This period covers the years of our formation through  the development of Home Teaching and Home Working and the u p t o the First World War and the advent of Blind Persons Act

British Newspaper Archive

This is a link to a powerpoint file of our newspaper cuttings from 1862 to 1920

Historical Context

This is a link to the Wikipedia file for 1867 in the United Kingdom

Wider disability history

This is a link to a PDF file summarising history timeline

This a link to a PDF file on the Perspectives on the Historical Treatment of People with Disabilities

This is a link to a PDF file giving an overview of A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION AND DISABLED PEOPLE

Literacy

This is a link to Looking at History_ Literacy_ revised version

This is a link to Building the literate nation_ the historical debate

Literature and Blindness

This is a link to a PDF file of the Blindness in literature Wikipedia entry

This a link to a short article on THE BLIND IN FICTION from Beacon magazine 1929

Social policy background

This is a link to a PDf file of an article Changing Disability Policies in Britain
by Geoff Mercer and Colin Barnes

Bible House 

This is a link to a PDF file of the history of the Bible House that formed part of a now defunct website

Home Teaching Societies 

This is a link to a Excel 97 spreadsheet giving dates for the formation of Home Teaching Societies

This is a link to  a file reporting the formation of the first Home Teaching Societies by Miss Graham

Blind Asylum

This is a link to a PDF file for the Statistical Notice of the Asylum for the Blind in Newcastle upon Tyne 22nd August 1838

This is a link to a powerpoint file of cuttings about the Newcastle Blind Asylum

Census

This a link to a PDF file from the Vision of Britain website regarding the 1861 Census General Report _

Dr William Moon

This is a link to a book Consequences and amelioration of Blindness by Dr Moon in 1875

This is a link to a PDF file of an extract from a website introducing the Moon Alphabet and the life of Dr Moon

This a link to a book written by Dr Moon Light for the Blind the 1879 EDITION that surveyed blind welfare in Britain and in particular the development of Home Teaching Societies

This is a link to the 1873 version of Light for the Blind 1873

This is a link to a file of the Newcastle specific references in the Light for the blind 1873 version 

 

Work 

This is a link to a file about Clarity social enterprise which began life as Elizabeth Gilbert’s original workshop

This is a link to a powerpoint file of  an extract from a Google book describing the beginnings of Blind Tea agents

This is a link to a PDF file of How to Make a modern miniature Cork-Fender