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UNFOLDING YEARS, 99 "Dear Miss Hot: As you possibly know, our Foundation awards each year a medal donated by Mr. Migel for Outstanding Service to the Blind, and the recipients since the first presentation in 1937 have been Hon. William Nelson Cromwell, Mr. Walter G. Holmes and Mr. H. Randolph Latimer. It is a pleasure and honor to inform you that the Committee on Award, consisting of Doctor Helen Keller, Mr. Harvey D. Gibson, Mr. M. C. Migel. Mr. William Ziegler Jr. , have unanimously designated you to receive this medal for the year 1940. It is offered to you as a slight token in recognition of your devoted labors for the blind in many directions, but most particularly for your outstanding achievements in developing Braille Hand-Transcribing Service of the American Red Cross which provides such urgently needed literature to blind readers. It is the earnest hope of the Committee that you may accept this Medal as a symbol of gratitude both from the blind and from those who labor to promote their welfare. This Medal is to be presented to you in person at the next annual meeting of the Membership of the Foundation, to be held in New York some time in June, and we shall communicate with you later as to the exact date. In the meantime, our congratulations and kindest regards to you. I assure you this is a personal pleasure also." (Signed) H.M McManaway Secretary. It will be noted that I was the first woman to receive this honor, and naturally I was thrilled The daily papers in Washington D.C. and the radio made mention of it although I never knew who was responsible for this publicity. The award was made on
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UNFOLDING YEARS, 99 "Dear Miss Hot: As you possibly know, our Foundation awards each year a medal donated by Mr. Migel for Outstanding Service to the Blind, and the recipients since the first presentation in 1937 have been Hon. William Nelson Cromwell, Mr. Walter G. Holmes and Mr. H. Randolph Latimer. It is a pleasure and honor to inform you that the Committee on Award, consisting of Doctor Helen Keller, Mr. Harvey D. Gibson, Mr. M. C. Migel. Mr. William Ziegler Jr. , have unanimously designated you to receive this medal for the year 1940. It is offered to you as a slight token in recognition of your devoted labors for the blind in many directions, but most particularly for your outstanding achievements in developing Braille Hand-Transcribing Service of the American Red Cross which provides such urgently needed literature to blind readers. It is the earnest hope of the Committee that you may accept this Medal as a symbol of gratitude both from the blind and from those who labor to promote their welfare. This Medal is to be presented to you in person at the next annual meeting of the Membership of the Foundation, to be held in New York some time in June, and we shall communicate with you later as to the exact date. In the meantime, our congratulations and kindest regards to you. I assure you this is a personal pleasure also." (Signed) H.M McManaway Secretary. It will be noted that I was the first woman to receive this honor, and naturally I was thrilled The daily papers in Washington D.C. and the radio made mention of it although I never knew who was responsible for this publicity. The award was made on
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