| Access Conditions |
Contact museum staff regarding access. |
| Admin/Biog History |
The Maryland School for the Blind, located in Baltimore, was established as a private, state-supported school in 1853, and was called the Maryland Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. The school's first superintendent, David E. Loughery, was a graduate of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. In April 1868, students were moved to a new campus located on North Avenue. In 1886, the school name changed to Maryland School for the Blind. In 1872, the Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf opened on South Broadway to serve African American students. The schools shared the same superintendent.
In 1907, the Maryland School for the Blind moved to a new site located on Taylor Avenue, the present-day location of the school. The Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf also moved to a site south of Taylor Avenue, from Saratoga Avenue where it had been located for several years. During the 1954-1955 school year, the Maryland School for the Blind began desegregation of its classes. End-of-year exercises held for African-American blind students in June 1956 "marked the closing of the Colored Department as such" (Biennial Report, July 1, 1955-July 1, 1957), and that same year deaf students of the Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf moved to the Maryland School for the Deaf, in Frederick. |
| Collection |
KSB Collection |
| Creator |
Maryland School for the Blind |
| Credit line |
Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 1996.620-660 |
| Custodial History |
Reports were sent to the Kentucky School for the Blind and were kept there until being transferred to the Callahan Museum in 1996. |
| Dates of Accumulation |
ca. 1857-1895 |
| Dates of Creation |
1857-1864, 1866-1878, 1880-1882, 1884-1890, 1893-1895; and separate reports for the Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf: 1886-1887, 1889-1893
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| Abstract |
Printed reports of the Maryland School for the Blind, including reports for the Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf (separately printed and numbered), documenting management, building, and student activities. Reports list the school's officers, staff, and students, financial receipts and disbursements, and some include black-and-white photo illus.
Titles vary slightly; see container list.
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| Extent of Description |
30 folders (41 reports).
Report dimensions: 9 x 6 in. |
| Finding Aids |
Container list available. |
| Object ID |
1996.620-660 |
| Object Name |
Report, Annual |
| Search Terms |
Maryland School for the Blind
Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf |
| Subjects |
Schools for the blind and visually handicapped
Education -- Maryland
Annual reports |
| System of arrangement |
Arranged chronologically. |
| Title |
Maryland School for the Blind annual reports
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