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Creator:

John Vars

Date Range:

1901-1934, bulk 1909-1914

Call Number:

AG70

Abstract:

This collection contains materials from Perkins School for the Blind’s Home Teaching Department from 1901-1934, with the bulk from 1909-1914. Included are correspondence, a map, a ledger, and a scrapbook. The program’s first director, John Vars, is the addressee or sender of the bulk of the collection. Other recipients include Home Teachers Lillian Garside, Lydia Hayes, and Edward Schuerer, among others.  The collection also contains correspondence related to Edward E. Allen, the third Director of Perkins School For The Blind. The collection encompasses all aspects of the Home Teaching program including statistics on the program, information on new students, commendations from students, material requests for handicrafts, and the sale of said handicrafts to the general public.

Extent:

3 linear feet

Language:

English

Processed by:

Stephanie Molnar, 2013

Biographical/Historical notes:

John Vars (1855-1932) was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.  From an early age, he had problems with his eyes, before going completely blind at about age nine.  He was educated at Perkins and after graduation held several odd jobs including tuning pianos and running a laundry service.  In 1900, he was asked by Perkins second director Michael Anagnos to start working with the adult blind in the state of Massachusetts.  Mr. Vars was assisted by his wife, Nellie, throughout his tenure as a home teacher, before retiring at age seventy in 1925.

Edward E. Allen (1861-1950) was born in Massachusetts and spent part of his early career as a teacher at Perkins. After teaching in England, he returned to Perkins to serve as its third director.  Allen was an early advocate for the Braille method of reading and writing.  He retired in 1931 and was followed by Gabriel Farrell.

Sources of information:

“Edward E. Allen Collection.”  Perkins School for the Blind Archives. Retrieved 13 Nov. 2013.

Vars, John. Autobiographical Sketch. 1931. Typed manuscript, pamphlet file, Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind.

Restrictions:

None

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Perkins School for the Blind, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Credit line/Citation:

AG70 Home Teaching. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Scope/Contents:

Contains materials from Perkins School for the Blind’s Home Teaching Department from 1901-1934, with the bulk from 1909-1914. The collection includes correspondence, a map, a ledger, and a scrapbook. Materials include statistics on the program, information on new students, commendations from students, material requests for handicrafts, and the sale of said handicrafts to the general public.

Arrangement:

B1:F1 = Box 1: Folder 1

4 Series, 5 Boxes:

  • Series 1: Home Teaching Department, 1909-1934
    • Subseries 1: Administrative Records and Correspondence, 1909-1934
    • Subseries 2: Vendor Correspondence, 1909-1914
  • Series 2: Edward E. Allen Correspondence, 1909-1925
    • Subseries 1: To Edward E. Allen, 1925
    • Subseries 2: From Edward E. Allen, 1909-1914
  • Series 3: John Vars Correspondence, 1909-1915
    • Subseries 1: Perkins Employees to John Vars, 1909-1915
    • Subseries 2: John Vars to Perkins Employees, 1909-1914
    • Subseries 3: From Businesses/Organizations, 1909-1914
    • Subseries 4: Letters to John Vars, 1909-1914
    • Subseries 5: Personal Letters to the Vars Family, 1909-1914
  • Series 4: Ledgers and Scrapbooks, 1901-1915

AG1 Edward E. Allen Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Container List:

Series 1: Home Teaching Department 

  • Box 1 

Subseries 1: Administrative Records and Correspondence

  • B1:F1: Correspondence, Letters on Employment, Retirement, Instruction, Human Resources, Addressed to John Vars, Edward E. Allen, Lloyd Foye, Anna Fish, James Munroe, 1909-1934
  • B1:F2: Correspondence, “Commendations from Pupils of Home Teachers of the Adult Blind,” Addressed to John Vars, Edward E. Allen, Edward Schuerer, Lillian Garside, Lydia Hayes, Mary Roberts, 1907-1924
  • B1:F3: Map, Tactile Map of Massachusetts marking Home Teaching distribution, made by John Vars, 1909
  • B1:F4: Proceedings, Conference of Home Teachers at Perkins, 1922
  • B1:F5: Statistics, “Statistics of Home Teaching Work for the Adult Blind,” 1902-1916
  • B1:F6: [Braille pages], n. d.  

