When eyes take holiday, Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1937

GUSN

GUSN-246119

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Education
General
Education - General - Folder 2
When eyes take holiday, Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Education
    - General
      - Education - General - Folder 2
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        Exercises of the Minervian Society, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, June 13, 1872
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        Public exercises, graduating class, Vermont Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, Vermont, June 16, 1887
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        Advertising card for Gray's Portland Business College and School of Shorthand and Typewriting, Portland, Maine, undated
        Ribbon for Cambridge Schools, Cambridge, Mass., 1896
        Public exercises, Aethenian Society, Fairfield Seminary, Fairfield, New York, undated
        When eyes take holiday, Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass., undated (current record)
        Public Exercises of the V.E.A., People's Academy, Town Hall, Morrisville, Vermont, May 11, 1858
        Brochure for the Freshman Camp, University of Vermont Christian Association, North Hero Island, Vermont, September 13-16, 1929
        Invitation to an open house, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., dated April 18, 1927
        Excelsior! This is a certificate of fifty merits presented to Charlie W. Lord for good conduct from Alice M. Bradstreet, teacher, c1876, 1889

Description

"When eyes take holiday," by Gabriel Farrell is reprinted from the New York Herald Tribune, October 10, 1937. The pamphlet describes the work of the school in teaching the blind.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
schools (institutions)
blind (people)
education
exterior views
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlet : illustration ; 6 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.034.01.02.014

Image Dimensions

6 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

Watertown (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

pamphlets

Other Organizations

Perkins School for the Blind

Description Level

Item

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