Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf

The Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) is an "organization for all teacher

Teacher

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s, administrator

Academic administration

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s, educational interpreters, residential personnel, and other concerned professionals involved in education of the deaf." . The CAID held its first convention on August 28, 1850, in New York City

New York City

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, New York, at Washington Heights

Washington Heights, Manhattan

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. The second Convention was held the next year, in 1851, in Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

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and the third Convention was held two years after that, in 1853, in Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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. The fourth Convention met in 1856 in Staunton, Virginia

Staunton, Virginia

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. The Convention continued to meet every couple of years, then became formally incorporated during its Fourteenth meeting, in 1895, in Flint, Michigan

Flint, Michigan

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Annual Conventions

First Convention, New York, August 28–30, 1850.
Second Convention, Hartford, Connecticut, August 10–12, 1851.
Third Convention, Columbus, Ohio, August 10–12, 1853.
Fourth Convention, Staunton, Virginia, August 13–15, 1856.
Fifth Convention, Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois
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, August 10–12, 1858.
Sixth Convention (was not held, due to the Civil War
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, however the First Conference of American Principals and Superintendents, which was held in Washington, DC in 1868 was later designated as being the "Sixth Convention").
Seventh Convention, Indianapolis
Indianapolis
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, Indiana, August 24–26, 1870.
Eighth Convention, Belleville, Ontario
Belleville, Ontario
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, July 15–20, 1874.
Ninth Convention, Columbus, Ohio, August 17–22, 1878.
Tenth Convention, Jacksonville, Illinois, August 26–30, 1882.
Eleventh Convention, Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
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, July 15–22, 1886.
Twelfth Convention, New York, August 23–27, 1890.
Proceeds of the Thirteenth Convetion of the American Instructors of the Deaf, held at Chicago, Illinois, July 17, 19, 21, and 24, 1893. (Gallaudet library has a copy, accession no. 26750.)
Sixteenth Convention, Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
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, July 2–8, 1901.
Eighteenth Convention, Ogden, Utah, July 4-10, 1908.
Twentieth Convention, Staunton, Virginia, June 25-July 1, 1914.
Twenty-First Convention, Hartford, Connecticut, June 29-July 4, 1917. (Contains notable speech by philosopher John Dewey
John Dewey
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on pp. 49–53 = PDF pp. 56–60)
Twenty-Second Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, June 28-July 3, 1920.

Annual Conventions

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