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  • Talking books provided by the Library of Congress.

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    • [New York?]
    • 1 Item
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    Text L-10 1759 1955-63Offsite
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  • For younger readers : braille and talking books.

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    • Washington, Library of Congress, Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
    • 18 Items
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    Text JFM 79-6Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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    Text JFM 79-6 2010/2011Offsite
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    Text JFM 79-6Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Talking book topics.

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    • Washington : Library of Congress, [National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1935-
    • 1935-present
    • 54 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text SSO (Talking book topics) v. 85 (Jan-Dec. 2019)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text SSO (Talking book topics) v. 86 (March-Dec. 2020)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text SSO (Talking book topics) v. 87 (Jan-Dec. 2021)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Alexander Scourby papers, 1940-1989.

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    • 1935-1985
    • 15 Items
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    Text *T-Mss 1986-002 Box 13Offsite
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    Text *T-Mss 1986-002 Box 14Offsite
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    Text *T-Mss 1986-002 Box 15Offsite
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  • Vision and aging : crossroads for service delivery / edited by Alberta L. Orr.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, c1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 93-1281Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Directory of activities for the blind in the United States and Canada [microform].

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1926-1954.
    • 1916-1954
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZAN-12296 [1st] - 10th (1926-1954) Inc.Schwarzman Building - Microforms Room 315

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  • It was not my own idea, by Robinson Pierce, with an introduction by Harvey N. Davis.

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    • New York, American foundation for the blind, inc., 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Pierce) (Pierce, R. It was not my own idea)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The war blind in American social structure / by Alan G. Gowman.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1957.
    • 1957
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text D-11 1613Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • As I saw it. Foreword by Major M. C. Migel.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1955.
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text D-14 9951Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Technical research and blindness : some recent trends and developments / by Charles G. Ritter.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1956.
    • 1956
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text E-10 809 no. 1- 8Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Survey of library service for the blind, 1956

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    • New York, American foundation for the Blind [1957]
    • 1957
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text E-10 4755Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Adjustment to visual disability in adolescence, by Emory L. Cowen [and others]

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind [1961]
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
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    Text E-11 4382Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The reading fingers; life of Louis Braille, 1809-1852. Translated from the French by Ruth G. Mandalian.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind [1955]
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
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    Text E-11 3886Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • No place to go; a symposium, edited by Kathern F. Gruber and Pauline M. Moor.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1963.
    • 1963
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text E-12 2046Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Books about the blind, a bibliographical guide to literature relating to the blind.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1940.
    • 1940
    • 1 Item
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    Text E-12 8275Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Social research on blindness; present status oand future potentials.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1960.
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
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    Text F-10 6064 no. 1-11Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • National survey of personnel standards and personnel practices in services for the blind, 1955. Prepared for the American Foundation for the Blind.

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    • [Washington] 1956 [i.e. 1957]
    • 1957
    • 1 Item
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    Text G-10 255Offsite
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  • Touch reading of the blind, by Karl Bürklen; also minor articles on the psychology of blindness by Paul Grasemann, Ludwig Cohn, Wilhelm Steinberg; translated by Frieda Kiefer Merry.

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    • New York, American foundation for the blind, inc., 1932.
    • 1932
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (Bürklen, K. Touch reading of the blind)Offsite
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  • From Homer to Helen Keller; a social and educational study of the blind, by Richard Slayton French.

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    • New York, American foundation for the blind, inc., 1932.
    • 1932
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (French, R. S. From Homer to Helen Keller)Offsite
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  • Contributions to a psychology of blindness, by Samuel Perkins Hayes, PH.D.

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    • New York, American foundation for the blind, 1941.
    • 1941
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (Hayes, S. P. Contributions to a psychology of blindness)Offsite
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  • Books about the blind, a bibliographical guide to literature relating to the blind.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1953.
    • 1953
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (Lende, H. Books about the blind)Offsite
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  • What of the blind? A survey of the development and scope of present-day work with the blind, edited by Helga Lende.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, inc., 1938-41.
    • 1938-1941
    • 2 Items
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    Text SSO (Lende, H. What of the blind) v. 1 (1938)Offsite
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    Text SSO (Lende, H. What of the blind) v. 2 (1941)Offsite
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  • The blind child and his reading, a handbook for teachers of primary Braille reading, by Kathryn E. Maxfield ... supervised by Robert B. Irwin, M.A., director, Bureau of research and education, American foundation for the blind.

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    • New York, N.Y., American foundation for the blind, inc., 1928.
    • 1928
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (Maxfield, K. E. Blind child and his reading) 1928Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The influence of parental attitudes and social environment on the personality development of the adolescent blind, by Vita Stein Sommers, PH. D.

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    • New York, American foundation for the blind, inc., 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (Sommers, V. S. Influence of parental attitudes)Offsite
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  • Vocations for the visually handicapped: a study of the need for vocational guidance in residential schools for the blind, by Louise Wilber.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1937.
    • 1937
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (Wilber, L. Vocations for the visually handicapped) (1937)Offsite
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  • Proceedings of the World Conference on Work for the Blind, under the auspices of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind, American Association of Workers for the Blind, American Braille Press for War and Civilian Blind, inc.; editors: Helga Lende, Evelyn C. McKay [and] Sherman C. Swift; New York, U.S.A., April, 1931.

