Georgia Unit
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The Georgia Unit of Recording
for the Blind & Dyslexic has been present in Athens since
1953. Upon reading a story in the December 1952 issue of Vogue
of a Red Cross volunteer who was reading textbooks for WWII
veterans, Elizabeth Powell, then head of the University of
Georgia's Independent Study Program, wrote for more information
on recording textbooks for the blind. RFB&D Founder Anne T.
Macdonald called Powell and scheduled a visit to Athens within
the week. Macdonald arrived with a SoundScriber (a dictating
machine used by RFB&D's first volunteers to record) and a
stack of green records and established the eighth unit of
the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic in the university's
library. After several moves across campus, our current facility
was built in 1967 after acquiring a grant from the Callaway
Foundation. The Georgia Unit serves approximately 3,000 Georgians.
Our 218 volunteers add an average of 175 texts each year to
the CV Starr Learning Through ListeningT Library in Princeton.
If
you are interested in becoming a member, e-mail
Bill Pass, the unit's educational outreach director. Make
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