Object ID:
2001.211.59
Title:
Telephone Braille note set (Haimemo)
Description:
Top-hinged slate; left side holds a roll of paper; 5 lines of 20 cells; metal hook to hold notes; right edge of top plate is serrated; one pin in top plate and one in bottom plate; magnet on bottom plate for holding stylus; foam backing to keep device stable.
Date:
[n.d.]
Made by:
Nimoka (Blind Tool Development Center of Japan)
Place of Origin:
Japan
Provenance:
Nimoka is a division of Pioneer Goods Co., Ltd. in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. On the Nimoka website, the Haimemo is described as having won a prestigious design award. Sold through the Japanese Library for the Blind, founded in 1940 by Kazuo Honma (1915-2003). Destroyed during WWII, it reopened in 1948 in Tokyo. It began selling aids in 1966.
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.
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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Braille memo slate
Braille memo slate