Gertrude Tressel Rider

Gertrude Tressel Rider Harpham (April 22, 1876 — March 13, 1968) was an American librarian who specialized in building collections of braille materials, especially for blind disabled veterans, in the 1920s.

[5] Her particular interest was in meeting the literacy needs of blind disabled veterans of World War I, with braille materials and training.

[9] Publications by Gertrude Rider included Braille Transcribing: A Manual (1925, in collaboration with Adelia M. Hoyt).

In widowhood, Gertrude Harpham enjoyed traveling, including a 1947 trip to Guatemala and the Yucatán,[12] to South Africa in 1949,[13] and to India in 1950.

[17] Records of Rider's work with the American Library Association are in that organization's archives at the University of Illinois.

Gertrude Tressel Rider, from a 1916 publication.
Dr. John Harsh Tressel in 1892 publication
Gertrude Tressel Rider in Japan in 1915, with two blind students.