| Access Conditions |
Contact museum staff regarding access. |
| Admin/Biog History |
The Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind was founded in Indianapolis in 1847. In 1907, the name changed to Indiana School for the Blind. In 1930, the school relocated to its present site on North College Avenue. |
| Collection |
KSB Collection |
| Creator |
Indiana School for the Blind |
| Credit line |
Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 1997.463-490 |
| Custodial History |
Reports were sent to the Kentucky School for the Blind and were kept there until being transferred to the Callahan Museum in 1997. |
| Date |
1846-1854, 1857, 1859-1864, 1865-1867, 1868, 1870 |
| Dates of Accumulation |
1846-1870 |
| Dates of Creation |
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| Abstract |
Printed reports of the Indiana School for the Blind documenting the school's management, building, and student activities. Reports list the school's officers, staff, and students, the school's financial receipts and disbursements, and some include black-and-white photo illus.
The 1st report includes a tipped-in specimen of raised line letter, this also appears in the 2nd report with ink-print specimens of a
student's compositions and appears in several subsequent reports. The 4th report includes a tipped-in specimen of embossed sheet music with raised notes and staff and raised line-letter text that was printed by M. Snider at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind.
An illustration (frontispiece) of the school building "Designed &
Drawn by F. Costigan" appears in the 4th annual report and in subsequent reports. Illustrations of the building floor plans appear in the 22nd report.
Also includes a 13-page article issued in the Indiana Journal Extra, July 28, 1853; and the "Report of W.H.H. Terrell, Financial Secretary to the Governor, May 1864" regarding the procurement of sufficient funds to keep "benevolent institutions" of Indiana open.
See container list and additional accessions for holdings of this school's reports.
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| Extent of Description |
22 folders (22 reports, 1 bylaws, 1 article)
Report dimensions: 9 x 6 in. |
| Finding Aids |
Container list available. |
| Object ID |
1997.463-490 |
| Object Name |
Report, Annual |
| Search Terms |
Indiana School for the Blind |
| Subjects |
Schools for the blind and visually handicapped
Education -- Indiana
Annual reports |
| System of arrangement |
Arranged chronologically. |
| Title |
Indiana School for the Blind annual reports, bylaws and regulations, and newspaper article |
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