ID# 2379:
 "A Person who writes Backwards," handwritten report with photo and writing samples, conducted in Jamaica by Morris Steggerda
Date:
1927
Pages: (1|2|3|4|5|6|7)
Source:
 National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives, Steggerda, Box 12 Folder 118, 97 7270
&quote;A Person who writes Backwards,&quote; handwritten report with photo and writing samples, conducted in Jamaica by Morris Steggerda

Oct 31927 3 as any person not particularly used to writing might do. Below is a sample of her forward writing. Ethel [obscured] Post Office Bonny Gate PO [obscured] I was beginning to think our whole trip was in vain. We asked her if she couldn't write like she use[sic] to in school. She said that she hadn't done it for years. When urged to try it, she wrote "office" as a [inserted text] Office Office [written backwards] continuation of the sentence Bonny Gate Post - [end]

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