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Newel Lewis Perry papers, 1892-1966.
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Newel Lewis Perry papers, 1892-1966Creator/Contributor:
Perry, Newel Lewis, 1873-1961, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
California School for the BlindAbstract:
Contains resolutions, minutes, and related documents concerning his work with the California Council for the Blind, as well
as correspondence, speeches, and miscellaneous materials relating to his work to secure legislative funding for the blind
in New York and Calif. Includes a typescript of Perry's report on advanced education of the blind in Calif., prepared during
his tenure as director of the California School for the Blind, and information concerning the Lillie Perry Foundation and
the Newel Lewis Perry award. Also includes biographical materials, drafts and reprints of his Ph. D. thesis in mathematics,
math notes, and diplomas, as well as scrapbooks containing letters, photographs, clippings, and other memorabilia pertaining
to his life and teaching career.
Date:
1892 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Blind -- Services for -- California
Mathematics
Blind -- Economic conditions
Blind -- Education -- California
Blind -- Education -- Law and legislation
Blind -- Employment -- California
Braille -- Specimens
Blind -- Employment -- Law and legislation
Blind teachers
Teachers of the blind
People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States
Mathematics
Personnes aveugles -- Services -- Californie
Mathématiques
Personnes aveugles -- Éducation -- Californie
Personnes aveugles -- Travail -- Californie
Braille -- Spécimens
Enseignants de personnes aveugles
Personnes handicapées -- Droits -- États-Unis
People with disabilities -- Civil rights
Blind -- Economic conditions
Blind -- Education
Blind -- Education -- Law and legislation
Blind -- Employment
Blind -- Employment -- Law and legislation
Blind -- Services for
Blind teachers
Braille
Mathematics
Teachers of the blind
United States
California
California Council of the Blind.
New York Association for the Blind.
California Council of the Blind.
New York Association for the Blind.
Perry, Newel Lewis -- 1873-1961 -- Archives
Note:
Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection.
Included in: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement collection.
Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2624: 1-3. Materials in Braille not included on microfilm.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Newel Lewis Perry (1873-1961), blind from age 8, graduated from the University of California in 1896 with a degree in mathematics,
and received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich, Bavaria in 1901. In 1906 he co-founded the New York Association for
the Blind (Lighthouse), and Outlook for the Blind. From 1934 to 1953, he served as president for California Council of the
Blind. Perry organized a movement of social reform for the blind by securing legal and constitutional rights to end employment
discrimination and to establish a model for public assistance to the blind, while encouraging them to become self-supporting
and independent. In 1912, he married his UC classmate, Lillie Unna Kalman.
In English. Some material in Braille.
Newel Lewis Perry papers, BANC MSS 67/33 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
scrapbooks.Braille periodicals.
Albums (Books)
Archives.
Specimens.
Albums (Books)
Braille periodicals.
Scrapbooks.
Class notes.
Albums personnalisés.
Physical Description:
print
microfilm reel
3 2 2
3 negative (BNEG Box 2922, Box 1, folders 1-10; BNEG Box 2923, Box 1 folders 11-13, Box 2, v. 1-2; BNEG Box 2924, Box 3 and
oversize folders) and positive.
Language:
English