[Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook

[Steve Jacobson]

If anyone is interested in reading about the development of various forms of braille, look for "War of the Dots" at

http://www.nyise.org/blind/irwin2.htm

It is very interesting.

Best regards,

Steve


On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:29:17 -0500, COLLEEN ROTH wrote:

>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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