US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Braille Institute of America in Los Angeles provides current reading material for blind persons. The article goes on to describe the processes used to transcribe a book into braille. Photograph appears with the article, "Publisher Aids Blind," Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1936: A1. Sarah and Beatrice sit at a shared desk facing each other while Beatrice reviews the braille on the paper in front of her and Sarah looks at the writing on a piece of paper. Text from newspaper caption: As swiftly as the eye can scan a printed page, sensitive fingers of Mrs. Beatrice Carson, right, proof read at Braille Institute Lawrence Housman's book, "Victoria Regina," to be published there. Miss Sara Robin follows copy. Handwritten on negative: Miss Sarah Robin Mrs Beatrice Carson Proof reading at Braille Institute March/36 Text from negative sleeve: 4568 - MissxSarahxRobin MrsxBeatrice Carson Proof reading at Braille Institute March/36 [stamped:] Apr 1-1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13762 ark:/21198/zz002j773s
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Libraries--California--Los Angeles Blind persons--California--Los Angeles Braille Carson, Beatrice, 1903-1994 Braille Institute of America Robin, Sarah
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