1882.04.22 English To Principal Johannes Moldenhawer

COPENHAGEN APRIL 22 1882[1]

 

 

 

 

DEAR PRINCIPAL MOLDENHAWER[2].

 

     I SHALL BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE AS AN EXTERNAL

EXAMINER AT THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION DURING THE DAYS

INDICATED. HOWEVER, I DO REQUEST THAT THE TASKS UNDER MY

CONCERN BE PROGRAMMED AFTER 10 OCLOCK AM.

 

 

                        SINCERELY YOURS

 

 

                       R. Malling-Hansen
                       (signed by hand)

 

[1] JMC: This letter was typed with a writing ball, using vowels of a “Swedish” type (two dots above) and only upper-case letters. It was found and photographed in the collection of letters of the Royal Library, Copenhagen, on July 12, 2012.

[2] JMC: Johannes Moldenhawer, 1829-1908, teacher and educationalist for the blind, principal of the Royal Institute for the Blind, Copenhagen, 1858-1905. The institute is a neighbour of the Royal Institute for the Deaf-Mute, and there was close cooperation between Malling-Hansen and Moldenhawer. For instance, both of them participated in the Nordic school meeting concerning special education held in Stockholm in 1876.  In 1855 and 1857 Moldenhawer visited institutes for the blind in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Austria-Hungary, and it is likely that he informed his colleague Malling-Hansen about results and observations from these study tours.

Johannes Moldenhawer, for many years principal of the Royal Institute for the Blind, Copenhagen
An old drawing ot the Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Copenhagen
The Institute for the Blind and the Institute for the Deaf-Mute are very close neighbours in Kastelsvej, in "the old days" located in peaceful and rural surroundings. In this painting by Christian Bayer from 1897 we see the corner of the Institute for the Deaf-Mute close by. The triangle between the building and the road has been named Rasmus Malling-Hansen Square by initiative from the International Rasmus Malling-Hansen Society. In the centre of the picture is principal Moldenhawer in conversation with the ophthalmologist professor H. Lehmann. In the foreground is royal Master of Music Valdemar Schiøtt, music teacher of the Institute.