The Central Catalog

Book

Accession Number: 2016.31

Subtitle: Volunteer and Commercially Produced Materials for Visually Handicapped Children

Summary/Description: Catalog lists volunteer-produced braille, large type and recorded textbooks; commercially-produced large type textbooks and supplementary materials; and press braille and large type books produced by the American Printing House for the Blind. Subtitle from cover. Organized alphabetically by title; entries include form of accessible media (braille, tape, thermoform, large type), date, and depository to contact for loan or purchase. Compiled by the American Printing House for the Blind's Instructional Materials Reference Center for Visually Handicapped Children (IMRC). On title page: "Carl W. Lappin, IMRC Director." APH catalog no. 7-2175. Museum holdings: volume 1 (A - Learning). Orange paper cover; orange cloth tape along spine; perfect binding; black lettering on front cover and spine. Volume appears to have been used by the Central Ohio Instructional Resource Center. The agency's name is stamped on the title page, and agency labels are on the front cover.

Author: Instructional Materials Reference Center for Visually Handicapped Children

History/Provenance: Book was found with other Central Catalog editions (2000.142), not on that transmittal form. Acquisiton date/source not known.

Publisher: American Printing House for the Blind

Publisher Place: Louisville, KY

Publish Date: 1980

Subjects: Books and reading Braille Catalogs Instructional materials Large type books Talking books

Physical Description: v. ; 11 x 8.5 in. Volume 1 only (736 p.)