Accession Number: 2009.24.16.522-526
Description: (5) BW prints, each stamped on back, "Public Relations Department Tanganyika"; .522: African boys sit at long table on left, writing braille on desk slates; boy stands at right, his hand on a stack of braille; books fill a shelf in the background; .523: African boy sits at rough wood table, typing on a typewriter; a stenographic braillewriter rests on the table behind the typewriter; .524: African boy sits at a small desk, his hands on an open book of braille; .525: African boy hooks a rug on a simple work table; .526: Two African boys cane wooden stools at a workbench.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1961
History/Provenance: In Tanzania, the first school for children with disabilities, the Wilson Carlile School for Blind Boys (now Buigiri School) in Dodoma Region, was established on 30 April 1950, by the Church Army, under the aegis of the Anglican Church when the British were still administering Tanganyika.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Africa Basket making Braillewriters Education of disabled persons Schools for the blind and visually impaired Tanzania Typewriting Vocational education Weaving
