The AER O&M Division Bledsoe Archives

Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.2
Dona Sauerburger and Mr. W. at AFB & AER Div. 9 Metro Conference
Color print, Dona Sauerburger in white suit on left, Bill Wiener in brown cord jacket and blue tie at right, both laughing for camera, seated at round banquet table with other participants shadowed in background; flash photograph; dated on reverse, F... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.3-52
International O&M Conference, Jerusalem, Israel, May 26-30, 1986
Fifty (50) color snapshots of the May 1986 International IMC-4 O&M Conference in Jerusalem, including shots of the participants at sessions and evening events.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.53
Pete Wurzburger, Russell and Jean Williams
Color snapshot, Russell and Jean Williams are seated at banquet table with Pete Wurzburger standing behind, dated March 1983.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.54
Pete Wurzburger, Don and Virginia Blasch
Color snapshot, Virginia and Donald Blasch are seated at banquet table with Pete Wurzburger standing behind, dated March 1983.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.55
John Malamazian, Jay Whitehead, and Russell Williams
Color snapshot, Russell Williams, seated at banquet table with John Malamazian, left, and Jay Whitehead standing behind, dated March 1983.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.56
Kent Wardell and Rick Welsh
Rick Welsh, left, and Kent Wardell seated at banquet table, brown accordion doors in background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.57
Unidentified O&M staff
Three women in hats and coats mug for the camera; in background, sign reads "Parking for Washington Barber Shop Bldg. Only!"... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.58
Unidentified O&M staff
Color snapshot; man in plaid pants, white sweater and coat, fur cap, smoking pipe, gray hair; background is foyer with school building seen outside windows.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.61
Corrective Therapy Department, Hines VA Hospital
Black/white print, four rows of t-shirt clad men. Back row: first from left, Alford Dee Corbett; fourth from left, Lawrence E. Blaha; eighth from left, Walter Posciak. Third row: second from left, Edward Thuis; fifth from left, Richard Russo; seventh... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.63
W.G. Debetaz
Color print; William Debetaz in coat and cap, holding 35mm camera in front of greenish station wagon.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.64
W.G. Debetaz
B/W print; William Debetaz in shirt/tie leans over as if demonstrating something; two men in suits sit in stuffed chairs in background watching.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.67
Russell and Jean Williams
Color snapshot, Russell and Jean Williams seated at banquet table, brown accordion doors in background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.68
Don Blasch, Warren Bledsoe, Russell Williams
Donald Blasch (left), Warren Bledsoe (center), and Russell Williams (right) seated at banquet table, brown accordion doors in background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.69
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Blasch
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Blasch, walking towards left, brown walnut wall in background; Australian or New Zealand flag to left.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.70
Don Blasch and others at kitchen counter
Don Blasch sits at right at kitchen counter with others, large potted cactus in left foreground.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.75-76
John Eichorn and Don Blasch
(2) BW prints, .75 John Eichorn in suit to left, Don Blasch in jacket and white collarless shirt to right; .76 John Eichorn in suit looking back over his right shoulder in foreground, Don Blasch in left background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.82-83
Walter Olenek
.82 BW print, Walter Olenek in vest/tie seated in living room on sofa; .83 color print, Walter Olenek in shirt/tie and greenish cardigan sweater seated in office in front of bulletin board with March 1985 calendar.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.84-85
Rick Welsh
Color snapshots; .84 Rick Welsh on right, seated at round banquet table, woman in blue floral dress at left; .85 Rick Welsh standing at same event, talking to man and woman at reception.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.86-87
Everett "Butch" Hill
.86 Color snapshot, Everett "Butch" Hill at table with open book; .87 BW print, L to R, Pete Wurtzberger, Butch Hill, Mary Maureen Hill at reception.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.88-89
Burdell "Pete" Wurzburger
(2) color snapshots of Pete Wurzburger; .88 Wurzburger in blue jacket beside brick wall with ocean in background; .89 Wurzburger in blue golf shirt seated at desk with window behind.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.90
Kathern "Kay" Gruber
BW print, Kay Gruber seated on floral sofa.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.105-120
AER O&M Awards Ceremony, November 1989
Sixteen (16) color snapshots of awards ceremony in the Bledsoe Archives reading room at the Maryland School for the Blind, including images of Russ & Jean Williams, Warren Bledsoe, Rick Welsh, Dona Sauerburger, Pam Liu, Steve Miyagawa, Richard Russo,... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.121-123
Warren Bledsoe
.121 BW print, Warren Bledsoe in U.S./Army Air Corps uniform being interviewed by a microphone-holding soldier, an audience of servicemen and women are dimly seen in the background; Bledsoe has an Air Corps patch and three sergeant's chevrons on his... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.124
"A Fair at St. Ovids"
Photo of poster/engraving advertising a comic orchestra in Paris featuring performers from the Quinze-Vingts, a hospital for the blind. When Valentin Ha�y witnessed such a performance in 1771, he was so disgusted he became interested in education fo... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.125
Group photo from banquet, including Warren Bledsoe
Group photo at a banquet, round table is loaded with tableware, wine glasses, and meal; six people sit with five others standing behind; woman standing in center has corsage, possibly the guest of honor; she has linked arms with Warren Bledsoe to her... View Full Record
Cartoon
2007.33.1.126-130
Rehabilitation Guide Cartoons
Five(5) reproduced cartoons from the "Guide to Those Giving Rehabilitation Services to the Blind." .126 Give an honest play by play account .127 Tell him you are moving it .128 Avoid mixups, indecision and upheavals .129 Entering a car .130... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.133-136
Scenes from Hines Blindness Rehabilitation Center
Four (4) BW prints. .133 Hospital corridor, doors open wide in foreground. Caption: "Inelegant and invaluable... the corridor bisecting the Hines Center. It connects with a network of such corridors incomparable for early training in mobility, a... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.138-144
Oklahoma & St. Louis Meetings, AAWB
Seven (7) BW prints, various photos of conference participants. .138: center, Ruth Kaarlela; center with glasses, Jim Liska; far right, Carl Augusto. .139: far left, Kent Wardell; center, Carl Augusto; to immediate right of Augusto, Jim Liska; s... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.145
Morris Frank, Buddy, and Dorothy Harrison Eustis
BW print; Morris Frank in dark double-breasted suit at left, at right Dorothy Eustis in dark dress and feathered hat; she has her right hand on her hip and looks up at Frank; at their feet sits Buddy, a mottled dark German Shepherd in a leather harn... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.146
The Seeing Eye Pioneers: Eustis, Humphrey, Frank, and Ebeling
Composite BW print, four photographs--Dorothy Harrison Eustis, Jack Humphrey, Morris Frank with Buddy, and Willi Ebeling. Text below reads, "THE PIONEERS - Dorothy Harrison Eustis, the lady who loved Shepherds; and (top right) E.S. (Jack) Humphrey,... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.147-152
Mary Switzer
Six (6) BW photographs of Mary Switzer; first five are various scenes from her retirement party in 1970; .152 shows her at an earlier date, presenting small presents to two small children.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.189-191
Bea Baird teaching O&M in Beruit, Lebabon
Three (3) BW print; .189-"1965. Beatrix Baird teaching O&M in Beruit, Lebanon. Teachers from the Arab countries, where the blind did no independent traveling-a blind person had a sighted guide"; photo has two Arab women in traditional white outfits... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.192-199
