Book Description

Includes correspondence, a map, a ledger, and a scrapbook. The program's first director, John Vars, is the addressee or sender of the bulk of the collection. Other recipients include Home Teachers Lillian Garside, Lydia Hayes, and Edward Schuerer, among others. Also contains correspondence related to Edward E. Allen, the third Director of Perkins School For The Blind. The collection encompasses all aspects of the Home Teaching program including statistics on the program, information on new students, commendations from students, material requests for handicrafts, and the sale of said handicrafts to the general public.