Perkins School for the Blind
The bulk of this collection is comprised of various intelligence testing materials, some in braille. Also included are original writings of Samuel P. Hayes, pieces of correspondence addressed to Samuel P. Hayes, administrative and school information, bound volumes containing Perkins-Binet test analyses, and a wooden peg board.
Emily Church, 2012; Susanna Coit, 2020 (reviewed, inventory created)
Dr. Samuel P. Hayes, a psychologist at Perkins SChool for the Blind between 1920 and 1958, is credited with creating the first psychological testing tool for measuring the mental ability of children with visual impairment. He adapted the Stanford-Binet testing program to create the Hayes-Binet Tests of Intelligence for the Blind in 1942, which was instrumental in demonstrating to the world that there is no significant difference in intelligence between individuals with visual impairments and those without. The Perkins-Binet tests succeeded theHayes-Biney tests in 1980. It was later discovered that the Perkins-Binet tests had validity issues and was removed from the market.
(2011).Intelligence testing for the visually impaired.
McGinnity, B.L., Seymour-Ford, J. and Andries, K.J. (2004) Kindergarten. Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA.
Perkins School for the Blind. (1958). Perkins Annual Report. Watertown, MA.
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This collection contains various intelligence tests and testing materials, some in braille. The collection also includes original writings of Samuel P. Hayes, as well as some correspondence regarding the intelligence tests. Notes about the intelligence tests, and the process for testing children who are blind or visually impaired are also included. There are also bound volumes of raw data and analyses of the Perkins-Binet test (with no corresponding keys), a wooden peg board, and publications.
B1:F1 = Box 1: Folder 1
SPH = Samuel P. Hayes
Folders are numbered sequentially through the entire collection.
Box: 1
B1:F1: Student lists, 1950-1960 [Restricted]
B1:F2: “Sample Cases of Feeble-Minded Children discharged from Perkins”, 1955
B1:F3: Perkins Administrative Information, 1964-1965
B1:F4: Perkins School for the Blind - Fire Regulations, undated
B1:F5: Personnel, 1965, undated
B1:F6: Johnny Harris outlook, 1944 [Restricted]
B1:F7: [There is no Folder 7]
B1:F8: “A Standard Graduation Examination for Elementary Schools for the Blind” by SPH, 1939
B1:F9: “The Use of Tests in the Educational and Vocational Guidance of the Blind” by SPH AAIB, 1940
B1:F10: “How Shall We Go About Testing in Our Schools” by SPH, APA, 1950
B1:F11: “Arithmetic: Teaching and Testing in Schools for the Blind” by SPH, 1944
B1:F12: SPH Original Articles, 1929-1948
B1:F13: Miscellaneous SPH papers, undated
B1:F14: Diagnostic Arithmetic Tests, undated
B1:F15: Biology Tests, 1924
B1:F16: Miscellaneous Language Tests, circa 1920s
B1:F17: Miscellaneous Geography Tests, undated
B1:F18: Miscellaneous American History Tests, 1920, 1932
B1:F19: American Council Economies Test, 1929
B1:F20: Ruch-Popenoe General Science Test, 1923, 1926
B1:F21: Wilson Language Error Tests, 1923
B1:F22: The Illinois Examination, 1920
B1:F23: Wide Range Achievement Test, 1944
B1:F24: Form A, Diagnostic Test, McCormick-Mathers Co., undated
B1:F25: Miscellaneous Latin Tests, undated
B1:F26: Miscellaneous Attainment Scales, undated
B1:F27: Gates Test of Phonetic Ability, undated
