Perkins alumni Archives – Perkins School for the Blind

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Charles Lindsay with his uniformed driver, George S. Harvey. Both men are wearing long coats and hats, Lindsay in a bowler hat. Lindsay has his hand on Harvey's elbow, in a sighted guide position. There is an old-style car behind them.

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Sir Charles William Lindsay

Howe Building in the snow in 1913.

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Memories of a Perkins’ winter wonderland

Richard Chapman and Claude Ellis running in a race.

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Richard Chapman oral history (2023)

Portrait of George Roukey, a white man, wearing a suit and tie. He is wearing dark glasses.

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The unexpected discovery of a blind ancestor named George

A series of polariods depicting the Perkins Class of 1972, Marie as a student, Marie as an adult on the phone, and Marie with her guide dog.

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Perkins alumna Marie Hennessy chooses to give back to her community

Portrait of Cora Crocker, a Perkins student with deafblindness, wearing a long white dress and leaning against an ornately carved wooden chair. Portrait studio backdrop has a classical column at the top right.

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Cora Crocker

Q&A

The Education Leadership Program – Applications are open for the 2023 – 2024 Cycle

View of Girl's Close residential cottages with walkway lined with brick buildings on both sides with the Howe Building Tower behind.

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The Perkins Bells: Sounds and history

Portrait of Mrs. Lahoud at age 87. She has thick brown short hair and friendly smile. She sits on a padded white recliner, close to a floor lamp, a bench, and a piano.

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How a teacher shaped the first school for the blind in Lebanon

Tile collage of Dorothy Ingersoll, Rhoda Pill, and Eleanor Thayer

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Dorothy Ingersoll, Rhoda Pill, and Eleanor Thayer oral history

Seated three-quarter portrait of Charles Frederick Fraser. Fraser has thick mutton-chop sideburns and wears a long coat and patterned cravat.

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Charles Frederick Fraser

Rachael Noyes

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Rachael Noyes oral history