Subseries 2: Vendor Correspondence

  • B1:F7: Shipments, Adams Express and American Express, 1911-1912
  • B1:F8: From Vendors A-Z, 1909-1914

Series 2: Edward E. Allen Correspondence

Subseries 1: To Edward E. Allen

  • B1:F9: Letters to Edward E. Allen regarding the education of the blind, 2 letters, 1925

Subseries 2: From Edward E. Allen

  • B1:F10: Letters from Edward E. Allen Addressed to Home Teachers John Vars, Lillian Garside, Edward Schuerer, 50 letters, 1909-1914

Series 3: John Vars Correspondence

Subseries 1: Correspondence from Perkins Employees to John Vars

  • B1:F11: Fish, Ann, 2 letters, 1911, 1914
  • B1:F12: Garside, Lillian, 5 letters, 1909-1913
  • B1:F13: Grieve, Mary, 38 letters, 1910-1911
  • B1:F14: Grieve, Mary, 58 letters, 1912-1914
  • B1:F15: Hayes, Lydia, 9 letters, 1909-1911
  • B1:F16: Reardon, Dennis A., 2 letters, 1912-1913
  • B1:F17: Schuerer, Edward, 71 letters, 1909-1915

Subseries 2: Letter from Various Persons to Perkins Employees

  • B1:F18: Garside, Lillian, 13 letters, 1909-1914
  • B1:F19: Hayes Lydia, 5 letters, 1910-1913
  • B1:F20: Schuerer, Edward, 25 letters, 1910-1914

Subseries 3: From Businesses/Organizations to John Vars

  • B1:F21: [Braunick], Catherine, Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1909-1910
  • B1:F22: Burt, Charles M., Boston & Maine Railroad, 1911
  • B1:F23: Campbell, Charles F.F., American Association Workers for the Blind, 1913-1914
  • B1:F24: Campbell, Charles F.F. and Clarence Mudge, Outlook for the Blind, 1911, 1913
  • B1:F25: The Christian Record, 1913
  • B1:F26: Cummings, Florence, Commission for the Blind, 1910-1914
  • B1:F27: Delaware Commission for the Blind, 1911  

Box 2

  • B2:F28: Delfino, Liborio, Pennsylvania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind, 1911
  • B2:F29: [Dolardurik], Katherine, Associated Charities of Boston, 1910
  • B2:F30: Drinkwater, Charlotte V., Hillside School, 1912
  • B2:F31: Dwight, Henry and William Foulke, American Bible Society, 1909, 1913
  • B2:F32: Everall, Amy F., Industrial School for Girls, 1914
  • B2:F33: Farmer, Gertrude, Social Service Department, Addressed to Lillian Garside, 1909
  • B2:F34: Flood, Everett, Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics, Addressed to Lydia Hayes, 1909
  • B2:F35: Fraser, C.F., Halifax School for the Blind, 1911, 1913
  • B2:F36: Goldthwaite, Lucille A., New York Public Library for the Blind, 1911-1912
  • B2:F37: Goodwin, Violet, Soldiers’ Home, 1912
  • B2:F38: Hayes, Lydia Y., New Jersey Commission for the Blind, 1911-1914
  • B2:F39: Holmes, Charles W., Commission for the Blind, Addressed to John Vars, Fenwick Fleet, Lillian Garside, Herbert Phillips, Edward Schuerer, 1909-1914
  • B2:F40: Holmes, Walter G., Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind, 1909-1911
  • B2:F41: Holmes, Walter G., Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind, 1912-1914
  • B2:F42: Illinois Dept. for the Blind and School for Blind, 1911-1912
  • B2:F43: [Kasson, B.], State Farm, 1909
  • B2:F44: Kneeland, Clara L., Memorial Home for the Blind, 1912
  • B2:F45: Lewis, J.F., State Board of Charity, 1911
  • B2:F46: Marsh, Alice Hayes, Commission for the Blind, 1913
  • B2:F47: Mattice, Brenda F., Commission for the Blind, Addressed to John Vars, Lillian Garside, 1913-1914
  • B2:F48: Moon, Adelaide, The Moon Society, Adelaide Moon was the daughter of the creator of Moon Type, William Moon, 1 letter, 1913
  • B2:F49: Moon, Robert C. and John Thompson, Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society, Robert Moon was the son of the creator of Moon Type, William Moon, 17 letters, 1909-1914
  • B2:F50: Munroe, James P., Commission for the Blind, 1909-1912
  • B2:F51: Nichols, John H., State Infirmary, 1913
  • B2:F52: Pietsch, Anna Hobart, Rothchild & Co., Sales Dept. for the Blind, 1911-1912
  • B2:F53: Rand, Lotta R., Commission for the Blind, Addressed to John Vars, Lillian Garside, Edward Schuerer, 1909-1914
  • B2:F54: Selby, Kate, Sales Department for the Blind, 1911
  • B2:F55: Thompson, John, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1909-1912
  • B2:F56: Todd, John S., Department of Public Health and Charities, 1913
  • B2:F57: Wilson, Susan E., Commission for the Blind, Addressed to John Vars, Lillian Garside, Edward Schuerer, 1911-1912
  • B2:F58: Wright, Lucy, Commission for the Blind, Addressed to John Vars, Lillian Garside, Mary Roberts, Edward Schuerer, 1909-1914
  • B2:F59: Yauncey, Ellen Condie, Commission for the Blind, Addressed to John Vars, Lillian Garside, 1914
  • B2:F60: Miscellaneous Persons, Commission for the Blind, 1909-1914