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    • [New York, Pub. for the World Conference on Work for the Blind by the American Foundation for the Blind, inc., c1932]
    • 1932
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (World conference on work for the blind, New York, 1931. Proceedings)Offsite
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  • World Conference on Work for the Blind under the auspices of the American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., American Association of Instructors of the Blind, American Association of Workers for the Blind, with the co-operation of the American Braille Press for War and Civilian Blind, Inc.

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    • [New York, 1931]
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
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    Text SSO (World Conference on Work for the Blind, New York, 1931) World Conference on Work for the Blind)Offsite
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  • Estimated prevalence of blindness in the United States / by Ralph G. Hurlin.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1953.
    • 1953
  • Adjustment centers for the blind; findings of the Spring Mill conference, February 1951. Edited by Clara Langerhans [and] Henry Redkey.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind [1951]
    • 1951
  • A report from Helen Keller to the blind people of America ... prepared by Dr. Helen Keller to be sent in braille to the blind people of America ...

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    • New York, N.Y. Amer. foundation for the blind, 1939?]
    • 1939
  • Teachers of the blind, their status and salaries, by Berthold Lowenfeld, PH. D.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., 1941.
    • 1941
  • A federal insurance against dependency due to blindness, by Robert B. Irwin ...

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    • New York, Amer. Foundation for the Blind [194-?]
    • 194
  • Fifteen years of work for the blind : American Foundation for the Blind, 1923-1938 ; a report from Helen Keller to the Blind People of America/ by Helen Keller.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1938.
    • 1938
  • The reading fingers : life of Louis Braille, 1809-1852 / by Jean Roblin ; translated from the French by Ruth G. Mandalian.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, [1952]
    • 1952
  • The New outlook for the blind.

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    • [New York] : American Foundation for the Blind, [1951-c1976]
    • 1951-1976
    • 1 Item
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    Text L-10 100 v. 50, 1956Offsite
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  • Braille books provided by the Library of Congress.

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    • Washington, D.C.
    • 1956-19
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text L-10 1758 1956/57-1962/63Offsite
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  • Social welfare series.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind.
    • 1959-present
    • 1 Item
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    Text L-10 3297 v. 1, 1959Offsite
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  • Directory of agencies serving blind persons in the United States and Canada.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1959-
    • 1959-1961
    • 1 Item
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    Text K-10 1720 11 Ed.Offsite
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  • Outlook for the blind.

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    • [Cambridge] : Massachusetts Association for Promoting the Interests of the Blind, [1907-1951]
    • 1907-1951
    • 31 Items

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    Text SSO (Outlook for the blind) v. 37-38 (1943-44)Offsite
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    Text SSO (Outlook for the blind) v. 39 (1945)Offsite
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    Text SSO (Outlook for the blind) v. 40-41 (Jan. 1946-Jan. 1947) (In. 36-40 1942-46)Offsite
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  • Tactile map of the U.S.A. / illustrated by Lisa Garvin.

    • Cartographic
    • [Washington, D.C.? : American Foundation for the Blind?, 1992?]
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
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    Cartographic Map Div. 03-1807Schwarzman Building - Map Division Desk Room 117

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  • Journal of visual impairment & blindness [electronic resource].

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    • [New York] : [American Foundation for the Blind, Information Dept., Publications Division], 1977-
    • 1977-present
    • 2 Resources

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  • Access to mass transit for blind and visually impaired travelers / edited by Mark M. Uslan [and others].

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, [1990], ©1990.
    • 1990-1990
    • 1 Item
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    Text HV1598 .A34 1990Off-site
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  • Books about the blind : a bibliographical guide to literature relating to the blind.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1953.
    • 1953
    • 1 Item
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    Text 371.91 AL546Off-site
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  • Contributions to a psychology of blindness / by Samuel Perkins Hayes, PH.D.

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    • New York : American foundation for the blind, 1941.
    • 1941
    • 1 Item
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    Text 152 H329Off-site
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  • The influence of parental attitudes and social environment on the personality development of the adolescent blind / by Vita Stein Sommers ...

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    • New York : American foundation for the blind, inc., 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
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    Text 152.2 So5Off-site
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  • JVIB news service.

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    • New York, NY : AFB Press, ©1994-
    • 1994-1997
    • 5 Items
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    Text HV1571 .J6 v.90 (1996)Off-site
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    Text HV1571 .J6 v.91 (1997)Off-site
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    Text HV1571 .J6 v.92:no.2, no.4, no.6, no.8, no.10 (1998)Off-site
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  • Directory of agencies serving the visually handicapped in the United States.

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    • New York, American Foundation for the Blind.
    • 1970-present
    • 2 Items
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    Text HV1790 .A4 22nd ed. (1984)Off-site
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    Text HV1790 .A4 21st ed. (1981)Off-site
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  • Science and blindness: retrospective and prospective / Milton D. Graham, editor.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1972.
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
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    Text HV1575 .I57 1971Off-site
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  • Multiply-impaired blind children : a national problem.

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    • [New York] : American Foundation for the Blind, [1967?]
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
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    Text HV1598 .A44Off-site
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  • International catalog, aids and appliances for blind and visually impaired persons / L. L. Clark, editor.

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    • New York : American Foundation for the Blind, 1973.
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
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    Text HV1701 .C53Off-site
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