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Title: The Blind in Cleveland
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Publisher: Cleveland Society for the Blind
Contributing Library: American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., M. C. Migel Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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The blind readers of the country must always be de-pendent very largely upon two sources for their supply ofreading matter—the educational organizations, and privatephilanthropy. Educators of the blind are primarily interestedin the publication of school text-books and classical literaturewhich can be used supplementary to such text books. TheHowe Publishing Society was organized in the convictionthat philanthropic persons in every community are willing tocontribute their share toward the publication of good generalliterature for the blind whenever it is brought to their atten- 55 tion. Now that the long controversy over the relative meritsof different touch systems is about settled, it is hoped thateach community will organize its publishing society and con-tribute its quota for meeting the tremendous need. A fewhundred dollars will equip a stereotyping shop which can beoperated almost as economically as an establishment whoseplant represents thousands of dollars of investment. 56
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The use of self-tlircading needles makes work on the sewing machinepossihle for blind women. The Work in Cleveland of the Ohio Com-mission for the Blind Frances Reed, Executive Secretary In 1908 a bill was passed by the Ohio Legislature pro-viding for a Commission to be known as The Ohio StateCommission for the Blind. This was to consist of five mem-bers with the addition of the Superintendent of the StateSchool for the Blind, who is an ex-officio member. All servewithout pay, but have their traveling expenses in connectionwith the meetings paid. The Commission directs the work along Prevention ofBlindness lines throughout the State, employs and assignsHome Teachers so that the needs of the entire state arecovered, provides work for the blind to do in their homesand then markets the work, and maintains a training shopwhere certain industries are taught. Prevention of BlindnessThe Society for the Blind had already done some valuablework along this line, having employed a nurse in conju

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