First Low Vision Mobility Conference, 1970
Eight (8) BW snapshots from mobility conference in San Francisco, November 29th-December 1, 1970; participants pictured include Newell Kephart, Russ Williams, Bruce Blasch, Kent Wardell, Don Cooper, Elmo Miller, Stan Suterko, Gene Apple, Charles Kell... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.200-205
Teaching O&M in Japan, 1972
Six (6) color prints; .200 Marianne Apple supervising mobility oracticum with first class of mobility specialists in Japan, Osaka, October 1972. .201 Gene and Marianne Apple on Japanese TV with first class of Japanese mobility specialists, Osaka... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.206-219
O&M Conference at MIT Faculty Club
.206 John Dupress coming down steps of the MIT Faculty Club, arrarently experimenting with a lasercane, George Dalrymple with back to camera, McAllister Upshaw to far right. .207 A group experiments with a lasercane: (L to R), Bill Walkowiak, unk... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.220-224
Group picture, Conference on the Training of O&M Aides, 1969
Five (5) BW prints taken at the Conference on the Training of Orientation and Mobility Aides held at Western Michigan University, August 3-6, 1969; these are faculty from the early university O&M training programs; .220 Top row, (L to R): Frank R... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.225
Walter Olenek
Color print, Walter Olenek in blue suit with striped tie holding 1986 Blaha Award plaque and the Sir Francis Campbell Cane.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.226-227
University of Northern Colorado Dual Certification Program
Two color snapshots from the first dual certification program at the University of Northern Colorado, whose first class graduated in the spring of 1971; these two shots came during a trip to the Seeing Eye in Morristown, NJ; .226: (L to R) Bob Cro... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.228-235
Staff at the Western Blind Rehabilitation Center (WBRC)
Eight (8) BW prints from December 1975; .228-.229 Nancy Darling, mobility specialist, Western Michigan Grad; .230 Jim Doyle, Assistant Chief, WBRC, Boston College Grad; .231-.232 Bill Ekstrom, mobility specialist, Boston College Grad; .233... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.236-238
Audrey J. Smith
Three color snapshots of Audrey J. Smith and others; .236 July 1972 shot of Smith kneeling between two elementary age children, boy on left has dark glasses, background an apparent school corridor; .237 undated Polaroid, Smith sits on right with... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.240
Russell C. Williams
BW studio print, bust portrait of Russell C. Williams in dark suit, striped shirt, striped tie; curtain backdrop.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.241
Dr. Richard Hoover examining young patient's eyes
BW print; Dr. Hoover sits on stool to left, leaning down to shine a light into the right eye of young African-American boy wearing a dark long sleeved shirt and holding a card with the picture of a hand on it; Hoover's hand rests gently but firmly on... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.242
C. Warren Bledsoe
BW studio print, bust view of Warren Bledsoe in light wool sportcoat, sweater vest, light shirt and dark necktie.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.243
Major General Paul Hawley
BW print, official portait, Major General Paul Hawley in service uniform with Surgeon' General's flag in background, shown seated with arms folded, service cap slightly canted over one eye; signed, "To Miss Gruber in appreciation P.R. Hawley Major Ge... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.244
Kathern "Kay" Gruber
BW studio print of Kay Gruber, show seated in armschair, facing right, dark jacket over light blouse, hair has high curl above face and elaborate floral decoration on left. Kathern "Kay" Gruber was Director of War Blind Services for the American Fou... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.245
Gene Apple, Sumner Whittier, and Russell C. Williams
Loyal "Gene" Apple (left), Sumner Whittier (center) and Russell C. Williams (right); all three men wear suits, Apple and Williams hold bright aluminum long canes of the Hines model; VA seal in left background. Apple succeeded Williams as head of the... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.246
Hines VA Blind Rehabilitation Center Staff
BW print, Hines VA Blind Rehabilitation Center Staff stand in two rows on bleachers, hospital building and grounds in background; front row, (L To R) Alvin "Charlie" Chiles, Russell C. Williams, Dr. Louis Newman, Eddie Mees, Joe Romanko; back row, Bu... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.247
Father Thomas Carroll
Black-and-white print of Father Thomas Carroll, in black suit, with white clerical collar, sitting at portable table, gesturing with wide-spread hand to paper in front of him, and looking off to left; a stage with curtain in background. During World... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.248
First Trainee at the Hines Center
Naron Ferguson, left, a blinded G.I. who became the first trainee at the Hines Blind Rehabilitation Center, with Russ Williams, the center's chief, seated behind his desk; Ferguson sits in a stuffed chair in civilian clothes, with a bright aluminum l... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.249
Russ Williams observing an O&M lesson
BW print, gymnasium at Hines VA Blind Rehabilitation Center; gym is equipped with chinup bar, medicine ball, dumbbells and barbell on padded mat, and a weightlifting machine connected by pulleys to the ceiling; walls are white-enameled brick, shop li... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.250
John Eichorn, Donald Blasch, and Leslie Kay examine a Sonic Guide ETA
BW print; (L to R) John Eichorn, Donald Blasch, and Leslie Kay; Kay holds a Sonic Guide out for examination. John Eichorn set up the university training program at Boston College in 1960, Blasch did the same at Western Michigan in 1961. During the... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.251
Mary Switzer and Richard Hoover
BW print; Dr. Richard Hoover in dark suit, bow tie and glasses stands behind podium, staring at his notes as he speaks; to left, Mary Switzer with her left hand clenched in front of her mouth, as if suppressing a laugh; head table at a banquet. As... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.252
O&M instructor trains a graduate student under sleep shades
O&M instructor Ron Texley, left, coaches graduate student Scott Kennedy at San Francisco State University; Kennedy wears sleep shades and uses a rigid white cane (no crook), with putter grip and pencil tip.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.253
O&M lesson under sleep shades for Canadian graduate student
Color print; street scene with red Canadian mail box in left foreground; female graduate student under sleep shades in central role with O&M instructor off to immediate right; student wields a rigid white cane with no crook and putter grip; in backgr... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.254
Mary Switzer presiding at National Citizens Advisory Council on Vocational Rehabilitation meeting
BW print; 46th meeting of Council, seated at large conference table: left to right, Clinton L. Compere, M.D.; Richard C. Coleman, Manager, Corporate Equal Opportunity Program, Eastern Airlines; Mary Switzer; Parnell McLaughlin, Director, Dept. of Reh... View Full Record
Cartoon
2007.33.1.255
Photostat of cartoon, "Picture carefully…"
Photostatic reproduction from the "Guide to Those Giving Rehabilitation Services to the Blind," p.9; Army mobility trainer watches with hands in pockets while a trainee collides with an open door; dialog caption, "Oh! That reminds me--upon entering... View Full Record
Cartoon
2007.33.1.256
Photostat of cartoon, "Hasty Generalization"
Photostatic reproduction from the "Guide to Those Giving Rehabilitation Services to the Blind," p.2; cartoon shows two Army mobility trainers walking in a corridor; dialog bubble reads, "I've been here almost two days now and I still say that these p... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.257
Warren Bledsoe editing the Craig Field Journal, 1943
BW print, Warren Bledsoe at typewriter with document laying on desk in front of him; Bledsoe wears khaki uniform of the U.S. Army Air Corps, with Air Corps patch on his left shoulder, three sergeant's chevrons, and a Army Good Conduct Ribbon above h... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.258-263
