Melville Otter Briney : miscellaneous papers, 1958.

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Briney, Melville Otter, 1899-1986

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Columnist for the Louisville Times and author. From the description of Melville Otter Briney : papers, 1858-1948. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46737468 From the description of Melville Otter Briney : miscellaneous papers, 1958. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46737466 Melville Otter Briney was a Louisville author and columnist for the Louisville Times. Her weekly column, "Old Louisville," recounted stories of people, ev...

Kentucky School for the Blind

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The Kentucky State Board of Education is authorized to provide blind children with an education. It does so through the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville which serves children with visual impairments. The board oversees the buildings and grounds, prescribes the course of education and terms of admission, and appoints the superintendent of the school. The school is responsible under KRS 167.035-167.990. In 1842, the General Assembly established the Kentucky Inst...

Smith, Joseph Brown, 1823-1859

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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...

Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876

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Physician, reformer, and husband of Julia Ward Howe. From the description of Papers, 1868. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46344998 Humanitarian crusader for many causes including Greek freedom, education for the disabled, prison reform, abolition, and black suffrage, Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind and was the chairman of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities. When just out of the Harvard Medical School, he went to Greece as an army surgeon...