| 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 |
AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection |
| Creator |
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School |
| 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. |
| Dates of Creation |
1854-1860, 1865-1869, 1875-1877, 1912, 1948, 1965-1966, 1984, 1986, 1988 |
| Abstract |
Printed reports of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School documenting the school's management, building, and student activities. Reports include lists of financial receipts and disbursements. Students are identified in most of the reports up through 1912. Staff lists appear in most of the reports prior to the 1980s.
The 31st report (1912), 1966 superintendent report, and later reports include black-and-white photo illus. Only the page listing the school staff is included from the 1965 report.
Titles vary; see container list. |
| Extent of Description |
17 folders (16 reports and detached page from report).
Report dimensions: vary from 7.75 x 5 in. to 11 x 8.5 in. |
| Finding Aids |
Container list available. |
| Object ID |
2009.24.1.133-149 |
| 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 annual and biennial reports |
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