Francis Wright practicing cane travel
Six (6) BW snapshots of student Francis Wright practicing cane travel on the campus of the Maryland School for the Blind outside Baltimore, MD; edges of prints are scalloped. Wright was the first civilian student trained in orientation and mobilit... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.264
Beatrix Baird giving an O&M lesson
O&M instructor Beatrix Baird, at right, in green plaid dress, giving O&M lesson to Curt Landtroop, at base of stairwell at Maryland School for the Blind; Landtroop wears blue trousers and light long-sleeved short; rigid long cane with pencil tip, put... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.265
Bruce Breslauer in advanced O&M training near his high school, Berkeley, California
BW print, young man in khaki trousers and sweater follows a curved sidewalk, a long cane in his right hand and a valise in the left; cane is rigid with straight putter handle and a glide tip; mailbox in right foreground; shaded residential street in... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.266-269
O&M Instructors in the Alameda County Schools
Four (4) BW prints; .266: O&M trainer Chuck Gilson giving a lesson to a San Leandro High School student Doug Nash getting off a city bus, rigid long cane with a glide tip, straight handle with rubber grip, dated February 8, 1965. .267 O&M trainer... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.270
Rod Kossick giving O&M lesson in Vietnam
O&M trainer Rod Kossick in dark trousers and short-sleeved white shirt on right, guides hands of Vietnamese trainee in light shirt on left; cane is white, rigid aluminum with small crook and putter grip; building in background and motor-scooter; sign... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.271-274
O&M seminar in Brazil taught by Richard Welsh
Four (4) color snapshots of participants of a seminar conducted by Dr. Richard Welsh to train O&M instructors in Sao Paul, Brazil; pictured were unique hazards in the Sao Paul streetscape; .271 a student under sleep shades negotiates an uneven sidewa... View Full Record
Report, Annual
2007.33.1.275
Council of Combined Auxiliaries, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
Outside cover of the annual report, features B/W image of Dr. Richard Hoover giving an O&M lesson to a teenaged student in front of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind building in Melbourne, Australia; student wears sweater, plaid skirt, and... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.276
Certification committee, AAWB Division IX
BW print, AAWB Division IX certification committee members gathered around dining room table, (R to L) Bob Hughes, Administrative Assistant at Western PA School for Blind Children in Pittsburgh; John Malamazian, Chief, Hines VA Blind Rehabilitation C... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.277
Bruce Blasch, Mary Ellen Mulholland, and Rick Welsh
Color print, (L to R) Bruce Blasch in blue suit with award plaque, Mary Ellen Mulholland in tan skirt-suit, and Rick Welsh in blue plaid suit with award plaque. Blasch and Welsh received the C. Warren Bledsoe Publications Award from the American Ass... View Full Record
Print
2007.33.1.278-281
Sir Francis Campbell
Four (4) reprints of page from "Outlook for the Blind" featuring halftone of Sir Francis Campbell, probably on the day of his knighthood, wearing knee breeches, ceremonial sword, buckle shoes, and holding a cocked hat and walking cane; standing in th... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.282
Seeing Eye founder Dorothy Eustis
BW print, Dorothy Eustis in black 2p dress with hem at calves, seen fondly smiling at two German Shepherds she holds with a leash; the dogs look alertly off to the left; unfocused trees in background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.283
Morris Frank and Buddy cross street in Vevay, Switzerland
Morris Frank, in dark suit, tie, and white shirt, steps off stone curb onto cobbled street, led by his dog guide, a dark German Shepherd named buddy; a group of uniformed men and one woman in a trench coat outside a doorway watch with bemused looks o... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.284
Boston College O&M students visit the Seeing Eye
BW print; group of eleven men and women cluster around a sidewalk outside a dog kennel; several dog handlers with German Shepherds are scattered in background; kennel is a large barn-like structure to left with fence enclosed yard full of dogs; snow... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.285
1990 AER Div. IX Awards Poster
Color snapshot of a hand-made poster celebrating the winners of the 1990 O&M awards, Hugh Vigoroso, who won the Blaha Award, and Judy Hayes, who won the Citation Award.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.286
Unidentified committee including Richard Hoover, Don Blasch, and John Eichorn
Black-and-white, glossy photo shows a posed portrait of nine individuals at an unidentified blindness rehabilitation-related committee. Seated at a conference table from left: William Johns (Guide Dogs for the Blind); Richard Hoover; George Wentz, J... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.287
Man wearing Sonic Guide with dog guide
Color print; red-haired young man in jeans and parka, stocking cap; the heavy glasses are a Sonic Guide electronic travel aid; Chocolate Lab dog guide with harness; pair is seen rounding a large brick pillar capped with an urn in right foreground; sn... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.1.288-290
Infant fitted with Pathsounder ETA
Three (3) photos of infant in wooden highchair in kitchen; Pathfinder apparatus fitted around child's head with sensor on forehead and earpiece in ear; a Snoopy doll is being dangled in front of the child by an instructor standing behind the child; ,... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.3
Russell Pathsounder, E-Model
(a) Battery charger, rectangular gray plastic box, with gray rubber power cord and connector cable with RCA jack; black foil adhesive label on top between white and red lights, "PATHSOUNDER/ BATTERY CHARGER/ SERIAL No. 26/120 Volt 50-60 Cycle"; red l... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.4
U.S. Signal Corps Sensory Aid
Rectangular aluminum case coated with a black textured enamel; aluminum reinforced black rubber handle in top with two hanging loops and a tinplate tactile readout at handle base; two recessed lenses on front, larger 2.25" dia. lens stacked over smal... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.5
U.S. Signal Corps Sensory Aid, prototype
Machined aluminum case with a black textured enamel finish; turned wooden handle between two brackets on top; brackets for straps, two riveted to back, one riveted in front of handle; sliding toggle on/off switch on top to right (proper) of handle; t... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.6
Signal Corps Sensory Aid
Machined aluminum case with a black textured enamel finish; turned wooden handle between two brackets on top; brackets for straps, two riveted to back, one riveted in front of handle; sliding toggle on/off switch on top to right (proper) of handle; t... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.7
G-4 Obstacle Detector
Brown Bakelite case; handle on top behind top of case, roughly parallel to case; window in front with two stacked fresnel lenses, top lens has a rounded top and is slightly smaller than the lower rectangular lens; mini-jack for testing on back of cas... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.8
G-5 Obstacle Detector
Orange painted faux leather Bakelite case, tote handle screwed to top behind lens housing, clear plastic spring loaded actuator level and aluminum "stimulator" with vibrating needle underneath handle; two round fresnel lenses on front of case; push... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.9
"Flashlight" Obstacle Detector
Prototype constructed from wooden cigar box placed on its side, "USA LITE SWIVEL HEAD" flashlite body strapped to wooden cradle on top with leather bands to form handle; aluminum basin bottom, enameled black, screwed to front, bright aluminum lens ho... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.10
Kay Ultra "Torch"
(a) "Torch" ETA; gray plastic case resembling a square body flashlight; sides of body have raised lines for better grip; wider at head with two round aluminum screen fittings in black plastic surround which houses the unit's audio transmitter(bottom)... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.11
Kay Ultra "Torch"
