Perkins Archives Blog

November 18, 2013
Excerpt from Chapter 19, "I Am Welcomed in Boston" by Davy Crockett.

November 12, 2013
Retirement Napkin, Perkins Music Department, 1944

November 8, 2013
Back in the days, before writing could commence you would need to blot the tip of the pen to avoid drips and splotches from marring your work.

November 5, 2013
Article from The Boston Globe discussing the dismantling of the old Perkins Institution in South Boston.

November 1, 2013
Complaint about the Privy, From the Female Students to Dr. Howe, 1851

October 29, 2013
A flyer for a concert at Perkins in 1868.

September 30, 2013
Take a look at famous Laura Bridgman Artifacts before and after.

September 9, 2013
The Change Ringing Bells at Perkins School for the Blind.

August 23, 2013
Transcription of an entry showing Anne Sullivan's diagnosis when she was 15 years old.

August 13, 2013
Transcript of typed letter to Perkins from Charles Thurber.