| Access Conditions |
Contact museum staff regarding access. |
| Admin/Biog History |
In 1893, Emily Wells Foster opened a nursery for blind children in Hartford, Connecticut. It would become the Connecticut Institute and Industrial Home for the Blind, providing education for blind children through a school department and vocational training to blind adults. The name of the institute changed in 1904 to the Connecticut Institute for the Blind. In 1911, the school department moved to more spacious property on Holcomb Street with stately oak trees and eventually became known as Oak Hill School, one of several programs conducted by the Connecticut Institute for the Blind.
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| Collection |
AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection |
| Creator |
Oak Hill School (Hartford, CT) |
| 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 |
1897, 1932-1938, 1976-1978, 1981, 1990 |
| Abstract |
Printed reports of the Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill School documenting the school's management, building, and student activities. They list the trustees and school staff and contain a financial report of receipts and disbursements. Reports up through 1938 include students' names; those for 1930/32 and later contain black-and-white photo illustrations. Titles vary.
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| Extent of Description |
9 folders (9 reports).
Report dimensions: 9.25 x 6 in. (through 1938); 8.5 x 5.5 in.; 11 x 8.5 in. (1978 and later) |
| Finding Aids |
Container list available. |
| Object ID |
2009.24.1.36-44 |
| Object Name |
Report, Annual |
| Search Terms |
Oak Hill School (Hartford, CT) |
| Subjects |
Schools for the blind and visually handicapped
Education -- Connecticut
Annual reports |
| System of arrangement |
Arranged chronologically. |
| Title |
Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill School biennial and annual reports |
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