| Credit line |
Museum Purchase, 2006.46 |
| Publish date |
ca. 1960 |
| Summary |
The second of four shows recorded for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) radio series "A Quartet." Content of this tape as described in the radio series flyer: "This program takes you into a braille printing house, shows how blind people use their hands not only to read but to perform the tasks of normal, everyday living." Interview took place at the American Printing House for the Blind with Marjorie Hooper, APH Braille Editor. According to the flyer, the radio programs were narrated by Herbert Marshall and Robert Trout. Leon Pearson and Gregor Ziemer, AFB Director of Public Education, were responsible for text, interviews, and production. Included is a typewritten form letter dated February 15, 1961 on AFB letterhead from Ziemer to "Program Director," listing available radio tapes and instructions for returning them to AFB. The open-reel recordings were made on magnetic tape.
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| Object ID |
2006.46.2 |
| Object Name |
Tape, Audio |
| People |
Hooper, Marjorie |
| Phys Desc |
1 sound tape reel (28 min., 30 sec.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in. |
| Provenance |
The tape was distributed by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Department of Public Education. AFB recorded several series of public service radio shows. The Callahan Museum purchased three "A Quartet" tapes and five from "Manpower," another AFB radio series, through a collector. The tapes had been mailed parcel post in fibre-board containers to radio station WKOV in Wellston, OH, between 1960 and 1961. A flyer for the "A Quartet" series notes that "AFB tape recorders traveled 5,000 miles to make the recordings . . . ." |
| Publisher |
American Foundation for the Blind |
| Pub Place |
New York |
| Series |
A Quartet radio series |
| Search Terms |
American Printing House for the Blind
APH braille production |
| Subjects |
Blind
Braille
Manufacturing processes
Occupations |
| Title |
Hands that See [Sound recording] |
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