(a) "Torch" ETA; gray plastic case resembling a square body flashlight; sides of body have raised lines for better grip; wider at head with two round aluminum screen fittings in black plastic surround which houses the unit's audio transmitter(bottom)... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.12
Kay Ultra "Torch"
(a) "Torch" ETA; gray plastic case resembling a square body flashlight; sides of body have raised lines for better grip; wider at head with two round aluminum screen fitting in black plastic surround which houses the units audio transmitter(bottom) a... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.13
Kay Sonicguide MKII (Binaural Sensory Aid)
(a) Heavy black plastic eyeglass frames, three screen covered circles above bridge, lower circle houses transmitter and upper two house receivers; miniaturized hearing aids in earpieces; gray insulated cable from left temple leads to pentagonal steel... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.14
Mowat Sonar Sensor
(a) Sensor unit; black rectangular steel case, screen on front covers two round transducers, one an untra sonic emitter, the other a receiver; gray plastic momentary switch on top; toggle on/off switch on back along with round screw-off battery compa... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.15
Mowat Sonar Sensor
(a) Sensor unit; celery green rectangular plastic case, textured sides; recessed screen on front covers two transducers, one an untra sonic emitter, the other a receiver; green plastic three-position slider; braided brown wrist strap on swivel post o... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.16
Mowat Sonar Sensor
a) Sensor unit; celery green rectangular plastic case, textured sides; recessed screen on front covers two transducers, one an untra sonic emitter, the other a receiver; green plastic three-position slider; braided brown wrist strap on swivel post on... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.17
Nottingham Obstacle Detector
Orange enameled plastic body, rectangular with slight flare outward at head; head has scooped, curved profile with two round, screen covered transducers aimed in opposite directions and separated by black aluminum panel; rotary on/off dial on top wit... View Full Record
Compass
2007.33.18
Prototype audible compass
Rectangular green aluminum case with bright aluminum caps; leather carrying strap attached with knurled cap on one end and screw on opposite side; green/silver adhesive foil compass rose on top with hole in middle for tactile indicator; rose has rais... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2007.33.19
Stromberg-Carlson Pulsed Frequency Modulation Model ETA
Dark olive green enameled aluminum case with brackets on sides for missing shoulder strap; two black insulated wires lead out of front of case from top and bottom to aluminum handled pair of "manetostriction transducers", a device that resembles a f... View Full Record
Flashlight
2007.33.20
Prototype wide angle mobility light (WAML)
Pine box assembled, butt joints secured with glue and screws, screwheads are countersunk; 1/2" plywood base and lid; hinged hid with padlock hasp closure; steel handle with black rubber grip bolted to lid; round hole in center of lid allows access to... View Full Record
Flashlight
2007.33.21
Wide angle mobility light (WAML)
Black plastic cylindrical case with open handle scrwed to top; ribbed blue plastic lens ring secures General Electric 12v flootlight; blue three-position switch under handle; knurled black aluminum screw cap on reverse over a battery charging jack; t... View Full Record
Tool, Embossing
2007.33.22
Teacher-made rubber mat for map making
Orange rubber matting wrapped around masonite support, taped on reverse and wrapped on corners with black linen librarian's tape; sheet of aluminum diagramming foil taped to top with cellophane tape; label glued below foil, "Teacher made rubber mat f... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.33.23
Embossing plate for tactile map
Embossing plate for tactile map, grid street pattern with various buildings indicated by raised nail heads; plate originally cast from printer's metal, some machine tool marks evident in recessed areas; plate pinned to wood block; embossed lines and... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.24
Heavy folding cane
Four section tubular aluminum folding cane; satin anodized silver-gray finish; segments flare at bottom to fit over conical male fitting on segment below; double dark gray elastic bands tie can together; tapered round black rubber straight putter sty... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.25
Standard folding cane
Aluminum folding cane; four segments, tapered from segment to segment, top segment 1/2" diameter, second segment 7/16", third segment 3/8", foot segment 5/16" diameter; single elastic nylon cord binds segments together when assembled; top segment bri... View Full Record
Cane, Collapsing
2007.33.26
Amer Cane
Aluminum telescoping long cane; four sections, each of decreasing diameter (3/4, 5/8, 1/2, 3/8") and decreasing length (17, 13.5, 11, 10"); top section has straight handle, blue plastic grip, white nylon friction fit pommel and section of Scotchlite... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.27
SITE long cane
White rigid fiberglass long cane; white synthetic rubber straight handle with integral hanging loop; shaft tapers from 7/16" at grip to 5/16" at tip; conical black plastic fitting glued over end of cane with nickel plated steel glide tip assembly; mo... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.28
Aluminaid heavy folding cane
Four segment 1/2" diameter aluminum folding long cane; connected by double elastic nylon cord, joints formed by flared bell over tapered cone; top segment has straight handled "Lampkin" putter grip, black nylon wrist cord; middle two sections wrapped... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.29
Aluminaid standard folding cane
Four section, tubular aluminum folding cane, each segment of decreasing diameter (1/2", 7/16", 3/8", 5/16"); single white nylon elastic cord; top section has straight handled black rubber putter style grip, "Lampkin" and black nylon wrist loop; middl... View Full Record
Cane, Collapsing
2007.33.30
Mahzell collapsing cane
Three section tubular aluminum telescoping cane, each section straight, but each of smaller diameter from top to bottom; (.75"/.625"/.5"); straight handle with black rubber bicycle grip; joints lock with a knurled locking ring; threaded end holds scr... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.31
Equipoise long cane
Rigid aluminum long cane; 1/2" diameter tube; red cast aluminum stylized crook secured to shaft of cane with hex key; black rubber "GRIP RITE" putter style grip; shaft wrapped in white Scotchlite reflective tape, 6" band of red tape above screw-in 1/... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.32
Fiberglass long cane
White rigid fiberglass long cane; straight, smoked Plexiglass handle, white nylon corn wrist loop; shaft secured in handle with knurled aluminum locking ring; shaft tapers from 7/16" at handle to 3/8" at tip; missing tip.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.33
Virginia Creeper long cane
Rigid bright aluminum long cane; crook with 2" internal diameter; white plastic cap on open end of crook; black rubber putter-style "GRIP RITE" grip; white nylon slip-on friction-fit pencil tip, trimmed at 45 degree angle.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.34
Long cane with basic crook
Wooden white cane with steamed 4.25" diameter crook; body enameled white, lower 8" dipped in red; (missing standard stamped tinplate tip).... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.35
Basic long cane with crook
Wooden white cane with steamed 4.25" diameter crook; body enameled white, lower 8" dipped in red; crimped nickel-plated tinplate tip.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.36
Basic long cane with crook
Wooden white cane with steamed 4.5" diameter crook; body enameled white, lower 8" dipped in red; crimped nickel-plated tinplate tip.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.37
Iowa Cane
Ivory fiberglass long cane, tapers from 1/2" dia below grip to 5/16" dia at tip; straight handle with green transparent plastic grip; white-metal bead chain wrist loop; gold plastic pommel cap; panhead screw serves as tip.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.38
Long cane
Child's basic long cane, straight .5" outer diameter bright aluminum tube, no taper, hand painted cream; unpainted crook handle with 4" diameter; black plastic cap on tip of crook; no grip; nickel plated steel glide tip with black rubber washer.... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.39
W.C.I.B. Collapsible Folding Cane