Subseries 4: Letters to John Vars

  • B2:F61: Ending or declining Home Teaching education, 17 letters, 1909-1913
  • B2:F62: Requesting education, 64 letters, 1909-1914

Box 3

  • B3:F63: Requesting supplies, curriculum materials, goods, and providing or requesting money, 16 letters, 1909-1910
  • B3:F64: Requesting supplies, curriculum materials, goods, and providing or requesting money, 34 letters, 1911
  • B3:F65: Requesting supplies, curriculum materials, goods, and providing or requesting money, 25 letters, 1912
  • B3:F66: Requesting supplies, curriculum materials, goods, and providing or requesting money, 40 letters, 1913
  • B3:F67: Requesting supplies, curriculum materials, goods, and providing or requesting money, 69 letters, 1914, 1916
  • B3:F68: Requesting supplies, curriculum materials, goods, and providing or requesting money, 41 letters, n. d.
  • B3:F69: Thank You Notes to John Vars, 10 letters, 1909-1914
  • B3:F70: Estabrook, Edith M., Swastika Club, charity organization in the early 20th century that changed its name prior to World War II, notable because of gold embossed swastika letterhead, 1 letter, 1914
  • B3:F71: Miscellaneous Letters, 55 letters, 1909-1914
  • B3:F72: Miscellaneous Letters to Unknown Persons, 7 letters, 1911-1913

Subseries 5: Personal Letters to John Vars and Family

  • B3:F73: Personal Letters to the Vars Family, 1909-1914

Series 4: Ledgers and Scrapbooks

Box 4: Ledger, 1901-1904

  • Book of teacher’s names and expenditures including salaries, travel expenses, guides, and postage.
  • Address Book, 1916-1917
  • List of students and their teachers including new cases, continuing students and what each student was learning or needing help with.  Also contains Massachusetts Commission for the Blind meeting notes from November 9, 1917 and general business notes including state organizations and business expenses.  

Box 5: Bound Correspondence, 1911-1915

Outgoing correspondence from John Vars to various persons and associations, alphabetically indexed by addressee’s last name (see Appendix A).

