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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FROM “SILENCE AND DARKNESS:” HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND, 1883 to 1917 By DOUGLAS W. MIKUTEL A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2004 The members of the Committee approve the dissertation of Douglas Mikutel defended on April 29, 2004. _________________________________ Victoria-Maria MacDonald Professor Directing Dissertation _________________________________ Joseph Beckham Outside Committee Member _________________________________ Emanuel Shargel Committee Member _________________________________ Sande Milton Committee Member Approved: Carolyn Herrington, Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Richard Kunkel, Dean, College of Education The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the following people who helped me along the way in the process of developing this dissertation. Thank you to my wife, Rita, for her love and support through the entire process of researching and writing the dissertation, my family for understanding my dedication to this dissertation, and my cat Camilla for her love and affection. For the provision of the Dissertation Research Grant in Spring 2002 my thanks go to the Office of Graduate Studies.