Almeda Adams founded the Cleveland Music School Settlement with the help of Adella Prentiss Hughes and the Fortnightly Music Club. The daughter of an itinerant preacher, she attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and was the first blind student there. Adams was a voice and piano instructor, despite losing her sight at six months old. In addition to her work at the Music School, Adams was lecturer and traveler. In 1929, her book Seeing Europe Through Sightless Eyes was published chronicling her reactions to Europe's greatest artworks. The museums she visited allowed her to touch the items, including the Vatican. | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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