[Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook

[Mike Freeman]

And there was also American Braille. I used to have some Braille music whose
literary portions were in American Braille so I learned to read it.

Mike


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Jacobson
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-history] Interesting item found on FaceBook

There was a lot of contention over not only which type of braille should be
used, but also the grade of braille.  I read an interesting book on this
somewhere and will try to remember the link.  There were those that used
Grade II braille long before it was adopted, and some schools for the blind
advocated New York Point while others advocated braille as we know it into
the 20th century.  As I recall, there were versions of the Bible still being
distributed when I was a child in the 1950's that were in Grade 1-1/2, and I
think they were brailled in the 1930's.  It is very likely that you both are
right.  
<smile>

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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



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>From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
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>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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