| 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 Kentucky School for the Blind, 1997.821 |
| Custodial History |
Reports were sent to the Kentucky School for the Blind and were kept there until being transferred to the APH Museum. |
| Date |
1881 |
| Dates of Accumulation |
ca. 1881 |
| Dates of Creation |
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| Abstract |
Printed report of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School documenting the school's management, building, and student activities. Report lists the school's officers, staff, and students, and the school's financial receipts and disbursements.
On title page: Fifteenth Biennial Report of the College for the Blind, located at Vinton, Benton County, to the Governor of the State of Iowa, October, 1881.
Includes a loose, ink-print inscription that reads "With Compliments of Robert Carothers, Principal."
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| Extent of Description |
1 folder (1 report)
Report dimensions: 9 x 6 in. |
| Object ID |
1997.821.6 |
| 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 |
Filed chronologically with other reports of this school. |
| Title |
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School biennial report |
