MSS 901 James T. Flood Papers

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C o l l e c t i o n Synopsis
Provenance: The Ohlo H l s t o r l c a I S o c i e t y acquired t h e James T.
Flood Papers as a g i f t o f James T. Flood o f CoIumbusr Ohlo, I n
August 1985. Richard W. A r p i processed the c o l l e c t i o n I n August
1986.
P r o p e r t y r i g h t s : The Ohlo H l s t o r l c a l Soclety owns t h e p r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
Copyrights: James T. Flood has dedicated such c o p y r l g h t s as he
possesses i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c . C o n s l d e r a t l o n o f a l l
o t h e r copyr l g h t s I s t h e r e s p o n s i b l l i t y o f t h e author and
p u b l i s h e r .
Access: This cot l e c t l o n I s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s
o f t h e Ohio H l s t o r l c a l S o c l e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers are requested t o c l t e c o I I e c t l o n name,
cot l e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H l s t o r l c a l S o c i e t y I n a l l
f o o t n o t e and b l b l l o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
Transfer: One box o f p r i n t e d m a t e r i a l , s c a t t e r e d issues o f t h e
Oh. i. o. Chr. on. lc. 8 and photographs were t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e L i b r a r y
and t o P r e s p e c t i v e l y , I n August 1986.
B l o g r a p h l c a l sketch: ' James Theodore Flood was born on February
16. 1905, t h e f o u r t h o f e l g h t c h i l d r e n o f James 8. and Martha
( Gehl) Flood of E l y r l a , Ohio. A t t h e age o f t w e l v e he c o n t r a c t e d
s p i n a l m e n l g l t l s and became t o t a l l y deaf. Flood dropped o u t o f
school, worked f o r a few years a t t h e Columb l a Steel Company and
t h e Fox Furnace Company, b o t h o f E l y r i a b e f o r e e n r o l l Ing I n
January 1920. a t t h e Oh10 School f o r t h e Deaf I n Columbus. He
graduated as c l a s s v a l e d l c t o r l a n i n June 1923. The f o l I o w l n g
autumn Flood e n r o l l e d I n G a l l a u d e t College o f Washington, D. C., a
school devoted t o h l g h e r e d u c a t l o n f o r t h e deaf. D u r i n g h i s
s e n i o r year Flood was c l a s s s a l u t a t o r i a n and a s s o c i a t e e d i t o r o f
t h e yearbook. A f t e r g r a d u a t i o n from Gallaudet I n 1928, Flood
r e t u r n e d t o Columbus and became a counselor a t The Ohio School
f o r t h e Deaf. i n 1930 he commenced a teaching career a t t h a t
school which l a s t e d f o r t y - f i v e years u n t i l h i s r e t i r e m e n t In
1975, I n 1932 Flood earned a bachelor o f science degree I n
e d u c a t l o n f r o m The Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s l t y ~ whlch enabled him t o
r e c e i v e f u l l t e a c h l n g s t a t u s a t t h e School f o r t h e Deaf. Durlng
h i s teaching c a r e e r Flood t a u g h t f i f t h , n l n t h , t e n t h , and t w e l f t h
grades; counseled s t u d e n t s I n career o r i e n t a t Ion; and
was a s s o c i a t e e d i t o r o f t h e s c h o o l ' s newspaper.
Ch. I n 1940, he r e c e i v e d a masterts degree I n s p e c i a l
educatlon from Ohio S t a t e w i t h a t h e s i s e n t l t l e d " The A d u l t Deaf
I n F r a n k i I n County: T h e i r Education. Background, and I n t e r e s t s . "
I n 1964, d u r i n g G a l l a u d e t C o l l e g e t s Centennial commencement^
Flood r e c e i v e d an honorary d o c t o r a t e o f l e t t e r s from h l s alma
mater.
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