[Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook

[Mike Freeman]

You're probably correct. I merely sought to point out that Grade 2,
more-or-less as we know it, was around at the turn of the twentieth century,
though perhaps not here.

Mike


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COLLEEN ROTH
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook

Hi Mike,
I may be wrong but I thought there was some contension and that we didn't
adopt some of those rules in the US until 1932. This would be something to
look up for those of us who are curious.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Ationfb History Support List'" nfb-history at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 11:17 am
Subject: Re: [Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook

>
>
> However, I've seen a hand-copied book of poetry by A. E. Houseman 
> published in 1897 on the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's 
> accession to the throan done in Great Britain and the Grade 2 was 
> exactly like that used here until 1959.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-history [mailto:nfb-history-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> COLLEEN ROTH
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:22 AM
> To: nfb-history at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook
> 
>  Hello Robert,
> That sounds really interesting. The Braille was probably different 
> than we see now in that Grade 2 Braille wan's pomulgated until 1932.
> It could have been either New York Point or grade 1#astb.
> It would be interesting to see what the messages said.
> I think it is interesting that blind people were asked to write 
> something to be put in a Time Capsule. I think that this is a great 
> idea. Maybe we should encourage blind people to write messages for Time
Capsures in our time.
> Colleen Roth
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Jaquiss <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
> To: "'Ationfb History Support List'" nfb-history at nfbnet.org
> Date: Monday, January 6, 2014 12:12 pm
> Subject: [Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook
> 
> >
> >
> > 
> > 
> > Hello:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >      Happy New Year. Yesterday, a friend shared a post on FaceBook. 
> > In 1913, a Lutheran church in Oklahoma City created a time capsule 
> > to be opened in 2013. In this capsule were some messages written in 
> > braille by some blind people. I have no information on the actual
content.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> > Hello:
> >  
> >      Happy New Year. Yesterday, a friend shared a post on FaceBook. 
> > In
> 1913, a Lutheran church in Oklahoma City created a time capsule to be 
> opened in 2013. In this capsule were some messages written in braille 
> by some blind people. I have no information on the actual content.
> >  
> > Regards,
> >  
> > Robert
> >  
> > 
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