Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
Perkins School for the Blind
175 N. Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
TITLE: Dan Burns Collection
CREATOR: Daniel J. Burns
DATE RANGE: 1840-2000, bulk 1888-1958
CALL NUMBER: AG 123
ABSTRACT: Collection of former supervisor of Deafblind Program at Perkins School for the
Blind, from 1950s-1960s. Contains photographs, clippings, publications, and other materials
related to deafblindness and Perkins history, including a folder of Laura Bridgman signatures.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1.5 linear feet
LANGUAGE: English
PROCESSED BY: Molly Stothert-Maurer, 2015
RESTRICTIONS: None
COPYRIGHT:
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright
(the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or
literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Perkins School for the Blind,
its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that
he or she is an owner of copyright.
CREDIT LINE/CITATION:
Dan Burns Collection, Perkins School for the Blind
ARRANGEMENT:
2 Series, 2 boxes
Series 1: Documents
Series 2: Photographs
SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Perkins School for the Blind.
Perkins School for the Blind—History
Deafblind people—Education
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889
CONTAINER LIST:
Series 1: Documents
Box 2: Folder 1: Laura Bridgman signatures, 12 total, undated
Box 2: Folder 2: Prints, photographs from publications, undated
Box 2: Folder 3: Pamphlets, 1949, 1966, undated
Box 2: Folder 4: Newspaper clippings, 1956-2000, undated
Box 2: Folder 5: Talking disk for deafblind, in braille and Moon type, undated
Box 2: Folder 6: The Deaf-Blind at Perkins Institution, bound reproduction of a scrapbook, ca. 1935
Box 2: Folder 7: Publications, 1897, 1939, 1961
Box 2: Folder 8: Publications, 1956-1961
Box 2: Folder 9: Mailing label, law firm (accession), 2002
Series 2: Photographs, 1888-1958 (Box 54- stored with AG129 Photographs in
Archives)
Box 54: Archival Photo binder:
Subjects:
Laura Bridgman and Oliver Caswell (reproduction of Alvan Fisher painting ca. 1844), undated
Michael Anagnos, undated
Sarah Whight, teacher of Laura Bridgman, later Mrs. Edward Pearson Bond , undated
Col. Thomas Handasyd Perkins, reproduction of painting by Gilbert Stewart ca. 1827, undated
M. Trencheri, first teacher at Perkins, undated
Francois Le Sueur, print, undated
Helen Keller with Willie Elizabeth Robin, Tommy Stringer, Edith Thomson, undated
Helen Keller and Michael Anagnos, undated
Helen Keller, studio portrait Sheffield, AL , ca. 1888,
Tommy Stringer, 2 portraits, undated
Willie Elizabeth Robin, 8 portraits, undated
Tommy Stringer, Edith Thomas, Willie Elizabeth Robin, Marion Rastron, Cora Crocker, undated
Anagnos bust by Bela Lyon Pratt (2, clay and bronze sculpture), ca. 1916
Dorothy Ingersoll, class in massage (with model skeleton), 1935 or 1936
Laura Bridgman home in New Hampshire, undated
Perkins campus postcard, undated
Laura Bridgman tombstone, undated
Campus, Fairchild Aerial Survey Inc., undated
Pond and Howe Tower with lily pads in foreground, undated
Model of Perkins grounds, 1939
Still from “The Key”, movie about Laura Bridgman’s education, 1957
Various campus and building photographs, some in winter, undated
Stained glass from chapel in Howe Building, undated
Edward J. Waterhouse portrait, by Ted Polumbaum, undated
Unknown student portrait, Ted Polumbaum, 1955
Laura Bridgman centennial celebration, at homestead with Leonard Dowdy, 1937
Class: Virginia Eilerhorst, Len Johnson, Dan Burns, Joe Weil, undated
Staff portrait including Dan Burns and Edward J. Waterhouse, 1958
Edward J. Waterhouse with Patty Duke (probably), and 2 unknown men, undated
Perkins Library, 1932
Dan Burns, Gertrude Steinquist, and unknown teacher and student in classroom, undated