  • Appendix A: Index to outgoing correspondence from John Vars
    • Adams, Charles: 29
    • Adams Express Co.: 124, 291
    • Albee Stove Co., The: 434
    • Allen, E.E.: 1, 32, 47, 103, 118, 126, 137, 144, 148, 198, 213, 228, 230, 248, 254, 267, 280, 298, 312, 314, 321, 356, 362, 371, 376, 378, 388, 407, 408, 426, 429, 441, 448, 453, 482, 489, 506, 514, 518, 527, 567, 582, 589, 601, 611, 631, 644, 649, 658, 684, 686, 703,
    • Alms House Lancaster: 785, 799
    • Am. Bible Co.: 513, 972, 994
    • Am. Express Co.: 103, 105
    • Amerzine, Mrs.: 865 T?
    • Andrews, A.R.: 640, 687, 727
    • Apthorp, H.O.: 375
    • Armstrong, R.M.: 562
    • Barker, Charles: 187, 243
    • Beamis, Charles: 92, 99
    • Bell, C.: 654??
    • Berry, John W.: 285
    • Bestick, George R.: 797, 807
    • Blood, Susan: 156
    • Bodfish, John: 22
    • Bolton, Josephine: 262, 273
    • Broderick, Nora: 591, 597, 920, 923
    • Brown, A.C.: 108, 112
    • Burdett, F.W., Silver Burdett & Co.: 759, 775
    • Burke, Henry: 28
    • Burnham, L.G.: 653??
    • Cahoon, Nehimiah: 233, 595, 827, 902
    • Campbell, Charles F.F., School for the Blind, Columbus, Ohio: 137, 441, 614, 821
    • Canadian Free Library for the Blind, Mrs. Marion Robinson, Librarian: 25
    • Carr, E.J.: 578
    • Champlain, Lillie: 921
    • Chase, John S.: 130, 325
    • Chasse, Josephine: 269, 757
    • Christian Record: 308, 420
    • Christianson, John: 308, 513
    • Coburn, Pheobe J.: 337, 339, 410, 439, 634, 657, 816, 907, 910, 971
    • Comstock, Charles E.: 60, 258
    • Cook, Mr.: 606
    • Cooper Eng. Mfg. Co.: 517, 579
    • Cote, Gaspar: 272
    • Cummings, Florence: 372
    • Cunnison, Mrs.: 527 (actually 528)
    • Daman, E.C.: 677, 752, 806, 974
    • Daman, Edith: 932
    • Davis, Lyman L.: 241, 337(336), 413, 515, 594, 676, 824, 878
    • Deady, Rosalina: 201 (actually 210)
    • Desmond, John T.: 995
    • Dix, Grace: 7, 57, 201, 236
    • Dixon, Mrs. Edwin J.: 456-457, 458, 471, 501 (502), 522, 558, 584, 593, 598, 604, 606, 620, 733, 760, 807, 881, 892 (and 493)
    • Dwight, Henry O., American Bible Society: 516
    • Eaton, F. Merrill: 210 (actually 201)
    • Epler, Rev.: 172
    • Estabrook/Estabrooke/Estabrooks, Edith: 439, 872
    • Evangelister, Sister, St. Joseph’s Home: 30, 50, 59, 81, 89, [92], 93
    • Everall, A.F., Supt., State Industrial School for Girls: 613, 957
    • Fenno, M: 363?
    • Fibro Sales Co.: 990, 997
    • Fisher, Judge Frederick A.: 654 (actually 655)
    • Fleet, Laura: 823
    • Fog/Fogg, Anna: 793
    • Fowler, E: [2], 15?
    • Fowler, Elwin H.: 505
    • Fraser, C.F., Supt., School for the Blind, Halifax, NS: 83, 831?
    • French, Carrie: 87, 96, 123
    • Fridericks & Co., J.W.: 496
    • Gardner, Mr., Music Dept. @ Perkins: 743, 845
    • Garside, Lillian R.: 10, 40, 80, 84, 90, 95, 121, 157, 188, 190, 218, 225, 246, 271, 293, 432, 446, 468, 479, 534, 541, 554, 559, 577, 586, 624, 693, 714, 723, 787, 849, 874, 896, 936
    • Gaskill, Mrs. Arthur: 240
    • Giddings, Gladys: 414
    • Globe-Wernecker Co., Mr. Smith: 233
    • Golthwait, L.A., Library for the Blind, NY Public Library: 155
    • Goodell, Charles W.: 951 (actually 952)
    • Greenwood, Mrs. H.: 701
    • Grieve, Mary F.: 9, 20, 35, 74, 82, 109, 122, 132, 154, 165, 179, 182, 192, 204, 211, 217, 227, 239, 239, 251, 257, 263, 303, 317, 365, 382, 388, 416, 417, 435, 450, 481, 500, 526, 539, 560, 566, 571, 587, 593, 616, 619, 627, 635, 680, 691, 702, 709, 718, 737, 745, 801, 8
    • Griffin, James J.: 27, 44, 219, 348, 406, 610
    • Hall, Mrs. Charles: 495
    • Hamilton, Annie: 358, 388
    • Hamilton, D.O.: 793
