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AMERICAN CODA STORIES I
(compiled by Tom Bull - Nov/2000)
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BOOKS
AND ARTICLES
Bell,
A, G. (1884/1969). Memoir upon the formation of a deaf
variety of the human race. Washington,
DC: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. (49 pages - A paper
presented to the National Academy of
Sciences at New Haven, Connecticut, November 12, 1883. First published
in 1884: "Upon the formation of a deaf variety of the human race, "National
Academy of Sciences Memoirs, 2
(4), 179-262.)
Bull,
T. H. (1998). On the edge of deaf culture: Hearing
children/deaf parents annotated bibliography.
Alexandria, VA: Deaf Family Research Press. Write DFR Press, P.O. Box 8417, Alexandria,
VA 22306-8417.
Cloud, J. H. (1918, April). Public opinion [Column]. The Silent Worker, 30
(7), 23-24. {Includes an amazing quote from
Amy Elisa Tanner's book, The Child, where she speaks of the causes of degeneracy.
Gannon, J. R. (1981). Deaf heritage: A narrative history of Deaf America. Silver Spring, MD: NAD Press, National Association of the Deaf.
Greenberg, J. (1970). In this sign. New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston.
Greenberg, J. (1988). Of such small differences. New York:
Holt, Rinehart and Winston. {About deaf-blindness}
Long,
E. F. (1905, February). Typical Children of Deaf Parents [Letter
to the Editor]. The Silent Worker. 17
(5), 76. (The letter is from E. Florence Long and is dated December 27, 1904)
Preston, P. M. (1994). Mother father deaf: Living between sound and silence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Tanner, A. E. (1904). The child: His
thinking, feeling, and doing. Chicago: Rand,
McNally & Co.
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CUSTODY CASES
California: Deaf justice. (1966, October 17). Newsweek. 68 (16), 37-38. {Wayne and Madeline Christensen of Torrance, California, and their efforts
to adopt a 13-month-old boy, Scotty. Judge A. A. Scott decided they would fail as parents because their home "is
not a normal home...."}
Felton, D. (1966, August 2). Baby again ordered taken from deaf couple: Infant
becomes pawn in legal battle between Judge and Court. The
Los Angeles Times (part 2). p. 1. (Los Angeles, California - Another reference to the same article is from the San
Fernando Valley News) {About the
Christensen custody case}
Justice returns a child [Editorial]. (1978, March 3). The Los Angles Times (part 2), p. 4. (Los Angeles,
California) {Ray and Patricia Riley are deaf and their 5-year-old hearing
daughter was taken from them because, as the social work report noted, they
"were both deaf and had difficulty communicating
with the girl, who, as a result, lagged far behind the verbal skills that are
normal for a child of her age"
and because "the mother had a history of emotional problems" and
because "they were unable to
provide proper care for" her. The Southern California Center for the Law
and Deaf in Los Angeles helped them
regain custody. This was in San Bernardino County, California}
Kennedy, H. (1966, July 27). Deaf couple win 1 st round in
adoption fight. The Los Angeles Times (part 2, Editorials), p. 1. (See
same article in the San Fernando Valley News) {Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Christensen of Torrance,
California, have cared for their 9-month-old foster baby since he was a few days old. He was taken away from
them even after the County Bureau of Adoptions approved their adoption
application. Superior Court Judge A. A. Scott denied their application saying
"the couple's home is not 'normal' because the parents do not communicate
in the customary way." The Second District Court of Appeals ordered the
child returned to them}
LilIiston, L.(l968,June 5). Normal child fitting into deaf
household [Photo and caption]. The Los Angeles Times, pp. 1, 8. (Los Angeles, California) {About the
Christensen adoption case}
Nelson, H. (1966, Jury 7). Deaf couple's child-raising
ability questioned. The Los Angeles
Times, 85 (part 2), p. 1. (Also see San Fernando Valley News) {About the Christensen adoption case}
Nuernberger, N. (1968, January). The Christensen adoption story. The Deaf
American, 20 (5). 7-8.
