Gallaudet University

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(lcsh) Deaf--Education (Higher)
(lcsh) Hearing impaired--Education (Higher)

found: Its An Act to Authorize Quality ... 1986:p. 1 (Gallaudet University; continuation of Gallaudet College as Gallaudet University)

found: Gallaudet University website, Apr. 29, 2005(Gallaudet University had its beginnings in 1856 when Amos Kendall established a school for the deaf and blind children (incorporated 1857 by Congress as Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind); Congress authorized the National Deaf Mute College in 1864; college renamed Gallaudet College, 1894; became Gallaudet University, Aug. 4, 1986; Public Law 420 of the 83rd Congress changed the name of the entire institution to Gallaudet College)

found: Wikipedia, December 14, 2015(Gallaudet University is a federally chartered private university for the education of the Deaf and hard of hearing located in Washington, D.C.)