Accession Number: AnnRep2.7
Scope & Content: Holdings: 1872-1895, 1897-1922. Printed reports of the Ontario School for the Blind, documenting the school's management, student, and building activities. Reports include financial statements and a list of attending students. An illustration of the school building appears in the 1879 report. Black-and-white photo illustrations are in reports of 1893 and later. Title varies (in parentheses, report from which title is taken): Annual Report of the Ontario Institution for the Education of the Blind. (1874-75). Ontario Institute for the Education of the Blind. Reports of . . . (1876). Annual Report of the Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities upon the Ontario Institution for the Education of the Blind, Brantford . . . for the year ending 30th September 30th . . . (1875) [issued and numbered separately until 1890 and then continues report as listed above until 1900?]. Annual Report upon the Ontario Institution for the Education of the Blind . . . for the year . . . (1900). Annual Report of the Ontario School for the Blind, Brantford, for the year ending . . . (1913). Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Ontario School for the Blind, Brantford, for the year ending . . . (1917).
Creator: Ontario School for the Blind
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Administrative History: In 1872, the Ontario Institution for the Education of the Blind was established by the Ontario provincial legislature. It opened in Brantford, Ontario, Canada in May of that year. The name of the school was changed in 1913 to Ontario School for the Blind. In 1974, the school was renamed the W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind, in honor of a former lieutenant-governor of Ontario.
Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Education Canada Annual reports
Rights: Contact museum staff regarding reproduction of materials.