Reunion [Photo and caption). (1978, March 3). San Francisco Chronicle. (California) {Story about
6-year-old Ruth Riley reunited with her deaf parents a year after a San
Bernardino county judge placed her "in a foster home after deciding she was
‘verbally retarded.’" The Riley's are African-American}
Suit: Deafness cost couple
children. (1994, September). The Silent News, 26 (9), 1. (Reprinted from the Associated Press, August 4,1994) {Gerald
and Keri Webb are suing the Jackson County and the Michigan state Department of Social
Services for 18 million dollars. Their daughter, Angie, was put up for adoption}
Together again [Photo and caption].
(1978, March 3). The Los Angeles Times (part 2), p. 1. (Los Angeles, California) {"Six-year-old
Ruth Riley as she was reunited with her parents, Ray and Patricia Riley, both of whom are
deaf, in San Bernardino. A judge had ordered the child returned to the Rileys from a foster home
where she was placed a year ago because the parents couldn't speak and offer verbal stimulation."
To my knowledge, the only record of a Black Deaf family involved in a custody
battle}
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LON CHANEY
Ackerman, F. J. (1983). Lon of 1000 faces! Beverly Hills, CA: Morrison, Raven-Hill Company.
Anderson, R. G. (1971). Faces, forms, films: The
artistry of Lon Chaney. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company.
Blake, M. F. (1993). Lon Chaney: The man behind the
thousand faces. Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, Ltd.
Blake, M. F. (1995). A thousand faces: Lon Chaney's unique artistry in motion pictures. Vestal, NY: Vestal
Press, Ltd.
Brundidge, H. T. (1930/1977). Lon Chancy (1883-1930). In Twinkle, twinkle, movie
star! (pp. 220-230). New York: Garland
Publishing, Inc.
Champlin, C., & Klinger, L. (1994). Lon Chaney. In Legends
of the silent screen: A collection of U.S.
postage stamps (pp. 24-27).
Washington, DC: U.S. Postal Service.
Chaney, L. (1924). What is characterization. In L. A. Hughes (Ed.), The truth about the
movies by the stars (pp. 198-199). Los Angeles, CA: Hollywood Publishers.
Chaney, L. (1929a). Make-up. In The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14th edition: A New Survey
of Universal Knowledge. Vol. 15 (Mary
Duchess of Burgundy to Mushet Steel) (pp. 864-865). New York:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Chaney, L. (1929b). Methods of make-up. In The Encyclopaedia Brilannica. 14th edition: A
New Survey of Universal Knowledge. Vol. 15 Mary Duchess of Burgundy to Mushet
Steel) (p. 865). New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Chaney, L. (1983a). My darkest hour (as told to Maude Cheatham). In F. J. Ackerman (Ed.), Lon
of 1000 faces (p. 209). Beverly Hills, CA: Morrison, Raven-Hill Company.
Chaney, L. (1983b). Why I prefer grotesque characters.
In F J. Ackerman (Ed.), Lon of 1000
faces (p. 47-48). Beverly Hills,
CA: Morrison, Raven-Hill Company.
Chaney, L., Jr. (1983c). My father Lon Chancy. In F. J. Ackerman (Ed.), Lon of 1000 faces (p. 237). Beverly Hills. CA: Morrison, Raven-Hill Company.
Death takes Lon Chaney,
movie star: Master of makeup succumbs to pneumonia in Los Angeles.
(1930, August 26). Buffalo Times, p. 1. (Buffalo,
New York)
Dempsey, M. (1995, May/June). Lon Chaney: A thousand and one
faces. Film Comment, 31. 62-67.
Everitt, D. (1986). Lon Chaney, 1883-1930, American silent film actor, particularly in
horror roles requiring complex makeup. In J.
Sullivan (Ed.), The Penguin encyclopedia of horror and the supernatural (pp. 76-77). New York: Viking.
The Great Grotesque [Editorial].
(1930, August 27). The Cleveland Press. No. 16318, p. 8. (Cleveland,
Ohio) {About Lon Chaney who had just died}
Henderson, S. (1988, Sept./Oct.). A man of a thousand faces: Colorado's Lon Chaney. Colorado
Homes and Lifestyles, 48-51.
