Perkins Archives Blog
February 27, 2015
The photograph collection that highlight tools and tricks seldom used in the digital age.
October 31, 2014
Rare portrait of Colonel Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854), was recently uncovered in the Perkins Archives.
October 24, 2014
An intriguing group of letters began to shed light on a 19th century deafblind personality who, much like Bridgman, was widely celebrated in his day.
October 24, 2014
In 1856, Perkins was open to the public once a month and demand was such that visitors needed to get a ticket in advance in order to prevent a crowd.
September 12, 2014
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe's receipt for good/services purchased from D. P. Butler, Practical Phrenologist, Bookseller, and Publisher, 1860.
August 20, 2014
Teaching methodology: curriculum related collections on geography, reading and writing,physical education, manual arts and vocational training.
June 18, 2014
Perkins' Directors' files that date from 1950 to 2000.
May 2, 2014
8 Perkins movies, 1923-1985, now available for your viewing pleasure.
April 25, 2014
Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), on April 25, 2014, Rochester, NY.
March 19, 2014
Two excerpts from Oliver Caswell's journal written March, 1844 in square hand when he was a teenager.