History
It was founded in 1911 to promote the interests of deaf people
Although founded after 1904 and not originally based in Bloomsbury, its significance presence in Bloomsbury throughout the twentieth century seems to have been encouraged by the success of the many nineteenth-century charities for the deaf in the area
Its library, based at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, includes general historical material relating to the development of the treatment of deafness, and material relating to many nineteenth-century organisations, including the Adult Deaf and Dumb Institution
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What was reforming about it?
Among other things, it pioneered safety devices for deaf cyclists as early as 1913 (The Times, 10 February 1913)
Where in Bloomsbury
It originally had no home of its own, being based (according to its advertisements in The Times) at the Royal Sanitary Institute, Buckingham Palace Road
However, it went on to enjoy a long association with Bloomsbury, having first been briefly at 104 High Holborn (The Times, 13 July 1925) and Frith Street, Soho (The Times, April 15 1926)
It was based in Bloomsbury, at 2 Bloomsbury Street, from at least 1928 (The Times, 28 February 1928) to 1934, when it was appealing for funds to buy 105 Gower Street as offices, its Bloomsbury Street premises consisting only of “two rented rooms and a small storeroom” (The Times, 6 August 1934)
This appeal was successful, as its “new headquarters” were reported to be 105 Gower Street in 1935 (The Times, 31 July 1935)
Itwas still there in 1994, according to a listing on the website of the RNIB (itself then based, as it was still in 2011, at 105 Judd Street)
But by 2008, 105 Gower Street was part of Janet Poole House (101–105 Gower Street), three houses joined together and offering serviced apartments to tourists and visiting students
Website of current institution
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Books about it
There is a brief account online at www.rnid.org.uk (opens in new window)
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Its library, based at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, includes general historical material relating to the development of the treatment of deafness, and material relating to many nineteenth-century organisations, including the Adult Deaf and Dumb Institution
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