James
Cagney star of the forthcoming movie on the life of Lon Chaney [Photo and
caption]. (1957, January 10). The Johnson County Democrat. (Olathe, Kansas) {Photo
is of James Cagney with Marjorie
Ramsey who is formerly of Olathe, Kansas and serves as technical advisor on the
film Cagney stars in: Man of a
Thousand Faces. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Ramsey, are deaf and have retired from the faculty of the Kansas School for
the Deaf. The text of a letter from Cagney to her parents accompanies the photo.
This follows: "Marjorie, in a letter to her parents, says of the sign language used in the picture, ‘The deaf may
think all the actors sign too slowly but we did it deliberately [sic]...for a feeling of pantomime to tie in with his [Chaney's]
career later on as a silent, pantomime actor.'"}
Lights out for Lon Chaney. (1930, September). The Literary Digest. 106. 37, 40, 42, 44. {Quotes heavily from
the chapter on Chaney in Twinkle, twinkle, movie star!
by Harry T. Brundidge}
Lon
Chaney: April 1, 1883-August 26, 1930. (1968).
Who was who in America with world notables.
Vol. 4: 1961-1968. 166. Chicago:
Marquis-Who's Who, Inc.
Lon
Chaney famous son of deaf parents: Actor a genius at pantomime, learned from
speech with deaf. (n.d.). Ephpheta Newsletter. (A Catholic monthly for
the deaf. A publication of the New York Xavier
Ephpheta Society) {About the origins of Chaney's acting genius: his mother's bedside. Lon Chaney cared for his mother after she
became an invalid and her hands were silenced from rheumatism. He was in the fourth grade. "His care of his mother,
there in the bed...was his laboratory and
classroom in a great workday school of acting."}
Marrero, R. (1993). Vintage monster movies. Key West, FL: Fantasma Books. {About Lon Chaney}
Ross, N. L. (1981,1988). Lon Chaney - master craftsman of make belive. Los Angeles:
Quality RJ Publishers.
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LOUISE FLETCHER
Christy, M. (1982a, May 20). Conversations: Louise Fletcher's growth through
parents' courage. The Boston Globe, pp. 65-66.
Cuckoo´s Nest sweeps top Oscars.(1976, March 30). Review Journal. (Las Vegas, Nevada-From The Washington Post)
Daughter of deaf parents... Louise Fletcher shows
promise as dramatic actress, attributes much of her talent to lifetime of familiarity with the Sign Language... has
appeared in recent Television shows.
(1959, March). The Silent Worker,
11 (7), 3-5, cover. {Includes a reprint of an article by Erskine Johnson ("Deaf parents 'made' star") from
the Los Angeles Daily Mirror, January 6, 1959}
Deaf parents aided actress. (1976, March 31). Cincinnati Enquirer. {Cincinnati, Ohio)
Deaf parents watch Louise accept Oscar. (1976, March
31). Journal. (Atlanta, Georgia)
Johnson, E. (1959, January 6). Deaf parents "made" star. Los Angeles
Daily Mirror. (Los Angeles, California -Reprinted in the March, 1959 edition
of The Silent Worker,11 (7), 3-5: "Daughter of deaf parents...Louise Fletcher shows promise as
dramatic actress, attributes much of her talent to
lifetime of familiarity with the Sign language...has appeared in recent
television shows." {About Louise Fletcher,
called "Hollywood's Cinderella girl of 1959."}
Kernan, M. (1976, May 16). Louise Fletcher: Heeding the call of a family tradition of service. The
Washington Post, p. M3. (Washington, D. C.)
Lewis, P. (1976, April 29). Kids growing up unheard can tear a family. The
Washington Star, pp. B1-B2.
