Mildred Albronda
Douglas Tilden - The Man and His Legacy by Mildred Albronda
183 pages, Hardcover, 1994
If there is a book that deserves to be placed on the coffee table of every deaf person and every
teacher of Deaf studies in America, it is this one. It is an expansion of Albronda's earlier
work: Douglas Tilden: Portrait of a Deaf Sculptor. After its publication, Tilden's daughter
released her father's papers to the University of California's Bancroft library. This legacy
proved to be a real treasure, enabling Albronda to come to grips with Tilden as man and
artist . . . . (Eric Malzkuhn)
1892, Douglas Tilden made his bronze sculpture "Tired Boxer". His other work included the
Mechanics Monument and Fountain at Bush and Market streets, the California Volunteers at Market
and Dolores, Admission Day at Market and Post, as well as Father Junipero Serra and the Baseball
Player, which were originally in Golden Gate Park. Mildred Albronda (d. 1998 at 86) wrote his
definitive biography.
. . . . now available from the Albronda family,
49.95 $ (US), including packaging & postage.
Theophilus Hope d'Estrella - The Magic Lantern Man by Mildred Albronda
140 pages, Softcover, 1885
An inspiring biography celebrating the life and work of Theophilus Hope D'Estrella, a Deaf
teacher, lecturer, writer, artist, photographer, and philanthropist.
Mildred Albronda, a biographer who specialized in recounting the lives of California artists and
a pioneer in making art and art history more accessible to the deaf. As a docent at the M.H. de
Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, she understood the difficulties for the deaf in
participating in the museum's guided tours and lectures. So she learned sign language and became
a charter member of Docents of the Deaf. While working with the deaf, she became inspired to
write about artists who had attended the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley. Her
biography of the deaf photographer, Theophilus Hope d'Estrella - The Magic Lantern Man - was
printed as a commemorative edition for the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the founding
of the California School for the Deaf. She is especially remembered for authoring the definitive
biography of the great deaf Berkeley sculptor, Douglas Tilden . . . . (Ken Stein)
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