About this collection:
This collection is work done by students at Perkins School for the Blind and Kindergarten at the turn of the century. Classroom work was sometimes exhibited to the public to advocate for education and work opportunities for students and alumni.
About this inventory:
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Latest update to inventory:
March 25, 2024.
Date range:
Circa 1887-1912
Call number:
AG271
Inventory:
Kindergarten
Reading and writing, circa 1887–1912
- Box 1: Kindergarten pencil writing student notebooks, I-III, circa 1887-1912
- Box 2: Kindergarten pencil writing student notebook, IV, circa 1887-1912
Crafts and Handwork, circa 1887–1900
- Box 3: Kindergarten Department Directed Work, pricking and sewing, after 1887
- Box 4: Kindergarten Department Directed Work, weaving, paper pasting, and paper folding, after 1887
- Picture 1: Framed Kindergarten paperwork
- Picture 2: Framed Kindergarten paperwork
- Picture 3: Framed Kindergarten paperwork
- Picture 4: Framed Kindergarten paperwork
- Picture 5: Framed Kindergarten paperwork
- Picture 6: Framed Kindergarten paperwork
Geography
Map drawings, circa 1890–1900
- Museum: Africa, 1 of 2, circa 1890-1900
- Box 5: Africa, circa 1890-1900
- Box 6: North America, circa 1890-1900
- Box 7: South America, circa 1890-1900
- Box 8: South America, circa 1890-1900
- Box 9: Maine, New Hamshire and Vermont., by student Arthur Beckman, age 12 years, circa, 1890-1896
- Box 10: Massachusetts., Rhode Island, and Connecticut, by student Wesley Newton, age 13 years, circa, 1890-1896
- Box 11: Unidentified region, by student Arthur Beckman, age 12 years, circa, 1890-1896
Drawing
Triangulation and geometrical drawing, circa 1890–1900
- Box 12: Number 3 Directed Work, triangle designs, after 1887
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