Accession Number: AnnRep1.4
Scope & Content: Holdings: 1864, 1865/1867-1867/1869, 1871/1873-1906/1908, 1910/1912, 1914/1916, 1918/1920-1922/1924, 1926/1928-1928/1930. Printed reports document the school's management, building, and student activities. Trustees, school staff, and students are included. Financial receipts and disbursements are listed.The 5th and 14th reports, for fiscal years ending 1864 and 1880, are for an annual period; remainder are biennial. The 1922/1924 report is the first biennial report of the California School for the Blind, after it becomes independent from the California School for the Deaf. Black-and-white photo illustrations included in 1904/1906 report and after. Fold-out illustration of a new dormitory for boys in 1926/1928 report. Title varies: Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Managers of the California Institution for the Education and Care of the Indigent Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind (1864). Report of the Board of Directors and Officers of the California Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind (1867). Report of the California Institution for the Deaf and the Blind (1912). Biennial Report of the California School for the Blind (1922/1924).
Creator: California School for the Blind
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Administrative History: A school for blind and deaf students of California was established as a private endeavor in 1860 and opened in San Francisco. It later became a state-run school. The California Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, as it was called, moved into new buildings located north of Oakland in 1869. The area would later become Berkeley. In 1906, the school's name changed to the California Institution for the Deaf and Blind. In 1914, it became the California School for the Deaf and Blind. The deaf and blind schools were legally separated in 1921. The California School for the Blind relocated to Fremont, California in 1980.
Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Schools for the deaf Education -- California Annual reports
Rights: Contact museum staff regarding reproduction.