dc.contributor.author | Pearce, Joanna L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-19T18:03:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-19T18:03:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-08-19 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14082 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Halifax Asylum for the Blind, the first residential school for blind children in Canada, opened its doors in 1872 as a charitable institution with educational goals. This work explores the foundation of the Asylum in light of Halifax’s religious, economic, and educational history in the mid-nineteenth century. It highlights the influence of local personalities and the fight for financial stability that led to a changed understanding of educating blind children and adults from that of charitable need to philanthropic right. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | history | en_US |
dc.subject | disability | en_US |
dc.subject | blind | en_US |
dc.subject | Halifax | en_US |
dc.subject | Charles Frederick Fraser | en_US |
dc.subject | philanthropy | en_US |
dc.subject | Nineteenth Century | en_US |
dc.title | ‘FIGHTING IN THE DARK’: CHARLES FREDERICK FRASER AND THE HALIFAX ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND, 1850 - 1915 | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2011-07-15 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of History | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Janet Guildford | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Jerry Bannister | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Shirley Tillotson | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Jerry Bannister | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Janet Guildford | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Shirley Tillotson | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |