Object ID:
2001.211.14
Title:
Hinged pocket slate
Description:
Hinged pocket slate; brass; rounded on open end; 4 lines of 31 cells; pins in bottom.
Dimensions:
H-1.625 W-8.375 inches
Date:
ca. 1940
Made by:
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Place of Origin:
London, England
Provenance:
RNIB was founded in 1868 as the British and Foreign Blind Association for Promoting the Education and Employment of the Blind. Its name changed to the National Institute for the Blind in 1914, and to Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953. In 1920, NIB expanded its mandate to include the production and sale of "Apparatus for Use by the Blind" and produced its first catalog soon after.
The 1937-38 annual report of the National Institute for the Blind shows this slate on page 27.
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. His nephew, Charles Zinser, sold the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
The 1937-38 annual report of the National Institute for the Blind shows this slate on page 27.
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. His nephew, Charles Zinser, sold the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2001.211
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Brass slate
Brass slate
Brass slate
Brass slate