Four section aluminum folding cane, 1/2" diameter straight tubing with tapered socket joint on bottom of each section; two black nylon stretch cords connect cane sections; black rubber "GOLF PRIDE" putter grip on straight handle, decorated at mouth w... View Full Record
Cane, Laser
2007.33.40
C-4 Laser Cane
C-4 laser cane; breaks in half at quick disconnect joint; top half is 1.125" diameter white enameled crook (3" internal diameter, 180 degree turn) with speaker and clear plexi tube threaded to open end, RCA jack for battery recharge at bottom of cro... View Full Record
Cane, Laser
2007.33.41
C-5 Laser Cane
C-5 laser cane; breaks in half at quick disconnect joint; top half is 1" diameter white enameled crook (3.5" internal diameter, 180 degree turn) with battery compartment in open end, speaker panel in back of crook; base of crook wrapped with red gri... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.42
"Mark Rod" long cane
Tubular rigid white fiberglass long cane, tapers from 3/4 to 3/8"; clear finish; yellow plastic cap in top with brown woven wrist loop; 6" red tape on bottom above slip-over friction-fit 5/8" diameter white Delrin (a DuPont plastic) tip with chamfere... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.43
Hi-Fi long cane
Bright aluminum long cane with 3" diameter crook, black plastic cap on tip of crook; 8" tubular black foam rubber grip below crook; shaft wrapped in cream Scotchlite reflective tape, tip has 3" band of red Scotchlite; threaded socket at tip (tip miss... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.44
Typhlocane long cane
Rigid aluminum long cane with 1.875" internal diameter crook, white plastic cap on open end of crook; black rubber "GRIP RITE" putter style grip; 1/2" diameter tubing, no taper, wrapped in middle with 28" of white Scotchlite reflective adhesive; 6" o... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.45
Typhlocane long cane
Rigid aluminum long cane with 1.875" internal diameter crook, white plastic cap on open end of crook; 1/2" diameter tubing, no taper, wrapped in middle with 27" of white Scotchlite reflective adhesive; 6" of red Scotchlite above .625" diameter fricti... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.46
Fiberglass long cane
White solid fiberglass long cane; 7/16" shaft; friction-fit tubular aluminum crook, 3.75" internal diameter; 5" red heat-shrink rubber tubing on foot, tip missing.... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.47
Folding cane
Five-segment folding long cane, doubled elastic cord; 1/2" diameter aluminum segments are enameled in acrylic white epoxy, bottom segment is enameled red; bottom of each segment flares to fit over conical shape of the segment below, the male half of... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.48
Identity cane
Five section identity long cane; 3/8" diameter aluminum tubing, held together by two nylon elastic cords; gripless, straight handle; white adhesive tape on all sections, lower 6" of bottom section has reflective red adhesive tape; white nylon button... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.49
"Bundu Basher" long cane
White enameled aluminum long cane with integral "bundu basher" tip, two 45 degree bends that yield a tip running perpendicular to the cane shaft; white nylon button cap in the tip of the "basher" and in the open end of the 3" internal diameter crook;... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.50
"Rigid Fold" folding cane
Four section aluminum folding long cane; straight tubes, 1/2" diameter, straight sockets; white nylon cord secures tubes together; black rubber "GOLF PRIDE" putter style grip on straight handle; white nylon wrist loop also serves as part of the tensi... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.51
"Arkansas Traveler" long cane
Wooden long cane, enameled white, shaft tapers from 3/4 to 1/2"; straight handle wrapped in russet immitation leather, rawhide strap runs from pommel to bottom of grip; spring-loaded 1/4" steel tip secured in friction-fit aluminum ferule.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.52
"Arkansas Traveler" long cane
Wooden long cane, enameled white, shaft tapers from 5/8 to 7/16"; straight handle wrapped in black electrical tape, nylon cord runs from pommel to bottom of grip; spring loaded 1/4" steel tip secured in friction-fit aluminum ferule.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.53
Long Cane
Nickel plated, stamped steel long cane, force fitted 5/8" diameter aluminum crook handle, 3.5" interior diameter; aluminum button cap on open end of crook; shaft tapers in segmented increments from 9/16" where it enters handle to 5/16" for its last 1... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.54
"Cable Cane" folding cane
Six-segment folding long cane; steel cable in clear plastic tubing, locked at cast aluminum handle by lever which pivots into handle; handle secures to top of cane with hex key; aluminum segments are enameled in acrylic white epoxy, bottom segment is... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.55
"Autofold" folding cane
Six-segment folding long cane, double weave elastic cord; aluminum segments are enameled in acrylic white epoxy, bottom segment is anodized red; bottom of each segment flares to fit over conical shape of the segment below, designed to "automatically"... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.56
AFB Lightweight Aluminum Cane
Bright aluminum long cane with 3.75" internal diameter crook; black plastic cap on open end of crook; straight 1/2" aluminum tube shaft; cone shaped fitting on foot with threaded hole for steel glide tip/black rubber washer assembly.... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.57
Long cane
1/2" tubular long cane, bright aluminum; 3.75" inner diameter crook; nickel plated steel glide tip with black rubber washer screws into steel fitting in foot.... View Full Record
Cane, Collapsing
2007.33.58
AFB "Ladies Pocket Cane"
Seven segment, telescoping long cane; cane segments collapse into handle for storage, grooves in sides of segments preserve correct orientation to handle; tapered nickel plated brass segments, varying from 9/16" immediately below handle to 1/4" at ti... View Full Record
Cane, Long
2007.33.59
NFB long cane
Ivory fiberglass long cane, tapers from 1/2" dia below grip to 5/16" dia at tip; straight handle with transparent plastic grip, label under grip in blue, "NFB/SECURITY/EQUALITY/OPPORTUNITY"; white-metal bead chain wrist loop; white plastic pommel ca... View Full Record
Cane, Folding
2007.33.60
Heavy folding cane
Four section aluminum folding long cane; double black nylon elastic cord; white Scotchlite reflective tape on all sections; 6" of red tape on bottom section; 1/2" tubing, very slight flares in female joint, very long cones (2") in male joint; hook ty... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.61
White marshmallow cane tip
Smaller white nylon marshmallow cane tip, machine screw post.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.62
Steel glide tip
Nickel plated steel glide tip, black rubber friction fit washer with .25" hole.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.63
Steel "glide" style cane tip
Nickel plated steel glide tip on machine screw post; black rubber washer.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.64
"Pencil" style cane tip
White nylon pencil type cane tip with integral machine threads.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.65
"Pencil" style cane tip
White nylon pencil tip with slip-on socket, .5" interior dimension.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.66
"Marshmallow" style cane tip
White nylon marshmallow tip, barrel shaped with rounded foot and shoulders; 5/8" diameter hole to slip over standard pencil tip (rather than directly onto cane shaft).... View Full Record
Grip, Cane
2007.33.67
"Griprite" putter grip from "Typhlocane" long cane
Black rubber golf club grip with 5/16" hole drilled all the way through; slight taper frpm top to bottom; round with one flat side; in white on side, "GP/GRIP RITE"; on top, "TRACTION ACTION/MADE IN U.S.A."... View Full Record
Grip, Cane
2007.33.68
Spiral wrap cane grip
Two coils of red trimmed black rubber golf club grip wrap.... View Full Record
Grip, Cane
2007.33.69
Spiral wrap cane grip
Coil of yellow trimmed black rubber golf club grip wrap.... View Full Record
Grip, Cane
2007.33.70
"Equipoise" style long cane grip/handle
Cast aluminum angular cane crook, red anodized finish; 1/2" hole for shaft of cane with hex key locking nut.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.71
"Bundu Basher" long cane tip
Hollow black hard plastic tube, two 45 degree bends, round tip.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.72
