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Blind--Books and reading

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Etta Josselyn Giffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 G36
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1902-1925, received by Etta Josselyn Giffin, director of the National Library for the Blind from members of Congress and other government officials.

Dates: 1902-1925

Joanna Ross Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01381
Content Description

Four page letter from Joanna Ross written on leaterhead from the Virginia Institution for the education of the deaf, dumb, and the blind, Staunton, Virginia. She describes reading to a blind girl and of learning sign language. She also comments on the mild weather in Staunton, her sister's health, people she has met, and books she has recently enjoyed reading.

Dates: 1883 December 6