Samuel Gridley Howe Collection

Writings and clippings by or quoting Samuel Gridley Howe, personal papers, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, books and bound volumes, as well as photocopied research materials from a survey done in 2008. Topics include Howe’s work with Greek relief efforts, education of people who are blind, blindness, slavery and abolitionist work, Howe’s travels, and more. Prominent figures are included such as F. B. Sanborn, John Brown, Laura E. (Howe) Richards, Charles Dickens, Edward E. Allen, Laura Bridgman, Marquis de Lafayette, Henry Thoreau, Horace Mann, Charles Sumner, William Longfellow, Edward Jarvis, Florence Nightingale, Michael Anagnos, and others.