Endowments; Blindness--Prevention; Eye--Care and hygiene; New York (N.Y.); National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1908 and 1919?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 81
Note
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The name of the New York Association for the Blind's Special Committee on Prevention of Blindness (founded in 1908) was changed in 1913 to Committee for the Prevention of Blindness; and in 1915 to New York State Committee for the Prevention of Blindne ss. In 1918 the New York State Committee for the Prevention of Blindness merged with the American Association for the Conservation of Vision (organized in 1911) to form the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness. The name of the latter was changed in 1927 to National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, and in 1979 to National Society to Prevent Blindness." [SOURCE: "National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness." Library of Congress Name Authority File, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013186025. Accessed 3 Oct. 2018.]