| Access Conditions |
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| Accruals |
Additional materials may be added to this collection in the future. |
| Admin/Biog History |
The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) was established as a non-profit corporation in the state of Kentucky on January 23, 1858, for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, and distributing books and tangible apparatus in accessible formats for blind and visually impaired persons. Through the 1879 federal Act to Promote the Education of the Blind, APH became the official supplier of educational materials for blind and visually impaired students below college-level in the United States and its territories. The Act established federal financial assistance in the form of an annual appropriation for the development, research, production, and distribution of APH educational products. Today, APH produces materials in braille, large print, and audio and computer-disc formats, as well as a variety of tactile educational aids.
Additional history and details about the corporate structure are available at the company Web site: www.aph.org.
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| Collection |
RG 02: APH Legislation |
| Creator |
American Printing House for the Blind (Louisville, Ky.) |
| Credit line |
APH Archives, 2005.12 |
| Custodial History |
Materials were gathered for the corporate archives from various APH departments; exact dates are not known, but the bulk may have entered the collection when the museum was being organized, prior to its official opening in 1994. |
| Dates of Accumulation |
1888-2004 |
| Dates of Creation |
1888-2004 (bulk 1930s-1950s) |
| Abstract |
Business records relating to federal and state legislation affecting the American Printing House for the Blind, especially the federal 1879 Act to Promote the Education of the Blind. Includes APH "Acts of Legislation" booklets, which contain the company charter, by-laws, and amendments, as well as state and federal legislation and amendments affecting APH. Included also are newspaper clippings about annual federal appropriations; correspondence with state and federal departments; a published article, "Expanded Provisions Under the Federal Act To Promote the Education of the Blind," by Finis Davis, APH vice president and general manager; Kentucky certificates relating to incorporation; and Kentucky forms and correspondence about the use of denatured alcohol and a still in the production of talking book recordings.
Includes brief correspondence (1949) between Finis Davis, and Paul Strachan, president of the American Federation of the Physically Handicapped regarding a defeated large-print proviso; a telegram (1939) to Rosanna McCann of APH and a statement of Robert B. Irwin as reprinted in a Congressional Record (1940), both relating to the federal appropriation; a letter (1965) from Davis concerning the affect of the Civil Rights Act on shipment of federal quota orders; correspondence (1941-1943) between George Glen Hatcher, Secretary of State, and Andrew C. Ellis, APH superintendent, regarding incorporation, and a letter (1941) to Hatcher from C. W. Allen, president of the APH Board of Trustees; and correspondence of Ellis regarding a denatured alcohol permit and still. |
| Extent of Description |
12 folders |
| Finding Aids |
Container list available. |
| Object ID |
2005.12 |
| Object Name |
Records |
| People |
Allen, Charles W.
Davis, Finis E.
Ellis, Andrew C.
Hatcher, George Glen
Irwin, Robert
McCann, Rosanna
Strachan, Paul |
| Search Terms |
American Printing House for the Blind
United States. Veterans Administration |
| Subjects |
Act to Promote the Education of the Blind
American Printing House for the Blind
Bylaws
Legislation |
| System of arrangement |
Folders are arranged topically and contents are arranged chronologically. |
| Title |
American Printing House for the Blind legislative history records |
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