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H. Ashley Weeks Uses A Visualtek Miniviewer At The Ann Arbor Public Library, April 1978 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

H. Ashley Weeks Uses A Visualtek Miniviewer At The Ann Arbor Public Library, April 1978 image
Year:
1978
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 14, 1978
Caption:
AID TO SIGHT - H. Ashley Weeks, a retired professor of sociology in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, tries out a new video machine at the Ann Arbor Public Library which will aid partially-sighted individuals in their reading and writing. The machine, a Visualtek Miniviewer, was donated by the Friends of the Ann Arbor Public Library. The Miniviewer uses a television monitor, a camera and a powerful lens, and will enable people to read small print. Weeks is a member of the Friends of the Library and also has a sight problem. The machine may be used by asking at the reference desk on the library's second floor. (Staff photo by Jack Stubbs).

Sean Carroll Relaxes At The Del Rio, August 1982 Photographer: Rick Lieder

Sean Carroll Relaxes At The Del Rio, August 1982 image
Year:
1982
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 3, 1982
Caption:
Sean Carroll, a regular patron, likes to dine by the window, so he can read and watch the passers-by.

Kathryn Choley Reads The Comics While Ice Skating At Burns Park, January 1971 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Kathryn Choley Reads The Comics While Ice Skating At Burns Park, January 1971 image
Year:
1971
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 22, 1971
Caption:
Kathryn Choley, 12, enjoys a day off during the semester break from Tappan Junior High School where she is a seventh grader by combining ice skating and newspaper reading at the Burns Park skating rink yesterday. Kathryn, of 1140 S. Forest, is reading the comics - what else. (News photo by Jack Stubbs)

Poet Michael Harper Reads His Poetry to Huron High School Students, November 1970 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Poet Michael Harper Reads His Poetry to Huron High School Students, November 1970 image
Year:
1970
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 8, 1970
Caption:
Black poet Michael Harper, a teacher at California State College at Hayward, was in town this past week to read some of his poetry at Pioneer and Huron High schools and at the University of Michigan. At the high schools, his visit was sponsored by the "Poetry Ann Arbor" group. Several other poets have already done readings this fall at Ann Arbor secondary schools. This photo was taken at Huron High. Harper's first book poetry was published this year and was entitled "Dear John, Dear Coltrane." A second book of poetry is coming out in 1971. Many of Harper's poems have been published in "Poetry," "Poetry Northwest," "Negro Digest," "Southern Review" and other magazines.

Reading at Angell School, August 1942 Photographer: Attributed to Eck Stanger

Reading at Angell School, August 1942 image
Year:
1942
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 13, 1942
Caption:
In the Ann Arbor schools, reading is taught by both the traditional and the new methods. There is a great deal of work with readers and storybooks. In addition to this, the schools try to show the children in the elementary grades how to use reading, as in this picture where the children read to follow directions. The use of the traffic signal also begins to teach them to obey traffic laws. This picture was posed specially for The News.
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AACHM Oral History: Fred Adams

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Fred Adams was born in 1934 and grew up in Ann Arbor. He recalls summers playing in the Huron River, youth activities with the Dunbar Center and Jones School, his work as a paperboy, and some of the black neighborhoods and businesses in the Ann St. area. Mr. Adams worked for Johnson Controls for 41 years and owned his own business as an Industrial Manager.

What The Eyes See In Reading

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23
Month
April
Year
1880
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Teachers Write Books For 5-year Olds

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29
Month
November
Year
1971
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