Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind annual reports

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Admin/Biog History The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind was founded in Talladega in 1858 and was originally called the Alabama Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. A department for blind students opened in 1867, and the name of the school later changed to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. In 1887, the school for the blind became a separate entity called The Alabama Academy for the Blind (today called the Alabama School for the Blind), sharing the same board of trustees and principal as the Alabama Institute for the Deaf, today called the Alabama School for the Deaf. In 1892, the Alabama School for Negro Deaf-Mutes & Blind (later called the Alabama School for Negro Deaf and Blind) opened on the campus, also sharing the same administrative staff, and continued until desegregation in 1968.
Collection AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection
Creator Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
Credit line AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24.
Custodial History Reports were collected by the Migel Library of the American Foundation for the Blind, which closed in 2009. In that year, the American Printing House for the Blind purchased the holdings of the Migel Library and annual reports were transferred to the APH Museum.
Date 1949-1951, 1969, 1987
Abstract Reports of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind documenting the school's management, building, and student activities. Included are financial summaries of receipts and expenditures. Board of Trustee members and administrative staff are listed in the 1986/1987 report; school staff and graduating students are identified in the earlier reports. Black-and-white illus. in reports after 1951.
Extent of Description 4 folders (4 reports)
Report dimensions: vary from 11 x 8.5 in. to 14 x 8.5 in.
Finding Aids Container list available.
Object ID 2009.24.1.1-4
Object Name Report, Annual
Search Terms Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
Subjects Schools for the blind and visually handicapped
Schools for the deaf
Education -- Alabama
Annual reports
System of arrangement Arranged chronologically.
Title Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind annual reports
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