Guide
Recordings of historical text
Links to recorded readings of historical text created for the Perkins Museum circa 2011. The text comes from Perkins Annual Reports and cover topics such as the move to the Watertown campus in 1912, geography curriculum, intercottage competition, and the Howe Reading Club.
1910s
Campus move to Watertown, recorded reading of an excerpt from the “Report of the Trustees” describing the transition from the South Boston campus to the Watertown campus published in the 1914 Perkins Annual Report.
1920s
“Howe Reading Club“, a recorded reading of an article by Julia E. Burnham published in the 1929 Perkins Annual Report.
1930s
- “Girls’ Program for Intercottage Competition“, a recorded reading of an essay written by Mary Howe Ferguson published in the 1931 Perkins Annual Report.
- “Tangible Geography in the Boys’ Department at Perkins“, a recorded reading article describing interactive geography lessons at Perkins published in the 1931 Perkins Annual Report.
