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Professional organizations and conferences photographs

Collection inventory

About this collection:

Collection of photographs taken of professional association members and conferences that were attended by Perkins staff. Formerly part of AG129 Photographs in the Archives.

About this inventory:

The Perkins Archives is committed to making more of our collections available sooner. To do so, we are making inventories of unprocessed collections available. These inventories may not be complete and may be updated periodically. The date of the latest edit will be noted. For questions about these collections, email [email protected].

Latest update to inventory:

April 5, 2024.

Date range:

1941-1981

Call number:

AG248

Inventory

Box 1 album:

  • B1:F1: Unidentified group portraits, circa 1950s-1970s.
  • B1:F2: Officers of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind (AAIB), 1954-1956.
  • B1:F3: First meeting of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris, 1951.
  • B1:F4: Pan American Conference on the Welfare of the Blind, Brazil, 1954.
  • B1:F5: World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, UNESCO General Assembly, Paris, 1954.
  • B1:F6: International Conference of Educators of Blind Youth, Oslo Norway, August 2-10, 1957.
  • B1:F7: First Conference of Leading Representatives from Teacher-Preparation Centers with Programs Dealing with the Education of Blind Children, New York, March 26-29, 1958.
  • B1:F8: National Committee for Deaf-Blind Children (NCDB) Meeting at Perkins, 1958.
  • B1:F9: Guidance Programs for Blind Children Conference, Perkins, 1959.
  • B1:F10: Teachers of the Blind, Brazil, 1964.
  • B1:F11: Conference of Teachers of the Blind, New Delhi, 1969.
  • B1:F12: Special Project for Agencies Serving the Blind, Special Committee Meeting, 1977.
  • B1:F13: International Symposium on Visually Handicapped Infants and Young Children, Shefayin, Israel, June 14 -19, 1981.

Boz 2 oversize:

  • Convention on American Association of Instructors of the Blind at Brantford, Ontario, 1892.
  • Delegates at twentieth convention of American Association of Instructors of the Blind, Little Rock Arkansas, 1910.
  • Tenth convention American Association of Workers for the Blind, Ohio State School for the Blind, Columbus, June 15, 16, 17, 1909.
  • Naming overlay, American Association of Instructors of the Blind, 1911.
  • Twenty-first Biennial Convention of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 25-28, 1912.
    [Includes convention program on the back]
  • American Association of Workers for the Blind, 1915
    [Gift of M. E. Burbeck May, 1934.
  • Convention of American Association of Workers for the Blind, Toronto, Canada, June 24-27, 1919.
  • Dinner to the Delegates and Guests of the World Conference on Work for the BLind given by M.C. Migel, and WIllimas Nelson Cromwell. Guest of HOnor 0 Dr. Edward Ellis Allen, Hotel Roosevelt, April 29, 1931.
  • American Association of Instructors of the Blind at New York City School, June, 1932.
  • Convention of American Association of Instructors of the Blind held at Michigan School for the Blind at Lansing, Michigan, June 27-30 1938.
  • American Association of Workers for the Blind (A.A.W.B.) Convention, Indianapolis, 1941.
  • Far East Conference, Toko Japan, 1956.
  • International Council of Educators of Blind Youth, at Perkins, 1967.
  • Fourth International Conference on Deaf-Blind Children, at Perkins, 1971.

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