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Keller-Macy Cottage dedication collection

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Creator:

Perkins School for the Blind

Date Range:

1956

Call Number:

AG142

Abstract:

Collection contains correspondence relating to the Keller-Macy Cottage dedication ceremony, press releases, seating lists, a script of the dedication ceremony, and documents produced by the Perkins School for the Blind Deafblind Department. The collection also includes newspaper clippings about Helen Keller and her role in the dedication ceremony.

Extent:

0.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Processed by:

Amanda Landis, 2014

Biographical/Historical notes:

On November 15, 1956, Helen Keller came to the Perkins School for the Blind campus to attend the dedication of the new building used by the Deafblind Department in honor of herself and her teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy. The ceremony marked the expansion of Perkins School for the Blind’s Deafblind program.

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:

AG142 Keller-Macy Cottage Dedication Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Scope/Contents:

Collection includes correspondence, clippings, administrative and planning documents, and event documents related to the Keller-Macy Cottage dedication ceremony produced by the Perkins School for the Blind Deafblind Department. Clippings also document Helen Keller’s role in the dedication ceremony.

Arrangement:

1 box

AG50 Dr. Edward J. Waterhouse Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

AG62 Helen Keller Photo Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

AG44 Perkins Institutional History: Publications, Clippings, and Manuscripts Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA.

Container List:

  • B1:F1: Edward J. Waterhouse Dedication Correspondence, September – November 1956
  • B1:F2: Dedication Correspondence (incoming), November 1956
  • B1:F3: Press Release, October 1956
  • B1:F4: Invitation and Program, November 14, 1956
  • B1:F5: Dedication Script, November 14, 1956 Folder 6: Seating List, November 14, 1956
  • B1:F7: Dedication Pamphlets, November 14, 1956
  • B1:F8: Deafblind Department Documents, November 1956
  • B1:F9: Newspaper clippings, 1956

Subject headings:

  • Perkins School for the Blind.
  • Perkins School for the Blind–History.
  • Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
  • Waterhouse, Edward J., 1902-1999
  • Sullivan, Anne, 1866-1936
  • Thomson, Polly   

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