Blissymbol Correspondence Course
In February, 1978, Charles started producing a Blissymbols Correspondence Course, after receiving a grant from the Australian Federal Schools Commission.
Unfortunately, much of the correspondence is a polemic regarding the Ontario Crippled Children's Centre and the Blissymbolics Communication Institute/Foundation. Much of the conflict is spelled out, from Charles' perspective, in the Correpondence Course. The course includes copies of letters to Charles' lawyer.
It is difficult to understand why Charles' legal issues should be part of a correspondence course. In an effort to avoid continuing that conflict I have not included those correspondence course editions that deal solely with that topic. If the issue includes items of interest - from a correspondence course perspective - and references to those legal issues then I have attempt to redact the legal portions. The one exception is the very first issue. As that issue lays out what is to follow I felt it necessary to keep the document complete.
Of particular interest to me is the presence of Blissymbol quizzes. Charles wrote quizzes for some of the issues of the correspondence course. If you mailed Charles a completed quiz he would then send you the answer sheet. The answer sheets have been included on this webpage.
Some of the issues of the Correspondence Course are issues from the Semantography Series, and others are articles written about Blissymbols, such as issue 5, which is a reprint from a Reader's Digest article. These sorts of articles are cross referenced in the Miscellaneaous Material Related to Semantography pages.
Unfortunately, there are issues missing from the correspondence course. It is highly unlikely that these will ever be found.
Finally, this was Charles' second correspondence course. The first is part of his Semantography Series, starting at issue 39. It then carries with issues 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68.
| Title | Pages | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 1 | 2 | Introduction to the Correspondence Course |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 2 | 1 | Second introduction to the Correspondence Course. Audience: teachers, therapists, speech pathologists. |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 3 | 2 | Third introduction to the Correspondence Course. Audience: Directors General of Education in all States (Australia). |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 4. | 6 | 'The Magic Language of Charles Bliss', from the Reader's Digest |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 5. | 4 | 'Blissymbolics A Picture Writing', from Challenge, published by the Education Department of Victoria |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 6. | 1 | Sample diploma |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 7. | 1 | Letter to teachers, therapists, etc. |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 9. | Semantography-Blissymbolics: the 882 page book | |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 10. | 4 | Blissymbol basics - the start of the tutorial. |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 11. | 2 | Exercises |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 14. | 8 | Semantography Series 280 |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 15. | 10 | Quiz |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 16. | 4 | More background to Blissymbols |
| Correspondence Course Paper No. 17. | 1 | List of all the papers of the correspondence course. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 18. | 2 | Transcript of a speech at the University of New South Wales. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 19. | 5 | Answers to quiz questions from paper 15. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 20. | 1 | Congratulations on completing the quiz. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 21. | 1 | Reminder to send in answers for the quiz from paper 15. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 22. | 1 | Bliss-Everingham Symbol Table (without captions) | Correspondence Course Paper No. 23. | 1 | Bliss-Everingham Symbol Table (with captions) | Correspondence Course Paper No. 24. | 5 | Explanation of the Bliss-Everingham Symbol Table. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 25. | 6 | Quiz #2. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 26. | 8 | Answers to quiz #2. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 27. | 1 | Further explanation of the Bliss-Everingham Symbol Table. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 28. | 6 | Quiz #3. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 29. | 17 | Answers to quiz #3. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 30. | 3 | Quiz #4: sentence creation. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 31. | 4 | Answers to quiz #4. | Correspondence Course Paper No. 32. | 2 | Final paper. |