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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>I noticed this announcement on the web and thought this
would interest history buffs out there. Note how the Perkins brailler is
described as if it’s a historic relic, rather than a device still used by
many folks who read Braille. At least I have seen several people here at
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> who use theirs pretty
frequently. And, of course, a new model just came out in the past couple
of years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>See below my signature for the announcement of the
exhibit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4
color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black'>Cordially,</span></font><font size=5 color=navy
face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=6
color=olive face="Lucida Handwriting"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:
"Lucida Handwriting";color:olive'>Ed Morman</span></font><font size=5
color=navy face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Brush Script MT";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4
color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black'>Edward T. Morman, MSLS, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4
color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black'>Director, Jacobus tenBroek Library<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4
color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black'>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND JERNIGAN INSTITUTE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black face=Corbel><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Corbel;color:black'>200 East Wells Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=5 color=navy face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><em><i><font size=3 color=black face=Corbel><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Corbel;color:black'> at
Jernigan Place</span></font></i></em></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=5
color=navy face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Brush Script MT";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black face=Corbel><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Corbel;color:black'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:City><font
color=black face=Corbel><span style='font-family:Corbel;color:black'> <st1:State
w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21230</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
color=black face=Corbel><span style='font-family:Corbel;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4
color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black'>410.659.9314 x2225<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4
color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black'>410.685.2340 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Garamond;color:black;font-weight:bold'>There is a Braille literacy crisis in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
For the whole story, go to </span></font></i></b></em><font color=navy
face=Corbel><span style='font-family:Corbel;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.braille.org/"><em><b><i><font size=4 color=purple
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond;color:purple;
font-weight:bold'>www.braille.org</span></font></i></b></em></a></span></font><em><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Garamond;color:black;font-weight:bold'>.</span></font></i></b></em><em><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face=Corbel><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Corbel;
color:black;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></em></p>
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color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>On Saturday, Jan. 23,
the State Capitol will host a lecture followed by an exhibit tour and reception
to celebrate the opening of the historic site’s latest exhibit,
“The Education of the Deaf and Blind in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>“The Education of the Deaf and Blind in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>”
features vintage photos, a timeline, and a device called a “Perkins
Brailler,” which enabled one to write in Braille. Visitors can learn how
to write their names in Braille at a special interactive section of the
exhibit. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Previously on display at the Aycock Birthplace
State Historic Site in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fremont</st1:place></st1:City>,
“Education of the Deaf and Blind” will remain on view at the
Capitol through Sept. 7, 2010. The exhibit was created through a joint effort
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Carolina</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s
public history program and the N.C. Division of State Historic Sites. The <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Governor</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Morehead</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> for the Blind, the N.C.
Department of Cultural Resources, the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">N.C.</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> for the Deaf and the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Eastern</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for the Deaf assisted. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>At 2 p.m., UNC history professor Dr. James
Leloudis will present his lecture, “A Classroom Revolution: Public
Education and the Making of a New North Carolina, 1880-1920.” Leloudis
will explain Gov. Charles B. Aycock’s role in improving the state’s
education system while examining the evolution of the system as a whole.
Immediately following the lecture, Dr. Marty Matthews, Curator of Research for
N.C. State Historic Sites, will give a short tour of the exhibit. A reception
will wrap up the event. This free public program is sponsored by the North
Carolina State Capitol Foundation and the Wake County Historical Society. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The exhibit begins with the introduction of
1840s-era Gov. John Motley Morehead, an early and committed advocate who
pressed the state to publicly fund the education of visually and hearing
impaired students. As his 20th-century successor, Aycock campaigned on the
promise that schools would be his administration’s #1 priority. When
Aycock became governor in 1901, there were just three schools in the entire state
specializing in educating blind and deaf children. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Shortly after taking office Aycock made good
on his promise and pushed the N.C. General Assembly to boost education funding,
including to schools for the deaf and blind. The exhibit documents the
governor’s role in improving educational opportunities for this special
population, along with the evolution of its separate educational system. Today
he is known as “The Education Governor.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The State Capitol’s mission is to
preserve and interpret the history, architecture and functions of the 1840
building and <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Union Square</st1:address></st1:Street>.
The Capitol is bounded by Edenton, <st1:City w:st="on">Salisbury</st1:City>,
Morgan and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:place></st1:City>
streets. For more information, visit
www.nchistoricsites.org/capitol/default.htm or call (919) 733-4994. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Administered by the Division of State Historic
Sites, the State Capitol is part of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources,
the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities, and the
vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to build <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>’s social,
cultural and economic future. Information is available 24/7 at
www.ncculture.com. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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