Accession Number: 2009.24.16.949-952
Description: (4) BW prints; .949-951: (3) images of Dr. Milton T. Stauffer meeting with Dr. Bay Mitat Enc; two images of the pair seated and drinking tea, one of Enc handing Stauffer a booklet; captioned "Dr. Stauffer interviewing Bay Mitat Enc -- blind author. Istanbul 3/19/49"; .952: Man in double breasted suit sits and reads aloud in library full of books, his hands on a braille page on his lap; Dr. Milton Stauffer sits at left watching; four other men in suits crowd in around to listen, one with a pencil in his hand; captioned "Dr. Stauffer--a group of news reporters and a local blind guy reading braille. Istanbul".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: 1949
History/Provenance: Bay Mitat Enc obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and was a leading educator for the handicapped in Turkey. Dr. Enc established a School for the Blind in Ankara and served on an advisory committee for the Ministry of Education.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
