Perkins School for the Blind
- Address: 175 N Beacon St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1832/03/02 | Samuel Gridley Howe | Founder | Samuel Gridley Howe establishes the Perkins School in his father's home on Pleasant St, Boston | |||
1833/04/00 | Sophia Peabody Hawthorne | Artist | Mary Peabody sells two oil paints for $60 at the Salem Ladies Fair, a fundraiser for the Samuel Howe's New England Institution for the Education of the Blind. | |||
1839/00/00 | Samuel Gridley Howe | Founder | Perkins School moves into the former Mount Washington House Hotel in South Boston. | |||
1842/00/00 | Samuel Gridley Howe | Subject in book | Charles Dickens visits Perkins during a lecture tour of America and writes about Dr Howe's work with deaf-blind student Laura Bridgman. | American Notes | Charles Dickens' 1842 Tour of America | |
1842/00/00 | Charles Dickens | Visitor | Charles Dickens visits Perkins during a lecture tour of America and writes about Dr Howe's work with deaf-blind student Laura Bridgman. | American Notes | Charles Dickens' 1842 Tour of America | |
1885/00/00 | Perkins School relocates to the Hyde Square section of Jamaica Plain, Boston. | |||||
1886/00/00 | Alexander Graham Bell | Consultant | Kate Keller seeks Dr Bell's help for Helen after recalling Dr Howe's work with deaf children at Perkins. She had read about Dr Howe teaching Laura Bridgman in 'American Notes'. Dr Bell says Helen could be helped at Perkins. | American Notes | ||
1887/00/00 | Anne Sullivan | Teacher | Perkins School director Michael Anagnos sends Perkins graduate Anne Sullivan to Alabama to teach Helen Keller. | |||
1888/00/00 | Anne Sullivan | Teacher | Anne Sullivan returns to Perkins with Helen Keller, remaining until 1893 | |||
1888/00/00 | Helen Keller | Education | Anne Sullivan returns to Perkins with Helen Keller, remaining until 1893 | |||
1912/00/00 | Perkins Schools moves to Watertown in the autumn of 1912 |
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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American Notes | Book | Charles Dickens |
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