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In addition to the primary sources and interviews with former printers, additional resources were consulted in the development of this project. For further information on the history of deaf printers and resources on the history of printing, see below.

On Deaf Printers:

Buchanan, Robert. "The Silent Worker Newspaper and the Building of the Deaf Community:1890-1929" In Deaf History Unveiled: Interpretations from the New Scholarship, ed. John V. Van Cleve. Washington, D.C: Gallaudet University Press, 1993.

Edwards, R. A. R.. “The Deaf Press: Newspapers and Journals” in Words Made Flesh: Nineteenth-century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture. United Kingdom, New York University Press, 2012.

Gannon, Jack R. Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America. Edited by Jane Butler and Laura-Jean Gilbert. Silver Spring, Maryland: National Association of the Deaf, 1981.

Haller, Beth. “The Little Papers: Newspapers at Nineteenth-Century Schools for Deaf Persons,” Journalism History, 19:2, 1993, 43-50.

Holcomb, Marjoriebell Stakley, et al. Deaf Women: A Parade Through the Decades. United States, Dawn Sign Press, 1989.

Kincheloe, Pamela. "Depictions of Printing in Deaf Periodicals," Printing History, April 4, 2016

Kincheloe, Pamela. "The Hand of The Silent Worker: Reading an ASL imageword," Disability Studies Quarterly, 36:2, 2016.

Uhlberg, Myron. The Printer. Peachtree Publishing Company: Georgia, 2003.

Uhlberg, Myron. Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love. Bantam Dell: New York, New York, 2009.

Van Cleve, John V., and Barry A. Crouch. A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America. Washington, D. C.: Gallaudet University Press, 1989.

On the History of Printing and Printers:

Coleman, James Smoot, et al. Union Democracy: The Internal Politics of the International Typographical Union. United Kingdom, Free Press, 1956.

Linotype: The Film - In Search of the Eighth Wonder of the World. Doug Wilson, 2012. https://linotypefilm.com/

Penn, I. Garland. The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Wiley & Co. Publishers: Springfield, Mass, 1956.