Byron Smith - Reading Braille Through Bed Sheets

"Lights Out!" at the Indiana State School for The Blind didn't deter Byron Smith from his love of reading. He entered the Indianapolis school as a seven-year-old in 1951. He had recently lost his vision due to due to congenital glaucoma. In this 2013 interview excerpt Byron describes what it was…

Title

Byron Smith - Reading Braille Through Bed Sheets

Subject

Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Indiana State School for the Blind)
Education

Description

"Lights Out!" at the Indiana State School for The Blind didn't deter Byron Smith from his love of reading. He entered the Indianapolis school as a seven-year-old in 1951. He had recently lost his vision due to due to congenital glaucoma. In this 2013 interview excerpt Byron describes what it was like to attend the school and live in the dormitory during the week. In 1956 he transferred back to a public school in Bloomington, Indiana where his family lived.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Date

2017-09-07

Contributor

Byron K. Smith - Interviewee
Jane Harlan-Simmons - Interviewer
Peggy Holtz - Videographer

Rights

Copyright © 2017 The Trustees of Indiana University

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

011-mi-01

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

011-mi

Bibliographic Citation

"Byron Smith - Reading Braille Through Bed Sheets" YouTube video, 00:06:51, interview excerpt 011-mi-01 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on September 7, 2017, https://youtu.be/rUv4vlqGMCE

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

Temporal Coverage

1951 - 1956

Share on Facebook | Share on Twitter