Accession Number: 2006.9
Description: Black-and-white photograph taken April 14, 1992 shows Governor Jones, seated at his desk, signing braille legislation which created new Sections 1, 2, and 3 of KRS Chapter 157 and amended KRS Chapter 156.476, Section 4. Standing behind him are representatives of various blindness organizations/agencies who supported the bill's passage. They include: front row, left to right, Sam Serraglio, Commissioner, Kentucky Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation; Ed Radamaker, Director, Division of Client Services, Kentucky Dept. for the Blind (KDB); Martha Goss, Counselor, KDB; Gary Mudd, Director of Public Affairs, American Printing House for the Blind (APH); Rick Ricks, Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB); unidentified; Charles Allen, concession stand vendor and National Federation of the Blind (NFB) member; Ray Katon, concession stand vendor and NFB member; Mary Beavin Franklin, Kentucky social worker; and in back row, left to right, William Huston, Commissioner, Kentucky Dept. of Technical Education; Will Evans, Superintendent, KSB; Tuck Tinsley, President, APH; Hilda Caton, teacher/professor, VI program; Becky Murrell, Kentucky state attorney; Betty Nicely, Kentucky Dept. of Rehabilitation and NFB representative; Betty Allen, wife of Charles Allen and NFB member.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 8 (h) x 10 (w)
Date: 1992
Photographer: Bryan, David
History/Provenance: Photograph belonged to Will Evans who attended the signing. At that time, he was the superintendent of the Kentucky School for the Blind. He donated the photo, a copy of the original taken by official state photographer David Bryan, to the Callahan Museum in 2006.
Credit Line: Gift of Will Evans, 2006.9
Subjects: Braille Document signings Kentucky Literacy Laws and legislation