B1:F28: Miscellaneous Physics Tests, undated
B1:F29: Miscellaneous Physical Tests, undated
B1:F30: Grid for Evaluating Physical Fitness, undated
B1:F31: Physical Fitness Evaluations, Upper School Boys, undated [Restricted]
B1:F32: First Year Readiness Test -- II, 1947-1948
B1:F33: Gates Silent Reading Test, 1926, 1927 ; Gates Basic Reading Test, 1942
B1:F34: Miscellaneous Reading Tests and Order Forms, undated
B1:F35: Miscellaneous Reading Tests, undated
B1:F36: Van Wagenen Reading Scales, circa 1922
B1:F37: Monroe’s Silent Reading Test, undated
B1:F38: Nassau-Hillegas Scale, WIlling, Ingles-Vocabulary, undated
B1:F39: Miscellaneous Vocabulary tests, undated
B1:F40: Miscellaneous Music Tests, circa 1920s
B1:F41: Kepner Social Science Tests,, 1924
B1:F42: Mechanical Ability Tests, 1922, undated
B1:F43: Boston Psychopathic Hospital - Manual Dexterity Testing, 1925
B1:F44: Blanton-STinchfield Speech Measurements, 1923
B1:F45: Gates Graded Word Pronunciation Test, undated
B1:F46: Miscellaneous Speech Tests, circa 1920s
B1:F46a: Speech Tests, 1923, 1927 [Restricted]
B1:F47: Salesmanship Tests, undated
B1:F48: Sones-Harry High School Achievement Test, 1929
B1:F49: Myers-Ruen High School Progress Test, 1936-1938
B1:F50: Standard Graduation Examination, undated
B1:F51: Stanford Achievement Test, 1940
B1:F52: Stanford Achievement Test, Forms A-B, 1922, 1929
B1:F53: Stanford Achievement Test, Forms DM, EM, and FM, 1941
B1:F54: Stanford Achievement Test, Partial Form G, 1942 [Restricted]
B1:F55: Stanford Achievement Tests, Forms V, W, X, Y, Z, 1929-1931
B1:F56: Stanford Achievement Tests, Form M and Part A, 1955
B1:F57: Stanford Achievement Test, Intermediate Partial H, 1946
Box 2:
B2:F58: Stanford Achievement Tests, Form K and L, 1954
B2:F59: Stanford Achievement Test, Form M, 1952-1954
B2:F60: Stanford Achievement Test, Form M, 1955
B2:F61: Vocational Testing Materials, undated
B2:F62: Vocational Inventory, Curtis G. Gentry, 1940
B2:F63: Miscellaneous Occupational Testing Material, undated
B2:F64: Character Rating Tests, undated
B2:F65: B4-F. The Personality Inventory, 1935
B2:F66: California Test of Personality, 1939-1953
B2:F67: California Test of Mental Maturity, 1936-1946
B2:F68: The Personal Audit, 1945
B2:F69: Interest Inventory - 6th grade at Perkins, undated
B2:F70: Inventory of Social Behavior, 1941
B2:F71: The Humm-Wadsworth Temperament Scale, 1934
B2:F72: Downey Group Will-Temperament Test, 1922
B2:F73: Aspects of Personality, 1937-1938
B2:F74: [There is no Folder 74]
B2:F75: Kitson Tests, undated
B2:F76: Indiana University, Mental Survey, undated
B2:F77: The Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Tests, 1969
B2:F78: The Ohio Recognition Scale, 1950-1951, 1946
B2:F79: Rhode Island Intelligence Test, undated
B2:F80: Pennsylvania Bi-Manual Work Sample, 1969
B2:F81: Army Alpha Test, undated
B2:F82: Kent’s Andover School Entrance Tests, 1944 [Restricted]
B2:F83: Kent EGY Test Revision, 1941
B2:F84: Kent Rosanoff Association Test, undated
B2:F85: Kindergarten Achievement Tests, 1920
B2:F86: A Test of Liberal Thought, 1924
B2:F87: Mental Survey Tests, undated
B2:F88: Moral Judgment Testimony Completed Tests, undated
B2:F89: Multi-Mental Scale, 1925
B2:F90: The Ohio Literacy Test, undated
B2:F91: Otis Classification Test, 1922
B2:F92: Patterson Scale, undated
B2:F93: Comprehensive Test Program, undated
B2:F94: Miscellaneous Clerical Tests, undated
B2:F95: Coxe-Orleans Prognosis of Teaching Ability, 1930
