance to share their stories of living at the school and in Olathe. They are wonderful at recalling their memories about the classrooms, sport activities, school activities, community events and the daily routine of living and going to school at KSD.
The most interesting stories may be coming from those students who attended KSD in the 1930s. During the 1930s, many students could not afford to go home for the summer, so they lived on campus in Olathe.
Many older students got jobs at various places around town, including at the booming Hyer Boot Co., which was world famous for cowboy boots at that time. With no air-conditioning in the school buildings and dormitories and very hot summer nights, most students would sleep outside on the front and side lawns.
The deaf coaches played professional football and baseball, including Luther Taylor, who played for the New York Giants baseball team during the National League pennant year of 1904.
These are the untold stories that KSD and Olathe will get from filming the “signed” oral histories of deaf students.
The Deaf Cultural Center already has filmed the stories of many KSD graduates at events across Kansas, including the recent statewide deaf picnic in Emporia.
There will be two additional filming opportunities. The first will be Tuesday at the Senior Citizen Potluck at the Olathe Club for the Deaf; the second will be Aug. 21 at the Deaf Picnic in Topeka.
Filming is expected to be completed in for KSD’s 150th anniversary celebration in September 2011. The project is funded by a grant from Johnson County Heritage Trust Fund and the Johnson County Board of Commissioners.
The completed film will be captioned and become part of a permanent exhibit at the Deaf Cultural Center and an important part of Olathe history.