(Washington, D. C.) {Story about Louise Fletcher, Robert and Estelle Fletcher,
her deaf, parents, and hearing siblings
Georgianna and John}
Lather, M. (1976, April 11). Deaf parents see dream come true: Used Sign Language
on TV to talk to mother, father. Gazette. (Kalamazoo,
Michigan)
Robertson, N. (1976a, April 5). The Fletchers, family that heard the silent thanks. The
New York Times (Family/StyIe section), p. 36. {About Louise Fletcher}
Shaw, T. (1976, July). Louise Fletcher's own story: "I never cried when I was a child,
because there was no one to hear me"... but now the world listens! Motion
Picture Magazine, 65 (785), 26-27, 37.
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VIDEOTAPES
Academy Awards ceremonies. (1976, March 29). 3 minutes. Color. Sound. VHS. Beverly Hills, CA: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211 -1972 (310) 247-3000 (Internet: <http://www.ampas.org> (Louise
Fletcher accepts the 1975 Academy Award
for Best Actress for her role as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 movie, One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and signs her thanks to her deaf parents at the 48th
Annual Academy Awards ceremonies. The film
won four Oscars: Best Actor (Jack Nicholson), Best Actress (Louise Fletcher),
Best Picture and Best Directing (Milos Forman)}
Biography: Lon Chaney Jr., son of a thousand faces. (1995). 50 minutes. Color. Sound. VHS. Produced by the Art and Entertainment Television Networks. Order AAE-14057 from Art and Entertainment Television Networks, (800) 344-6336. {"He was a stillborn baby whose father shocked him into life by plunging him in an icy lake. As a famous actor he shocked movie audiences worldwide with his classic portrayals of monsters like the Wolf Man. Lon Chaney, Jr., inherited more than his father's name. The son of the silent-era 'Man of a Thousand Faces' was a gifted performer in his own right...For the first time since his death, family members share their memories of the troubled actor - from his strained relationship with his father to the problems with alcoholism and self-doubt that marked the last years of his career....” - Biography shop}
Dateline: Hear no evil (NBC-TV). (1997, July 14). 21 minutes. Color. Sound. VHS. Closed captioned. Reporter, Sara James. Producer, Lisa Freed. Write Dateline NBC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 (800) 420-2626 <dateline@nbc.com> {Keri Knickerbocker Webb and her Canadian husband, Gerald Webb, have sought and lost custody of their hearing daughter, Angie Genevieve. The court allowed Keri's step mother-in-law, Diane Knickerbocker, to adopt her. The Webbs have not seen their daughter for six years and have two other children, one of whom was taken away from them for a short period of time. This case involves the Department of Social Services in Jackson County, Michigan}
Love is never silent. (1985, December 1). 90 Minutes. Color. (Based on the 1970 novel In this
sign by Joanne Greenberg, this Emmy Award winning Hallmark Hall of Fame
production aired on NBC Television, December 9, 1985) Phone: 1-800-Hallmark.
Man
of a thousand faces: The story of Lon Chaney, Hollywood's master of disguise. (1957/1992).
122 minutes. Black and white. Hi-fi sound, VHS. Closed captioned.
Starring James Cagney. Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus,
Roger Smith and Robert Evans.
Distributed by MCA/Universal Home Video, Inc. (MCA #80706), 70 Universal City
Plaza, Suite 435, Los Angeles, CA 91608.
{Autobiography of Lon Chancy, Sr.}
One flew over the cuckoo's nest. (1975/1993). 129 minutes. Color. Sound. VHS. Closed captioned. Directed by Milos Forman. Producers: Saul
Zaentz and Michael Douglas. Starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher both in Academy Award winning performances.
Available from Republic
Pictures, 12636 Beatrice Street, Los Angeles, CA 90066-0930 (VHS #5922) {Based
on the novel by Ken Kesey: Set in a
mental ward, the story revolves around McMurphy, whose rebelliousness pits him against Nurse Ratched and the full spectrum of
institutional repression}
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INTERNET
RESOURCES
KODA: Kids
of Deaf
Adults.
Seattle, Washington,
Deaf parents
organization. <http://www.koda.org>
CODA International. Santa Barbara, California. Adult hearing children of deaf parents organization. <http://www.coda-international.org>
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Tom Bull
(HEARING) OFFSPRING OF DEAF PARENTS
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