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Letter from R. B. Irwin to Mrs. Grace D. Lacey, Library for the Blind, Wayne County Library in Detroit, Michigan, accompanying receipt for shipping of 20 Talking Book players from Washington via Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Details include likely…

Agreement between Dr Putnam and Mr Strohm for the distribution in Wayne County, Michigan, of 2 Talking Book machines, as part of Project, Books for the Adult Blind by the Library of Congress

Printed booklet explaining Talking Books and the Talking Book machine distributed by the Library of Congress for the use of adult blind people in the United States.

Letter that accompanied an agreement for Talking Book machines from the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., to Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan

Agreement and conditions for the use of 74 Talking Book machines sent by the Library of Congress to Adam Strohm, Librarian, at the Distributing Library in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan via New York. Conditions include choosing blind adults to use…

Letter to Mrs Davis of the Wayne County Library for the Blind from Robert B. Irwin, Executive Director of the American Foundation for the Blind, explaining progress in developing a machine to play Talking Books on vinyl records. Letter accompanies…

Notes on a meeting of the Talking Book Committee on April 4, 1934, discussing how to distribute machines (which play records, or talking books) distributed by "the Foundation", using the system in the State of Ohio as a possible example. Mentions a…