Ball tip for long cane
Red nylon ball tip, 5/8" hole.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.73
Pencil tip for long cane
Red enameled white nylon pencil tip; eyehook for use with corded folding cane types.... View Full Record
Tip, Cane
2007.33.74
"Marshmallow" style tip for long cane
White nylon marshmallow tip with hole in shaft for folding cane types, rounded edges on base.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.77-78
Leicester "Lee" Farmer
(2) color snapshots; .77 Lee Farmer at conference in pink suit coat and tie, flanked by two other participants; .78 Lee Farmer in blue sweater leaning on edge of office desk, snow can be seen out window to right, he wears a VA picture ID badge.... View Full Record
Certificate
2007.33.94
Background of the Lawrence E. Blaha Memorial Award
Framed, hand inked caligraphic description of the background behind the Lawrence E. Blaha Memorial Award on yellow simulated parchment paper; brown matboard; brown molded wood frame; secured on reverse with steel brads.... View Full Record
Plaque
2007.33.96
Commemorative "Gold Record"
Mocked up "Gold Record"; vinyl record spray-painted gold, black aluminum frame, black fabric background on plywood backing; plywood routed on edges to fit into frame; glass glazing; red record label, "AER RECORDS, INC./ACTION HITS/Butch Hill & the Fi... View Full Record
Photograph
2007.33.100
Presentation Photo, Buddy: Pioneer of the Seeing Eye
Framed print of "Buddy/Pioneer of the Seeing Eye," a German Shepherd with chain collar; mounted to matboard, hand inked caligraphy below in green and black, "Presented to Richard E. Hoover, M.D./Father of "The Hoover Cane Technique"/In Grateful Recog... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.106
Tape reel, "Rod Kossick from Vietnam"
Open reel tape. Title taken from box in which tape was stored.... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.107
Tape reel, "National Adv Comm Tape 6, 1 p.m., March 7, 1972
Open reel tape. Title taken from reel label, which also has: "Reedy cont'd, MacFarland, Autry." Removed from a box marked: "10:30-11:45 a.m., 7/1/70, Mr. Russell Williams, Mobility Problems, Including Architectural Barriers, first tape."... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.108
Tape reel, "Mobility & Orientation Conference: 10 to noon"
Open reel tape. Title from box with label that also read: "Reel no. 4, track nos. 7 and 8, two sides."... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.109
Tape reel, National Advisory Committee discussion
Open reel tape. On label: "Natl. Adv. Comm. - Tape 3, Side 1, 3/7/72 . . . discussion cont'd. Beg. Macfarland." Removed from box with label: "Mobility & Orientation Conference," 2 to 4 p.m., June 10, 1959, Reel 5, Track nos. 9 and 10, Duplicated Tap... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.110
Tape reel, "Mobility & Orientation Conference: June 10-11, 1959"
Open reel tape. Title taken from box, which also read: "Reel no. 6, sides 11 and 12, End of meeting of June 10th . . . . Morning session of June 11, 1959."... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.111
Tape reel, "Mobility & Orientation Conference: June 11-12, 1959"
Open reel tape. Title taken from box, which also read: "Reel #8, sides 15 and 16, Duplicate, June 11 - Discussion from 3:45 to 4 p.m., June 12 - 10-12, Criteria for trainer and application of trainee."... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.112
Tape reel, "Reel 9, part of original 8"
Open reel tape. Title taken from box label, which also read: "Track 16."... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.113
Tape reel, "Howe/L18M"
Open reel tape. Title on box from which tape was removed.... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.114
Cassette, "Rod Kossick's Report of Teaching Session with Louise Sloane"
Side A: In 1967 O&M specialist Rod Kossick was in Washington DC doing language training in preparation for an assignment in South Vietnam. Sent by Warren Bledsoe and Douglas McFarland to the Maryland School for the Blind to study low vision under Dr... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.115
Cassette, "Richard Hoover Memorial at the Maryland School for the Blind"
Recording of public program at the Maryland School for the Blind, August 17, 1986, celebrating the life of Dr. Richard Hoover. Moderated by school Superintendent Rick Welsh. Remarks by Welsh, former MSB student Darrell Lowery, MSB Board member Elme... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.116
Cassette, "Herb Wolfe's Voice at Meeting"
Herbert Joseph Wolfe was the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Blind in the 1960s and 1970s. This recording, which also features the voice of Warren Bledsoe, appears to be a board meeting, discussing the feasibility of purchasing a compu... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.117
Cassette, "Dedication of Hines Blind Center"
Recording of the 1985 ceremony dedicating the Hines Blind Center as the John D. Malamazian Rehabilitation Center for Blinded Veterans. Features remarks by Jay Whitehead, William R. Vest, Don E. Gardner, Anthony J. Principi, and Thomas H. Miller.... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.118
Cassette, "Kurzweil Talking Calculator Training Manual (Series 400)"
Recorded training manual, Kurzweil Talking Calculator.... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.119
Cassette, "David M. Szumowski talks about Father Carroll at the 38th National Convention"
Remarks by David M. Szumowski at the 38th National Convention of the Blinded Veterans Association, June 26-30, 1983, Deaville Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Szumowski, blinded in Vietnam while serving with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1969, becam... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.120
Cassette, "John Malamazian Retirement Party"
Recording of John Malamazian Retirement Party at Hines V.A. Blind Center, January 5, 1983, moderated by Jay Whitehead, featuring speeches by Russell Williams, Don Blasch, Stan Suterko, Bill Thompson, Skip Sharp. Side B has a series of less formal pr... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.121
Cassette, "Hines Alumni Award Ceremony"
Recording of event at Hines V.A. Blind Center celebrating the origins and history of the center. Speakers include John D. Malamazian, Stephen Miyagawa, Russell Williams, Jay Whitehead, Alvin Chiles, Hilda Landry, and involve awards of honorary life... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.123
Cassette, "Letter, Williams to Bledsoe re: attitudes toward guide dogs"
Cassette transcription of recorded Soundscriber disk format letters: Side A: Continued transcription by Warren Bledsoe of the draft of his publication "Program Guide, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dept. of Medicine & Surgery." Side B: ... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.124
Cassette, "Letter, Russ Williams to Warren Bledsoe"
Audio recording of original Soundscriber disk containing letter from Russell Williams to Warren Bledsoe, dated May 31, 1957.... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.125
Cassette, "Letter, Russ Williams to Warren Bledsoe, and Bledsoe letter and note"
Recording of Soundscriber disks. Side A includes continued transcription by Warren Bledsoe of the draft of his publication "Program Guide, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dept. of Medicine & Surgery." Also a letter from Russell Williams to Warren... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.126
Cassette, "Leichester 'Lee' Farmer Retirement"
Recording of retirement banquest held for Lee Farmer at the Hines VA Blind Center, Saturday, September 27, 1986. Speakers include Jay Whitehead, Russell Williams, Stanley Suterko, Harvey Lower, Dick White. Note: this is a duplicate of 2007.33.156a... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.127
Cassette, "Walter G. Olenek's Retirement & Blaha Award"
Edited audio recording of the business meeting held on Tuesday, July 8, 1986 at the AER Convention in Chicago at McCormick Place. Opens with Richard Welsh announcing the death of O&M pioneer Dr. Richard Hoover and concludes with the awarding of the... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.128
VHS video, "Mainstreaming--A Partnership"
... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.129
VHS video, "Mainstreaming--An Integration"
... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.130
VHS video, "AER Blaha Awards / Citation for Excellence"
A 1988 duplicate copy of 1983-1986 video taped award presentations of AER's Lawrence E. Blaha Award and the first presentation of the AER O&M Citation of Excellence for Direct Service. Winners include Lee Farmer, Warren Bledsoe, and Walter Olenek. A... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.131
