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Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society and Free Circulating Library for the Blind lantern slides
The original 61 slides were used in a lecture given at the P.H.T.S. at an annual meeting in January, 1917. A type written copy of the lecture is included in the collection folder. The collection depicts portraits of key members of the Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society for the Blind from 1882 to 1...
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| Collection: | Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society and Free Circulating Library For the Blind Lantern Slides |
| Collection Number: | V10 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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The original 61 slides were used in a lecture given at the P.H.T.S. at an annual meeting in January, 1917. A type written copy of the lecture is included in the collection folder.
The collection depicts portraits of key members of the Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society for the Blind from 1882 to 1932, particularly Dr. William Moon, Adelaide Moon, John P. Rhoads, Judge William Ashuman, Frank Read, Robert C. Moon, John Thomson, James W. Moore, and James M. Anders. Illustrates teaching methods, organizations, library facilities, and graphics related to the exhibition, particularly the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Depicts the Moon Society in England, and the printing of Moon books. Includes images of African American individuals being taught. The P.H.T.S. and the Pennsylvania Bible Society worked to increase literacy among the blind. |