Perkins Archives Blog
November 23, 2020
Printed in 1786, Essai Sur L'Education des Aveugles, by Valentin Haüy is the first embossed book printed for use by people who are blind.
October 22, 2020
Kyriakie Nicolaou, a student from Greece in the 1930s, made it clear that she "was just an ordinary girl," but her story was not.
September 16, 2020
Alexander Mell and the Imperial Royal Institute for the Education of the Blind in Vienna's unique friendship and collaboration with Perkins.
August 19, 2020
Camp Allen, located on a small lake in New Hampshire, offered a summer full of activities and friends for girls who were blind or visually impaired.
July 16, 2020
The Black Lives Matter movement has been the impetus for education, reflection, and identification of steps the Perkins Archives can start taking.
June 18, 2020
Clarence Hawkes graduated from Perkins and went on to become, according to Helen Keller, "one of the best known nature writers" in the country.
April 22, 2020
Samuel Eliot was a historian and educator who served on the Perkins Board of Trustees for 33 years and was well known in Boston and New England.
March 19, 2020
Dr. Jessica Linnell Langworthy's legacy as a teacher of students with blindness and of teachers is outlined in a 44-year career at Perkins.
February 13, 2020
Sayed Fattah's connection to Perkins continued after he returned to Egypt after completing the Teacher Training Program in 1938.