| Collection |
Ronecker Slate Collection |
| Artist |
BLISTA |
| Date |
ca. 1970 |
| Description |
Hinged pocket slate; gray plastic; 9 lines of 21 cells; brailled line numbers along front right of top plate; two pins and two pairs of Dymo tape slots in top plate; bottom plate has 4 pins and extended corners on left side with two 1/4 in. holes (to insert slate in binder?). "Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt D-3550 Marburg W. Germany" --bottom plate. "Art.-Nr. 04 1014" --bottom plate. |
| Dimension notes |
4 x 6 1/2 in. |
| Made |
Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt (Blista) |
| Material |
Plastic |
| Object ID |
2001.211.5 |
| Object Name |
Slate |
| Place of Origin |
Marburg, Germany |
| Provenance/History |
Item is part of a slate collection that belonged to David Ronecker (1918-2001). He was blind since birth, attended the Missouri School for the Blind, worked in Texas as a medical technician for the armed forces, and was an avid collector of slates. He was the uncle of Charles Zinser, who acquired the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
The German Blind Study Institute (Blista) was founded in 1916 in the historic university town of Marburg to help treat and rehabilitate blinded soldiers. The institute operated a workshop to produce special tools from its inception. The production of braillewriters based on Oskar Picht's original design moved to the Blista factory after WWII.
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| Subjects |
Aids for the blind and visually handicapped.
Braille.
Instructional aids, tools, and supplies.
Slates.
Tactile writing. |
| Title |
Interpoint braille slate |
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