B2:F96: I.E.R. Intelligence Scale, CAVD, 1926
B2:F97: General Mental Abilities Tests, 1932, 1947
B2:F98: Score Sheets, Atkins Object Fitting Test, Form-Board Test, 1931
B2:F99: Charts for Testing Vision, undated
B2:F100: Diagnostic Tests, The Harter School Supply Co, undated
B2:F101: The Dearborn Group Tests of Intelligence, 1920, 1922
B2:F102: Correlation Aids, Otis Charts, undated
B2:F103: Metropolitan Achievement Tests, 1947
B2:F104: Progressive Achievement Tests, 1937
B2:F105: Other Intelligence Tests, undated
B2:F106: Exercises in Judging Poetry, 1921
B2:F107: Rapid Survey Intelligence Test, undated
B2:F108: Classification Tests for Senior and Primary Students, undated
B2:F109: Pressey Cross-Out and Group Point Tests, undated
B2:F110: Psychoanalysis Preliminary Testing, undated
B2:F111: Psychographic Record Blanks, 1926
B2:F112: Reasoning Judgement Tests, 1941-1942
B2:F113: Randall’s Island Performance Series blanks, undated
B2:F114: Suggestions - Terman, undated
B2:F115: Social Intelligence Test, undated
B2:F116: Teaching Aptitude Test, 1927
B2:F117: Testimony Experiment - Visual Word Stimulus, undated ; Auditory Stimulus, undated
B2:F118: Tryout Tests, undated
B2:F119: Washburn Social Adjustment Inventory, 1936
B2:F120: Jeanette Cionette - Teaching Materials, undated
B2:F121: Testing material, undated
B2:F122: Braille Testing Material, Form J, undated
B2:F123: Braille pages, undated
Box 3:
B3:F124: Form J, tactile clock, testing materials [Braille], undated
B3:F124a: Miscellaneous Personality and Behavior Testing, undated
B3:F124b: Perkins Summer School for Mothers and Blind Babies, notes on lectures, 1945
B3:F125: Metropolitan Achievement Test Keys [Braille], undated
B3:F126: Metropolitan Achievement Tests Keys, Intermediate [Braille], undated
B3:F127: Metropolitan Achievement Tests Keys, Advanced [Braille], undated
B3:F128: Stanford Achievement Tests Keys, Form J [Braille], undated
B3:F129: Stanford Achievement Tests KEyes, Form J [Braille], undated
Box 4:
B4:F130: Stanford Achievement Test Keys [Braille], undated
B4:F131: Stanford Achievement Test Keys, Form J [Braille], undated
B4:F132: Kuder AH Personal Keys [Braille], undated
B4:F133: Flyers, Ads, and other miscellaneous ephemera, undated
B4:F134: Miscellaneous Testing Materials and other publications, circa 1930-1940
B4:F135: Miscellaneous publications, circa 1920s
B4:F136: Miscellaneous publications, 1948, 1961, 1962
B4:F137: Student Profile Charts for Pinter Mental Ability Test, 1945 [Restricted]
Box 5:
Oversize bound volume: Perkins-Binet #1 and #2, Entire Group [raw data]
Box 6:
Oversize bound volume: Perkins-Binet #3, Usable Vision [raw data]
Box 7:
Oversize bound volume: Perkins-Binet #4, Entire, Usable, Non-vision [raw data]
Box 8:
Oversize bound volumes: Perkins-Binet #5 and #6, Entire, Usable, Non-usable [raw data]
Box 9:
Oversize binders: Perkins-Binet #7 and #8, Non-usable vision [raw data]
Box 10:
Oversize bound volumes: Perkins-Binet #9 and #10, Usable vision [raw data]
Box 11:
Oversize bound volumes: Perkins-Binet #11 and #12, Non-usable vision [raw data]
Box 12:
Oversize bound volumes: Perkins-Binet #13 and #14 [raw data
Box 13:
Oversized item: Holiday, October 1964 (publication)
Box 14:
3-D Object: Wooden peg board
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.
Perkins School for the Blind.
Achievement Tests.
Blind--Intelligence testing.
Stanford--Binet Test.
Hayes, Samuel Perkins, 1874-1958.