Choir in Gardner Hall, The Royal Normal College for the Blind, England
Choir in Gardner Hall, The Royal Normal College for the Blind, England
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Choir in Gardner Hall, The Royal Normal College for the Blind, England
Description:
Students from Royal Normal College for the Blind in Upper Norwood, England attend choir practice in Gardiner Hall. The students are separated by gender, with the female students sitting on the left and the male students sitting on the right. In front of them stands Francis Joseph Campbell, one of the founders of the school. A large banner with the words "Musica Lux In Tenebris", meaning "music in the light of darkness", hangs above them. This motto, adopted when the college was established, was inscribed on a medal awarded for progress in music to Francis Joseph Campbell at the Tennessee School for the Blind in January 1846. This motto influenced the life work of Sir Francis and was an encouragement to many pupils of the college.
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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Notes (acquisition):
Accession: Prepared by and presented to Perkins Institution for the Blind by Lady Francis Campbell in memory of two pleasant years (1870-1872), spent in that Institution as teacher.