Lillian F. Wall Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 5 scrapbooks with photographs and clippings about her life and career, a copy of her master's thesis, a copy of her paper "The problems and educational procedures used with children with physical handicaps" (1950), and copies of her biography "The potter's wheel," by Betsy Alexander.
Dates
- 1935-1980
Creator
- Wall, Lillian F. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Lillian F. Wall (1904-1984) was a pioneer in Maine in the field of education for handicapped children. She was stricken with infantile paralysis at the age of 6. She obtained a master's degree in special education at the University of Maine and a certificate of advanced study. She pioneered Maine's first class for the instruction of physically handicapped children in Bangor in 1935. In 1962 in Bangor she taught the first class for children with speech problems, as a speech pathologist.
Extent
1 linear foot (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
- Alexander, Betsy
- Children with disabilities -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers of children with disabilities -- Maine -- Bangor Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Lillian F. Wall Scrapbooks
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