VHS video, "O&M Museum -- Mr. Bledsoe, Continuous Run"
07/06/1988.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.132
VHS video, "O&M Museum -- Mr. Bledsoe, Master"
07/06/1988.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.133
VHS video, "O&M Museum Opening, Morrison Hall"
On label of one of the tapes: "Copy;" 06/19/1988.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.134
VHS video, "Chalk Talk: Orientation & Mobility"
Presentation on mobility from infancy through high school in British Columbia. Original date not indicated on label. This is a 1988 video copy made by the donor.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.135
VHS video, "Orientation & Mobility Program, San Mateo, County, CA"
Contains orientation and mobility suggestions for parents and teachers in the San Mateo County School Department, Redwood City, CA. Presented at the California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped Conference in Sacramento, March 198... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.137
VHS video, "Mobility - Bus Travel"
1988 video copy of original 16mm film released in the summer of 1969. Alameda - Contra Costa Transit District provided the bus and driver. Copy made by videotaping the film as it was projected on a wall, resulting in indifferent sound and visual qu... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.138
VHS video, "Sensory Training for Early Childhood Orientation and Mobility"
... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.139
VHS Video, "To Cross or Not to Cross: Street Crossing Evaluations"
Printed insert included with tape.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.140
VHS video, "From Here to There: O&M"
On label: "Archive Copy." Video copy made by donor in 1988 by shooting projection of film. Originally film produced by Phil Hatlen at California School for the Blind, with technical assistance by Pete Wurzburger. Featured Tom Trevena and Carolyn Chan... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.141
VHS video, "Awards at 1994 AER Meeting"
Mary K. Baumann Award and Shotwell Award presentations at July 1994 AER meeting in Dallas, TX.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.142
VHS video, "Fight for Mobility"
Originally film produced by WCRV-TV in Philadelphia. This is a 1988 copy made by the donor. Features dog guide pioneers, including William Debetaz, Roger Taylor, George Werntz, and Ed Myrose. Also includes William Thompson, board member of the Blinde... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.143
VHS video, "Wisonsin School O&M"
On label: "copy."... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.144
VHS video, "They See With Their Ears: Audio Training for O&M"
... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.145
VHS video, "The Long Cane"
Training film tells the story of Charles McCabe, a visually impaired veteran, going through the Hines Blind Center. Cast includes: Lloyd Greenwood, John Malamazian, Ed Mees, and Evert Bjork. On label: "Archives copy." This is a video copy of the fil... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.146
U-matic video, "The Long Cane: Parts 1 & 2"
Undated video copy of the 1953 documentary film.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.147
VHS video, "O&M: As I See It"
... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.148
Cassette, "Historical Moments in Orientation and Mobility"
Includes "Mobility -- Is It For You?," a reenactment of a 1960 presentation of C. Warren Bledsoe, Richard E. Hoover, Russell Williams, Father Thomas Carroll, and Louis Rives, Jr., along with the original 1960 skit "Propaganda for Living" and a 1988... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.149
Cassette, "Migel Medal Ceremony: recipient R.E. Hoover, M.D."
... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.150
Cassette, "Dedication Malamazian Ctr. at Hines"
This is a duplicate copy, possibly by a different recorder, of 2007.33.117. Recording of the 1985 ceremony dedicating the Hines Blind Center as the John D. Malamazian Rehabilitation Center for Blinded Veterans. Features remarks by Jay Whitehead, Wil... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.151
Cassette, "O&M Div. IX Awards - July 1986, Chicago"
Biennial awards presented at the AER International Conference held on Tuesday, July 8, 1986 in Chicago at McCormick Place. Orientation and Mobility (Division 9). Note: this appears to be an audio copy of 2007.33.127. Opens with Richard Welsh a... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.152
Cassette, "Migel Award to Russ Williams"
... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.155
Cassette, "Archives Pictures"
Recorded descriptions of pictures found on the walls of the AER O&M Archives, Morrison Hall, Maryland School for the Blind.... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.156a-b
Cassette, [Retirement party at Hines Blind Center in honor of Leicester Farmer]
Recording includes presentations to Leicester 'Lee' Farmer. Only labeling is a green dymo label with "No. 1" in braille on one the cassettes; 9/27/1986. (a) Tape one contains recording of retirement banquet held for Lee Farmer at the Hines VA Blin... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.157
Cassette, "7/83 AAWB Board Meeting"
Recording of July 1983 Board Meeting of the American Association of Workers for the Blind. Sound quality is extremely poor, side B is blank.... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.158
Cassette, "Nat. AAWB Meeting, July 17, 1979 "
Recording of the Group 9 (Orientation and Mobility) at the American Association of Workers for the Blind meeting, July 17, 1979 in Oklahoma City. Side A begins with committee reports on certification, and continues with committee reports through the... View Full Record
Recording
2007.33.159a-b
Cassette, AER panel session, "Orientation & Mobility: A Time of Transition"
Recording on two cassettes of an AER panel discussion, agenda introduced by Berdell "Pete" Wurzburger, titled "Orientation & Mobility: A Time of Transition." Keynote Speaker: Phil Hatlen. Panel moderated by Mike Cole. Panel: Mike Cole, Al Gill,... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.160
Depth Perception - Dr. Sandra Rosen
On tape label: Annual Conference CAOMS, Nov. 3-5, 1989, Napa, CA... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.161
Dona Sauerburger 'To Cross or Not to Cross'
On tape label: CAOMS Conf., Napa, Calif, 11/5/1989. A videotaped O&M training session led by Dona Sauerburger, introduced by Pete Wurzburger.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.162
Self-Orientation by the Blind
On tape label: No. Calif. CAOMS Meeting, SFSU, 2/17/90.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.163
Dona Sauerburger 'O&M Archives'
Dona Sauerburger presentation. On tape label: Napa, Calif., 11/3/89.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.164
Partial Occlusion - Howard Lauren
Presentation at CAOMS Conference held November 3-5, 1989, Napa, CA.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.165
O&M Instructor Working with a Dog Guide User - Peter O'Rilley
Presented at CAOMS Conference, 11/05/89.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.166
O&M Archives - Dona Sauerburger
Presentation "Archives of Orientation and Mobility," presented by Dona Sauerburger at the CAOMS Conference held November 3-5, 1989.... View Full Record
Recording, Video
2007.33.167
Orientation & Mobility Non-Conference, Hines Players at End
On tape label: October 20-21, 1989.... View Full Record
Record, Phonograph
2007.33.168a-b
Final Regulation [Sound recording]
1977 regulation implementing the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. On label: "Sec. 904, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 1974." Produced for the Dept. of HEW, Office of the Secretary, May 4, 1977. Museum has 2 discs only: sides 1/2 and 5/6. .1... View Full Record
Mitten
2007.33.169
Mobility Mitten
Hand knitted black, green, and white striped mitten; no thumb; oval shaped with small sleeve at one end and glove cuff at the other; sleeve allows the tip of a cane through; mit is then pulled up so that sleeve rests on the cane shaft just below the... View Full Record
Mitten
2007.33.170
Mobility Mitten
Hand knitted blue mitten with red, white, and blue stripe; no thumb; oval shaped with small sleeve at one end and glove cuff at the other; sleeve allows the tip of a cane through; mit is then pulled up so that sleeve rests on the cane shaft just belo... View Full Record
Mitten
2007.33.171
Mobility Mitten
