Eleanor Wiley Thayer Papers 1942-1991

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Eleanor Wiley Thayer Papers 1942-1991

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Teacher of the blind and Music teacher. The papers consist of a small amount of correspondence and addresses relating to her work at the Perkins School for the Blind; course outlines, examples of braille music, concert programs, and workshop material document her role in developing music curriculum at Perkins. Also included are publications of the International Conference of Educators of Blind Youth and the American Association of Instructors of the Blind.

2 boxes; (1 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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Smith College.

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Since 1900, Christmas at Smith College has involved the sending of cards, the singing of carols and the annual Vespers. Smith College's Christmas Vespers has allowed religious and non-religious students alike to come together and appreciate the music and spirit of the holiday season. At this annual candlelight ceremony, Smith College choral groups perform seasonal songs and religious readings. From the description of Records of Christmas at Smith College, 1900-[ongoing]. (Smith Colle...

Perkins School for the Blind

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The New England Asylum for the Blind was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1829 (St 1828, c 111); and opened in Boston in 1832 as the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind. It was successively renamed the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind in 1839, the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind in 1877, and the Perkins School for the Blind in 1955. The institution relocated in Watertown in 1912. Although not a state...

Thayer, Eleanor Wiley, 1906-1990

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Notes for lecture to teacher training classes for the blind on the study of music notation in the Perkins' Lower School; given March 2, 1956 Eleanor Wiley Thayer was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1906. She graduated from Smith College in 1929, then taught music at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., a position she held from 1929 to 1971. She died in 1990. From the guide to the Eleanor Wiley Thayer Papers MS 161., 1942-1991, (Sophia Smith ...