    • Hayes, Lydia Y., Supt., Work for the Blind, Newark, NJ: 146, 188?, 455
    • Hayner Co., George M.: 988
    • Hays, Sadie: 179, 334, 575
    • Heap, Myra: 389, 394
    • Heinrich, Desdemona, Lasell Seminary: 837
    • Higgins, Dr.: 12
    • Hirst, James: 310
    • Hogan, Patrick: 350
    • Holmes, Charles W., Supt., Training and Work for Men, State Comm. For the Blind: 70, 117, 158, 171, 175, 191, 245, 282, 296, 343, 351, 411, 419, 431, 447, 470, 502, 537, 585, 883, 915
    • Holmes, Walter G., Manager, Ziegler Pub. Co., NYC: 15, 53, 79, 111, 133, 149, 159, 197, 200, 206, 274, 316, 323, (334), 335, 360, 404, 437, 453, 472, 494, 509, 533, 555, 572, 590, 626, 653, 763, 894, 987
    • Holt, Sarah: 858, 947 (acutally 946)
    • Home for Elderly People, Gardner, MA: 135, 234
    • Hunt, Louisa P., Perkins Inst. Library: 131, 151, 190, 552, 731, 732, 741, 887, 985
    • Hunter, Anna B.: 682, 685, 857
    • Hutchings, E.L.: 433?
    • Illinois Dept. for Blind, Illinois School for the Blind: 105, 168, 403, 417, 541, 729
    • International Mills: 981, 996
    • Jaques, Sarah: 508, 885, 906
    • Jewell, Arthur, School for the Blind, Jacksonville, IL: 11, 34
    • Johnsen, Mary J., State Comm. For the Blind, NYC: 860 (actually 859)
    • Johnson, William: 911, 912
    • Keefe, Dr. John J.: 829, 890, 919, 927, 938
    • Kelley, Michael: 442
    • Kelly: 914?
    • Kimball, Fannie A.: 115, 150, 199, 278
    • Kneeland, Clara L., Supt., Partridge Memorial Home: 220, 223
    • Leach, John M.: 78, 309, 680 (actually 679), 805
    • Lebeau, Edward: 792, 826 (actually 825)
    • Lee, Etta: 250, 600, 609
    • Lewis, Dr. J.F., Supt., State Adult Poor: 77, 92
    • Lewis, John: 418
    • Linnell, Orissa: 247, 507, 570
    • Linscott?: 517?
    • Little, Dr. Abbie: 486
    • Lombard, Horace: 125, 130, 164, 338, 366, 390, 440 (actually 442), 507, 557, 592, 831, 862, 952
    • Long, William: 569
    • Lothrop, Henry: 646
    • MacIntyre, Mary: 652 (actually 653)
    • Magan, Father: 51
    • Magoun, Ella: 86, 116, 174, 529
    • Mann, M.E.: 779 (actually 780)
    • Manson, W.J.: 424, 476 (actually 475)
    • Marable, Rev. Jesse: 926
    • Marsh, Alice H., Temporary Worker, State Comm. for the Blind: [428], 471
    • Marshall, Charlot: 56
    • Marsland, William J.: 474, 477, 870
    • Mathers, C.E.: 629, 641
    • Mattice, R.F., State Comm. for the Blind: 551
    • McCarthy, E.: 973?
    • McCarthy, Eliza: 754
    • McCarthy, Mary: 374 (actually 375), 761
    • Merrill, E.S.: 858, 924
    • Merrill, Warren: 803, 820
    • Moon, Dr. Robert C.: 147, 152, 402, 415, 436, 478, 517, 656, 973
    • Morris, Amealia: 873, 905
    • Mumford, Sarah: 772
    • Muskegan Knitting Mills: 982
    • N.E. Novelty Yarn Co.: 639, 696, 708, 721, 728, 742, 749, 798, 869, 877 (actually 878), 955 (actually 954)
    • N.E. Reed Co.: 80, 200, 621, 633
    • Nature Cure (National Drug Co.): 485 (actually 486)
    • Nelson, S.: 102, 733 (actually 734)
    • New England News Co.: 404
    • New England Reed Co.: 199
    • Nichols, Dr. John H., State Infirmary, Tewksbury, MA: 84, 615
    • No. Western Needle Co.: 24, 37, 41, 46, 49, 52, 73, 150, 173, 178, 180, 218, 271, 281, 405, 444,
    • NY Pub. Library, Library for the Blind, NY Public Library: 133 (actually 134), 931
    • NY State Comm. for the Blind: 819, 864, 893, 922, 930
    • O’Neil, Josephine: 309
    • Parsons, L.W.: [533], 903
    • Payne, Mary J.: 838
    • Peel, John: 853?, 868 (actually 869)
    • Perkins Library: 23, 43, 45, 678, 688, 748, 777, 846, 949
    • Perkins Work Shop: 232, 433, 443, 573, 574, 605, 630, 792, 794, 847, 861
    • Perry Mason Co.: 17
