Accession Number: 2009.22.27.1-88
Description: Slideshow provides a brief introduction to and tour of the American Printing House for the Blind (APH), focusing on the company's production of braille, large type, recorded books and magazines, and educational aids. Title taken from original container. An accompanying cassette tape with audio cues is narrated by John Robertson, who appears in several of the slides. Contents/list: 1. APH logo 2. John Robertson, close-up 3. Robertson on APH front lawn 4. APH building from front lawn 5. Robertson at APH front entrance 6. "Since 1858" text 7. "In 1879" text, with illustration of U.S. Congress in session 8. Students reading braille, seated at study tables with braillewriters; and caption "Federal Act to Promote the Education of the Blind" 9. Pie chart illustration, "Income from Federal Act" 10. Pie chart illustration (Federal income segment only) 11. Pie chart illustration, "3 categories" 12. Pie chart illustration, "Product Sales" segment 13. Pie chart illustration, "Contracts" segment 14. Reader's Digest braille volume and three Newsweek Talking Magazine envelopes, with caption "Publications" 15. Students using braillewriters at classroom table, with U.S. Puzzle Map at center 16. Student reading braille book 17. Students in classroom 18. Woman using VersaBraille (foreground) and, at right, man using computer keyboard and monitor 19. Multiply-disabled student in classroom 20. Pie chart illustration of product categories: Large Type Printing, Recorded Publications, Braille Publications, Educational and other aids 21. Close-up of braille printing plate 22. Stereotyping of braille printing plate 23. Printing plate with raised-line illustration of U.S. 24. Braille proofreading 25. Computer translation, and automated braille stereotyping 26. Vacuum forming 27. Braille magazine collator 28. Making braille book covers at glue table 29. Robertson in braille embossing plate storage area 30. Completing worksheets for Large Type publications 31. Pie chart illustration, "Large Type Printing" segment 32. Large type books, with caption "10 Million Pages" 33. Robertson in Talking Book recording studio 34. Placing recorded flexible disc on player 35. Cassette tape and player 36. Pie chart illustration, "Recorded Publications" segment 37. Roberts holding APH 4-Track Cassette Tape Recorder/Player 38. Reader's Digest, February 1982 issue on flexible disc 39. Scully recording lathe 40. Duplication from master tapes 41. Robertson showing World Book Encyclopedia, Recorded Edition, and player 42. Close-up of encyclopedia cassette tape 43. Inserting cassette into player 44. Adjusting tracks setting on player 45. Robertson sitting at table that has recorded World Book Encyclopedia cassette player in foreground and, in background, a row of encyclopedia volumes 46. Pie chart illustration of Large Type Printing, Recorded Publications, and Braille Publications segments 47. Pie chart illustration, "Educational and other aids" segment 48. Robertson in Research area (two individuals using research materials) 49. Educational kits display 50. Table-model globe and Simplified Continental Relief Map (U.S.) 51. Landform model 52. Display of braille slates and stylus 53. Cranmer Abacus 54. Tactile ruler 55. Pull-Apart Cell 56. Tactile Graphics Kit 57. Soniguide 58. Sensory Stimulation Kit 59. 4-Track Cassette tape Recorder/Player 60. Study lamp 61. Robertson holding Cranmer Abacus, other aids in background 62. Robertson standing by light box and light box materials in use by APH Research employee 63. Robertson holding magazines in braille and flexible disc formats 64. Robertson standing at cabinet in Instructional Materials Resource Center (IMRC), text reads "100,000 entries" 65. Robertson holding printed volume of the Central Catalog (IMRC publication) 66. Robertson looking at pages of Central Catalog 67. Robertson in Magazine Circulation Department 68. Close-up of a Special Braille Edition of My Weekly Reader 69. Cassette tape and flexible disc recordings of Reader's Digest 70. Flexible disc recordings of Newsweek Talking Magazine, December 20, 1982 issue 71. Magazine Circulation Department 72. Automated processing of envelopes for mailings 73. Hand-processing of direct-mail fundraising material 74. Close-up of machinery for mailings 75. Robertson on rooftop overlooking addition to APH factory 76. Loading braille printing plates on clamshell presses 77. Robertson and four students 78. Reader's Digest braille volume and three Newsweek Talking Magazine envelopes 79. Gluing book covers 80. APH building and front lawn with leafy trees 81. Early APH building, showing 1883 front with additions up to 1926; snow on ground 82. APH logo and caption "Since 1858" 83. Morphing APH logo (yellow on black background) 84. Continued morphing of logo within black disc 85. Morphing logo in blue disc 86. Yellow areas shifting within blue disc to form the World (Earth) 87. Stylized illustration of Earth, with caption beneath: "The World's Largest Printing House for the Blind" .1-87 - slides .88 - audiocassette
Date: 1983
History/Provenance: Received with materials from the office of Mary Nelle McLennan.
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2009.22
Subjects: Manufacturing processes Products Tours
