Accession Number: 2016.10.3
Scope & Content: Letter signed by Margaret Spellings offers congratulations and thanks to the American Printing House for the Blind for its 150 years of service and "partnership in advancing opportunity in education." Printed on a single side of white letterhead (The Secretary of Education, Washington DC), with U.S.Department of Education seal at top left. Letter is mounted on a foamcore backing, beneath a dark blue framing mat.
Creator: Spellings, Margaret
Interview Date: / /
Collection: APH Archives / RG 09: Public Affairs
Credit Line: APH Archives, 2016.10
Administrative History: During its 2008 Annual Meeting of Ex Officio Trustees, the American Printing House for the Blind (Louisville, Kentucky) was presented a letter sent from Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education, congratulating the company for its 150 years of "dedication and leadership in producing reading materials and learning tools for students who are blind." The presentation was made by Spellings' Regional Representative Dr. Anne Hancock on October 3, at the Seelbach Hotel in downtown Louisville, where the Annual Meeting took place.
Subjects: Anniversaries Corporations Services for the blind and visually impaired