| Access Conditions |
Contact museum staff regarding access. |
| Admin/Biog History |
Samuel Bacon founded a private school for blind students in Keokuk, Iowa in 1852. The next year, the school was established by the Iowa State Legislature as the Asylum for the Instruction
of the Blind in Iowa City, with Bacon as the school's superintendent. In 1855, the name of the school changed to Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, and in 1860 to Iowa Institution for the Education of the Blind. The name changed again in 1872 to Iowa College for the Blind, in 1929 to Iowa School for the Blind, and in 1951 to the present name Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. |
| Collection |
KSB Collection |
| Creator |
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School |
| Credit line |
Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 1997.491-505 |
| Custodial History |
Reports were sent to the Kentucky School for the Blind and were kept there until being transferred to the APH Museum in 1997. |
| Dates of Accumulation |
ca. 1871-1914 |
| Dates of Creation |
1871-1873, 1879, 1885-1887, 1891-1897, 1903-1905, 1908-1910, 1914
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| Abstract |
Printed reports of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School 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 10th biennial report Includes a frontispiece, an illustration of the school building with the caption "Iowa Institution for the Education of the Blind." The 29th report includes two photos (frontispiece)
with the captions "View Shows Central Portion of the Big Building. With Faculty and Students Gathered on the Steps and Campus." and "The Hospital." Additional photos show the Laundry Building, Industrial Department with students, Gymnasium, and a classroom. A business card of Joseph E. Vance, Superintendent is loose in the report.
A tipped-in, ink-print inscription that reads "With Compliments of
Robert Carothers, Principal." is included in the 14th biennial report and a similar inscription appears in several subsequent reports.
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| Extent of Description |
14 folders (15 reports)
Report dimensions: 9 x 16 in. |
| Finding Aids |
Container list available. |
| Object ID |
1997.491-505 |
| Object Name |
Report, Annual |
| Search Terms |
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School |
| Subjects |
Schools for the blind and visually handicapped
Education -- Iowa
Annual reports |
| System of arrangement |
Arranged chronologically. |
| Title |
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School biennial reports
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