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Sue and Larry Melander in the upper level of the Museum in the Howe Building at Perkins School for the Blind.
Guide

Lawrence (Larry) Melander oral history
Professional portrait of Martha Majors
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Martha Majors oral history
Helen Keller, smiling, visits with three young schoolchildren.
Guide

Building a better Helen Keller lesson plan
Three students displaying models of the solar system and constellations made from plastecine. Two of the students are holding up the models and one student is standing next to the table.
Article

The 1925 Solar Eclipse at Perkins
Two tiled portraits. On the left, a photographic portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner from 1888 courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. On the right, a group photographic portrait of the young students and on the steps of the Kindergarten for the Blind, circa 1893.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Kindergarten
Exerpt of handwritten letter from Henry David Thoreau.
Article

A letter from Henry David Thoreau
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.
Article

Sir Charles William Lindsay
Howe Building in the snow in 1913.
Article

Memories of a Perkins’ winter wonderland
Richard Chapman and Claude Ellis running in a race.
Guide

Richard Chapman oral history (2023)
Portrait of George Roukey, a white man, wearing a suit and tie. He is wearing dark glasses.
Article

The unexpected discovery of a blind ancestor named George
Kevin holds a brailler while a group of people around him take a look, including Shirley Temple.
News

Remembering former Perkins Director Kevin Lessard
Five boys sit at a wooden table each occupied in reading or writing with embossed books, braillers, slate and stylus, and an activity board.
Article

National History Day 2024 in the Perkins Archives