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A Full-Circle Moment My Books Join Gallaudet’s Deaf Collections
Today I mailed something deeply personal:
Signed copies of Signs from the Spirit and my heart and soul in book form are on their way to Gallaudet University Library to be added to their official Deaf Collections.
As a Deaf and Lumbee author, and a proud studies at Model Secondary School for the Deaf, this is more than just a donation.
Special thanks to Noah Beckman, Deaf Collections Librarian, for welcoming my stories into a space that shaped my own. These books now join the shelves of history and memory where Deaf voices, culture, and storytelling live on.
I created Silent Feather Press to make sure our voices are never forgotten.
And now, they’re exactly where they belong.
📦
Sondra Sampson
www.sondrasampsonbooks.net
Signed copies of Signs from the Spirit and my heart and soul in book form are on their way to Gallaudet University Library to be added to their official Deaf Collections.
As a Deaf and Lumbee author, and a proud studies at Model Secondary School for the Deaf, this is more than just a donation.
Special thanks to Noah Beckman, Deaf Collections Librarian, for welcoming my stories into a space that shaped my own. These books now join the shelves of history and memory where Deaf voices, culture, and storytelling live on.
I created Silent Feather Press to make sure our voices are never forgotten.
And now, they’re exactly where they belong.
📦
Sondra Sampson
www.sondrasampsonbooks.net
Signs from the Spirit Reaches Library Archives
I’m filled with pride and gratitude to share that my book, Signs from the Spirit, is now officially archived in three libraries that reflect my voice, my culture, and my journey as a Deaf Lumbee author:
📚 Gallaudet University Library – Washington, D.C.
📚 Robeson Community College Library – Lumberton, NC
📚 University of North Carolina at Pembroke – Pembroke, NC
At Robeson and Pembroke, I donated two copies each one to be preserved in their archives, and one for students to read and engage with freely. At Gallaudet, I contributed a signed copy for cultural preservation.
These libraries are more than buildings they are places of memory, truth, and visibility. Being represented on their shelves means that Indigenous and Deaf stories are not only being written they are being kept.
I created this visual map to mark the moment:
https://sondrasampsonbooks.net/blogs/...
To everyone who believed in Signs from the Spirit, thank you. This milestone is for every voice that’s been overlooked or unheard.
With love,
Sondra Sampson
Silent Feather Press
📚 Gallaudet University Library – Washington, D.C.
📚 Robeson Community College Library – Lumberton, NC
📚 University of North Carolina at Pembroke – Pembroke, NC
At Robeson and Pembroke, I donated two copies each one to be preserved in their archives, and one for students to read and engage with freely. At Gallaudet, I contributed a signed copy for cultural preservation.
These libraries are more than buildings they are places of memory, truth, and visibility. Being represented on their shelves means that Indigenous and Deaf stories are not only being written they are being kept.
I created this visual map to mark the moment:
https://sondrasampsonbooks.net/blogs/...
To everyone who believed in Signs from the Spirit, thank you. This milestone is for every voice that’s been overlooked or unheard.
With love,
Sondra Sampson
Silent Feather Press