Hand knitted red and brown striped mitten; no thumb; oval shaped with small sleeve at one end and glove cuff at the other; sleeve allows the tip of a cane through; mit is then pulled up so that sleeve rests on the cane shaft just below the cane handl... View Full Record
Record, Phonograph
2007.33.191a-e
Soundscriber dictation discs in mailer
Four (4) cobalt blue double-sided Soundscriber dictation discs in brown cardboard mailing envelope; envelope addressed from Russell Williams at Hines VA Hospital to Warren Bledsoe at VA Central Office in Washington; (a) undated letter from Williams t... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2012.19.1
Boston College students visiting The Seeing Eye
Group wearing coats walking across foreground in bright sunshine, clapboard building and fence in left background; trainer with dog and parked cars in right background; left to right, Joyce Torey, Jim Doyle, Mary Hines, Fred Silver, Bernie Hickey, St... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2012.19.2
Boston College Students at The Seeing Eye
Group students on sidewalk, standing and kneeling in bright sunshine, posed for photograph with two German Shepherd dog guides in harness; high fence in background; left to right, Jim Doyle, unidentified man, Bob Jenkins, Bill Goodman (kneeling) Joyc... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2012.19.3
Jim Doyle in sleep shades with dog guide
Jim Doyle walks down sidewalk on Morristown, NJ street wearing sleep shades and being guided by a German Shepherd; bright sunshine; Doyle is flanked on right by Bob Jenkins and on left by Bernie Hickey; the Morristown Savings and Loan Building is in... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2012.19.4
Boston College students visiting The Seeing Eye
Group of five students posed in bright sunshine beside a white clapboard building, left to right, Steve Talcove, Fred Silver, Jim Doyle, Bob Jenkins, Bernie Hickey; Hickey wears a feodora and has his coat folded under his left arm.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2013.36.2
Mobility Conference, Florida State University 1967
Participants at June 15-16, 1967 Orientation & Mobility Conference; black and white print, left to right: Robert Whitstock, administrative assistant for The Seeing Eye, with his guide dog Nesta; Dr. Gideon R. Jones and William Goodman of Florida Stat... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2013.36.3
Training Grants Review Panel, January 1970
Glossy black & white print; five professionals sit around a small confererence table in an institutional office reviewing grants; left to right: Dr. Joan B. Chase, unknown man, Dr. Gideon Jones, Dr. Natalie Barraga, and Josephine L. Taylor; two large... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2013.36.4
Training Grants Review Panel
Glossy black & white print; five professionals sit around a small confererence table in an institutional office reviewing training grants; left to right, Dr. Joan B. Chase, Dr. Gideon Jones, Josephine L. Taylor (standing), Dr. Samuel Ashcroft, and D... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2013.36.5
1974 Competency Workshop, University Preparation Programs, St. Louis
Black & white print; group of thirty conference participants stand in group, smiling at camera, just behind sidewalk; bare tree in right background; left to right, Richard Umsted, Ohio State University; Ferne Roberts, Hunter College; Lou Alonso, Mich... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2013.36.6
Students in front of Florida State Building
Color photo of group in front of brick building at the Seeing Eye in Morristown, NJ.; eight men and one women in two rows, wearing winter coats and suit/tie; front row, left to right, unknown, Steve Lee, Brenda Embry, unknown, Don Williams; back row,... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2013.36.7
Bob Brasher with Gideon Jones
Color snapshot, Bob Brasher, left, and Gideon Jones, right, in Brasher's office at the Arkansas School for the Blind; Brasher is in shirt and tie, and sports a mustache; Jones wears a red wind breaker and polo shirt; a wall of plaques and awards in b... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2008.16.25
Leslie Kay holding Sonic Glasses
Black-and-white glossy photograph shows Dr. Kay seated, holding a pair of Sonic Glasses. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.2.29
Russell Williams receiving Migel Medal
Black-and-white glossy photograph shows Russell Williams, standing at left, holding a Migel Medal in its case. On the right is American Foundation for the Blind Chairman John S. Crowley, who presented the medal and is holding a corner of the case. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.2.28
Warren Bledsoe with Migel Medal recipient Russell Williams
Black-and-white glossy photograph shows Russell Williams, standing at right, holding a Migel Medal in its case. On the left is Warren Bledsoe, who is also holding the case. Warren Bledsoe escorted Williams during the Migel Medal Awards Ceremony held... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.2.15
Studio portrait of C. Warren Bledsoe
Glossy black-and-white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Bledsoe, who is wearing a dark suit jacket with vest and dark tie.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.2.12
C. Warren Bledsoe receiving Vocational Rehabilitation Administration award
Black-and-white glossy photograph shows Bledsoe, standing at center, holding an award certificate. At left is Joe Hunt, Assistant Director of Vocational Rehabilitation Administration (VRA), HEW; at right is Mary Switzer, Director (VRA). "Dec 9, 1966"... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2007.33.2.2-11
Loyal Apple - Outstanding Supervisory Employee Award
Ten (10) black-and-white glossy photographs of Loyal "Gene" Apple at the 10th Annual Federal Employee of the Year Awards Program in Chicago, Illinois, 1966, where he was recognized as the leading supervisor of agencies in the Chicago metropolitan are... View Full Record
Detector, Obstacle
2013.20.5
Binaural Sensor
(a) Heavy black plastic eyeglass frames, three screen covered circles above bridge, lower circle houses transmitter and upper two house receivers; miniaturized clear plastic hearing aids in earpieces; gray insulated cable from left temple leads to pe... View Full Record
Postcard
2012.19.5
Postcard folder, "The Seeing Eye"
Folder contains an accordion-style fold-out of six color reprints of photographs of The Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey, six on one side and six on the other. Titled, "Greetings from The Seeing Eye." Each picture measures 6 x 3.75 in. The front... View Full Record
Recording
2014.25.3-4
DVD, "Vietnam Blind Rehab Project, 1967-1968," with separate audio recording
DVD contains two black-and-white videos, each a copy of selected footage from filming of the Vietnam blind rehabilitation project at the NRI center in Saigon, South Vietnam, showing the center and O&M instruction. Handwritten on front of DVD in blue... View Full Record
Recording
2014.27.2
Hines Blind Center 40th Anniversary, September 1988
Black plastic cassette tape recording of the 40th Anniversary celebration at Hines V.A. Hospital in Hines, IL. Master-of-Ceremonies Jay Whitehead, remarks by Associate Director James Jones, Harvey Laurer, Warren Bledsoe, Russell Williams, Gene Apple... View Full Record
Recording
2014.27.3ab
Oral interview with Frederick Silver
Dona Sauerburger interviewed Frederick Silver at his home on January 22, 2008. Silver discusses his army career during WWII, his training as an O&M trainer at Avon-Old Farms Convalescent Center, his work as the chief O&M instructer at St. Paul's Reh... View Full Record
Recording
2014.27.4
Oral interview with Stanley Suterko, January 25, 2008
Oral history by Dona Sauerburger with Stanley Suterko, January 25, 2008. Suterko relates his work as one of the first trainers under Russell Williams at the Hines V.A. Hospital in the Blindness Section, his work creating the graduate program in O&M... View Full Record
Recording
2014.27.5
Oral interview with Russell Williams
Oral history interview with Russell Williams by Dona Sauerburger, relating his experiences as a wounded veteran, patient at Valley Forge Hospital, trainee at Avon-Old Farms Convalescent Hospital, the controversy over "facial vision," later head of th... View Full Record
Recording
2014.27.6
General session, 1992 Southeastern Orientation & Mobility Association
Black plastic 3M cassette tape recording of the February 1992 annual meeting of the Southeastern Orientation & Mobility Association in Charleston, SC. Recording features general sessions with addresses by South Carolina optometrist Dr. Marvin Ephrai... View Full Record