Letter from Annie Sullivan to Michael Anagnos, May 23, 1887 (p. 1 of 3)

Title:: Letter from Annie Sullivan to Michael Anagnos, May 23, 1887 (p. 1 of 3)
Description:: Tuscumbia, Alabama May 23, '87 Mr. M. Anagnos My dear Friend, My little pupil can now read every word she can spell and spends hours every day finding them in her books. When she touches a word she knows her face grows radiant, and if by any chance, she find part of a sentence that conveys any meaning to her...
Creator:: Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936
Name on Item:: Annie M. Sullivan
Date:: 1887
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:: letter
Location:: Perkins School for the Blind
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
Collection (local):: Sullivan / Keller / Anagnos correspondence, 1886-1895
Subjects:: Blind
Perkins School for the Blind
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > South Boston
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/b85164550
Terms of Use:: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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Notes:: Handwritten letter from Anne M. Sullivan to Michael Anagnos, director of Perkins Institution, soon after her arrival in Alabama.
Accession #:: AS-008-001

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