Special Thanks
Special thanks to my father-in-law, Kenneth L. Kinner, for opening the gates to Utah’s rich Deaf history.
Special thanks to Jay Thexton, a devout genealogist, for unlocking my hidden passion for genealogy and history, which I never knew existed.
Special thanks to three Deaf authors, Kenneth C. Burdett, Rodney W. Walker, and Dr. Robert G. Sanderson, for collecting, writing, and preserving Utah Deaf History.
Special thanks to Anne Leahy and Doug Stringham for their extensive research on Deaf history in relation to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the early history of the Utah School for the Deaf.
Special thanks to David Samuelsen, an amateur historian and genealogist, for his direction and guidance while working on the Utah Deaf History. Likewise to Anne Leahy and Doug Stringham.
Special thanks to Lisa Richards and Kleda Barker Quigley for their valuable guidance and support in this potential project.
Special thanks to Eleanor McCowan for requesting that I work on the Utah Deaf History project. If not for her request, none of this would have happened.
Special thanks to Dr. Robert G. Sanderson for inspiring me to do my homework to make this project happen.
Special thanks to Jay Thexton, a devout genealogist, for unlocking my hidden passion for genealogy and history, which I never knew existed.
Special thanks to three Deaf authors, Kenneth C. Burdett, Rodney W. Walker, and Dr. Robert G. Sanderson, for collecting, writing, and preserving Utah Deaf History.
Special thanks to Anne Leahy and Doug Stringham for their extensive research on Deaf history in relation to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the early history of the Utah School for the Deaf.
Special thanks to David Samuelsen, an amateur historian and genealogist, for his direction and guidance while working on the Utah Deaf History. Likewise to Anne Leahy and Doug Stringham.
Special thanks to Lisa Richards and Kleda Barker Quigley for their valuable guidance and support in this potential project.
Special thanks to Eleanor McCowan for requesting that I work on the Utah Deaf History project. If not for her request, none of this would have happened.
Special thanks to Dr. Robert G. Sanderson for inspiring me to do my homework to make this project happen.
Students of the Utah School for the Deaf, spring 1945. They were going on the annual spring hike
Special thanks to Dr. Robert G. Sanderson and Valerie G. Kinney for collecting and saving the newspapers containing the history of the Utah Deaf community.
Special thanks to W. David Mortensen for his enthusiastic support of this project.
Special thanks to my colleague, Julie Smith, for helping me "unstick my stuck" in the writing and thinking processes.
Special thanks to Robert Kerr for donating his time to scanning the UAD Bulletins collected by Valerie G. Kinney, which contain a wealth of historical information regarding the Utah Deaf community.
Special thanks to Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz for donating her time to revise and edit some of the manuscripts.
Special thanks to Helen Salas-McCarty for carefully editing some of my manuscripts and providing detailed advice.
Special thanks to W. David Mortensen for his enthusiastic support of this project.
Special thanks to my colleague, Julie Smith, for helping me "unstick my stuck" in the writing and thinking processes.
Special thanks to Robert Kerr for donating his time to scanning the UAD Bulletins collected by Valerie G. Kinney, which contain a wealth of historical information regarding the Utah Deaf community.
Special thanks to Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz for donating her time to revise and edit some of the manuscripts.
Special thanks to Helen Salas-McCarty for carefully editing some of my manuscripts and providing detailed advice.
Students at the Utah School for the Deaf in March 1952
Special thanks to Bronwyn O'Hara for editing some of my manuscripts with enthusiasm and dedication.
Special thanks to Valerie G. Kinney, the most trusted and reliable person, for providing supportive advice through consultation and proofreading/editing the manuscripts.
Special thanks to Doug Stringham for sharing the version of the book with Dr. Bryan K. Eldredge and making a senior-level "special topics" class called "Deaf Education in Utah" possible at Utah Valley University in 2011 and again in 2016.
Special thanks to Robert L. Bonnell for his patience in letting me borrow his box of photos, program books, and Utah Eagle magazines.
Special thanks to Linda Berness for collecting and donating the obituaries and funeral programs of the members of the Utah Deaf Community.
Special thanks to Valerie G. Kinney, the most trusted and reliable person, for providing supportive advice through consultation and proofreading/editing the manuscripts.
Special thanks to Doug Stringham for sharing the version of the book with Dr. Bryan K. Eldredge and making a senior-level "special topics" class called "Deaf Education in Utah" possible at Utah Valley University in 2011 and again in 2016.
Special thanks to Robert L. Bonnell for his patience in letting me borrow his box of photos, program books, and Utah Eagle magazines.
Special thanks to Linda Berness for collecting and donating the obituaries and funeral programs of the members of the Utah Deaf Community.
Students at the Utah School for the Deaf with their teacher, Kenneth C. Burdett in 1953-54
Special thanks to Marion Brown West, Kleda Barker Quigley, Kenneth Lee Kinner, Ilene Coles Kinner, and Keith Stewart for identifying names and years from the photos.
Special thanks to Celia May Laramie Baldwin for her constant support and guidance throughout the project, which included exchanging several emails about my Utah Deaf History Project.
Special thanks to Jennifer "Jen" Young Leeds for proofreading my work, making suggestions, and looking up newspaper articles for me.
Special thanks to Duane L. Kinner, technology savvy, for scanning hundreds of documents and photographs for the "Utah Deaf History" website.
Last but not least, special thanks to Philippe Montalette, then Utah Association of the Deaf president, for his support in making this a reality.
Ultimately, much appreciation goes to Duane L. Kinner, my spouse, and my children, Joshua and Danielle, for their support and patience in working on the Utah Deaf History.
Jodi Christel Becker
Special thanks to Celia May Laramie Baldwin for her constant support and guidance throughout the project, which included exchanging several emails about my Utah Deaf History Project.
Special thanks to Jennifer "Jen" Young Leeds for proofreading my work, making suggestions, and looking up newspaper articles for me.
Special thanks to Duane L. Kinner, technology savvy, for scanning hundreds of documents and photographs for the "Utah Deaf History" website.
Last but not least, special thanks to Philippe Montalette, then Utah Association of the Deaf president, for his support in making this a reality.
Ultimately, much appreciation goes to Duane L. Kinner, my spouse, and my children, Joshua and Danielle, for their support and patience in working on the Utah Deaf History.
Jodi Christel Becker
Students at the Utah School for the Deaf with their teacher, Afton Curtis Burdett in 1953-54
"The more you know of your history,
the more liberated you are."
~Maya Angelou~
the more liberated you are."
~Maya Angelou~
