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Unlimited visibility : a history of the Washington State School for the Blind
| Other Title | History of the Washington State School for the Blind |
| Title | Unlimited visibility : a history of the Washington State School for the Blind |
| Names | Tolva, Dan. |
| Washington State School for the Blind. |
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| Book Number | DBC07099 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Books |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Downloadable talking book. | |
| Annotation | More than 20 people contributed stories to this history of the 125-year-old Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver. In addition, material was gathered from the WSSB and state of Washington archives and photographs were taken by the principal writer, Dan Tolva. Adult. |
| General Notes | Available from BARD courtesy of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. |
| Local Notes | "Unlimited Visibility: A History of the Washington State School for the Blind" is much more than a dry listing of names and dates. We try, through archived materials and remembrances of alumni, teachers and friends, to put a human face to the issue of preparing the blind and visually impaired for life in the "real world." Along the way we meet inspiring folks such as Robert Irwin, the first graduate of what was then the "School for Defective Youth," who worked his way through college hawking cigars and went on to become a national and world leader in the education of the blind. Or Christy Gilbrough, a deaf and blind student who hasn't let her limitations keep her from holding down a job and pursuing learning even at the age of 66. And then there's the fellow who stranded a donkey on the roof of a school building in retaliation for being called a jackass by the superintendent. |
| Narrator | Ritt, David. |
| Length | 4 hours, 6 minutes |
| Local Subject | Produced at WTBBL - PAW |
| Northwest history - NW8 | |
| Blindness - HE7 | |
| Blind and disabled persons biography - BI9 | |
| Education - SO6 | |
| Male narrator - MN | |
| Northwest nonfiction - NW2 | |
| LC Subject | Blind - Education - Washington (State) - History |
| Blind - Vocational education - Washington (State) - History |
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| Teachers of the blind - Washington (State) - History |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Biographies |
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| Audience Notes | A NLS/BPH |
| Call Number | 371.911 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2015 |
| Publication Info | Seattle : [Washington State School for the Blind] 2015 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Large print edition. [Vancouver, Wash.] : [Washington State School for the Blind], 2015. 9781517183226 |
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