INTRODUCTION Susan Burch, Contributing Editor ARTICLES A Tribute to Roy J. Stewart: He Helped Make Our Sign Language Immortal Jack R. Gannon The Silent Film Era: Silent Films, NAD Films, and the Deaf Community�s Response John S. Schuchman Preservation Serendipity: The Gallaudet University Archives and the Veditz Transcription Michael J. Olson and John Vickrey Van Cleve Translating Veditz Carol Padden The Validity of the Gallaudet Lecture Films Ted Supalla Capturing a Movement: Sign Language Preservation Susan Burch