Accession Number: 1997.807.1-2
Scope & Content: Two copies of a paperbound booklet containing text pages 35-36 from the 1926 annual report of the Kentucky School for the Blind, along with several photo illustrations that appeared in some of the school's annual reports. On the front cover is a photo captioned: "Kentucky School for the Blind Showing Memorial Lights."
Creator: Kentucky School for the Blind
Interview Date: / /
Collection: KSB Collection
Credit Line: Kentucky School for the Blind, 1997.807
Administrative History: The Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) was the third state-supported school for the blind established in the United States. Originally called the Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind, the school’s founder was Bryce McLellan Patten, who began teaching a class of six blind students in the summer of 1839. On February 5, 1842, KSB was chartered with an appropriation of $10,000 and opened in May of that year on Sixth Street in downtown Louisville. Bryce Patten was the unpaid director and maintained the school; Otis Patten, his brother, was the teacher. The school moved to a new building on Broadway Avenue in 1845. When this building burned in 1851, a tract of land known as the Frankfort Turnpike Road (now Frankfort Avenue) was purchased and a school built on the site in 1855. In 1967, that building was razed to make way for a modern facility to better serve the students.
Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Education -- Kentucky