    • Peters, Virginia, State Industrial School for Girls: 918
    • Peterson, Helena: 809
    • Phillips, Herbert W.: 42, 69, 163, [258], 510
    • Phinny/Phinney, Lola: 396
    • Pierce, Dr. G.A., State Infirmary, Tewksbury, MA: 607
    • Pietsch, C.F.: 349
    • Pittsley, Alexander: 327, 514, 882, 948
    • Poirier, Joseph: no page
    • Postmaster, Amesbury, MA: 284
    • Postmaster, Whitingsville: 363
    • Puffer, Mildred: 622 (actually 623)
    • Putney, Arthur F.: 626, 665, 689, 861 (actually 860)
    • Rand, Letta, Supt., Training and Work for Men, State Comm. For the Blind: 31, 169, 226, 530 (actually 531), 540, 549, 560, 769, 776
    • Reardon, Dennis A.: 39, 68, 189, 369, 699, 720
    • Rice, M.E.: 497
    • Roberts, Mary E.: 18, 76, 91, 135, 214, 216, 289, 294, 311, 392 (actually 393), 469, 651, 758, 767, 782, 791, 804, 908, 934
    • Robertson, Walter B.: 13, 225, 384, 473, 744, 911
    • Robinson, Mr.: 993
    • S.A. Jacobson & Co.: 989
    • Sabin, William: 288
    • Sanborn, John P.: 120, 129, 380, 385, 381 (actually 380), 591, 917
    • Savage, L.D., City Hospital, Haverhill, MA: 361, 367, 370
    • Scalon, Michael, Mayor: 565
    • Schuerer, Edward S.: 19, 55, 75, 99, 107, 127, 142, 145, 161, 184, 193, 209, 221, 229, 231, 237, 270, 283, 286, 292, 305, 319, 326, 391, 395, 400, 430, 450, 459, 464, 470, 477, 498, 512, 536, 545 (actually 546) , 556, 580, 583, 599, 617, 623, 628, 643, 650, 661, 666, 671, 683
    • Schwimmer & Co.: 457
    • Scott, Daniel, Workshop for the Blind, Worcester, MA: 746, 830
    • Selley, Kate, Illinois Dept. of the Blind, Chicago, IL: 106
    • Sherman, Phebe A.G.: 97
    • Smith, Mrs. Thomas P.: 196, 235, 301, 373
    • Snow, Mrs. Albert: 798
    • Spool Cotton Co.: 295
    • St. Martin, Ernest: 189
    • Starbuck, Simeon: 828
    • Stevens, Mrs. J.H.: 98 (actually 99)
    • Stewart, Margaret: 664
    • Stott, E.B.: 462
    • Summit Thread Co.: 553, 564, 608, 663, 655, 806, 854, 944
    • Swan, Dr. Lawrence C.: 956 (actually 955)
    • Swinbourne, Mrs. James G.: 26, 523, 535, 564, 747, 770, 825, 850, 871, 969
    • T.D. Whitney & Co.: 563, 574, 630, 647, 648, 755, 866, 880, 957, 998
    • T.I. Smith Co.: 6, 35, 119, 203, 269, 288, 315, 561?
    • Thomas Meehan & Sons: 722, 753, 781, 784, 811, 852, 937, 970
    • Thompson, John, Librarian, People’s Library, Philadelphia, PA: 8, 37, 88, 104, 222, 359, 504, 653, 743, 755, 914, 975
    • Thorndyke Hotel: 771 (actually 772)
    • Toomy, Patrick: 700
    • Vanderwarner, C.E.: 98, 140
    • Vogler, Ethel: 910
    • Walkley, Charles: 397
    • Walkley, Mary: 812, 959
    • Walsh, Daniel P.: 310
    • Walsh Law: 810
    • Warren, E.E.: 265, 287
    • Watts, K.: [884], [929]
    • West, Nellie: 277
    • West, Nettie: 276
    • Wetherbee, H.J.: 244
    • White, Anthony: 888
    • Whitehead, Clara: 176, 183, 398, 421, 486, 961
    • Whittemore, F.S.: 794
    • Widdoff/Widdiff, James: 291, 322
    • Wilkinson, Mr., Samuel Ward & Co.: 553
    • Wilson, Alfred G.: 36, 618
    • Wilson, Susan E., Field Worker, State Comm. for the Blind: 185, 208, 224, 242
    • Woodman, Charles: 266
    • Worcester Work Shop: 946
    • Wright, Ida: 332, 347
    • Wright, Lucy, Supt., State Comm. for the Blind: 662, 950
    • Wright, Lucy Wright, Gen. Supt., State Comm. for the Blind: 85, 94, 106, 113, 114, 139, 170, 177, 186, 189, 219, 253, 290, 301, 328, 341, 368, 427, 465, 528, 541, 726

Provenance:

Unknown

Subject headings:

  • Perkins School for the Blind.
  • Perkins School for the Blind–History.
  • Teachers of people who are blind
  • Allen, Edward E. (Edward Ellis), 1861-1950

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