Accession Number: AnnRep1.33
Scope & Content: Holdings: 1873/1874, 1877/1878, 1883/1885-1905/1907, 1954/1956, 1958/1960-1966/1968. Reports for biennial years ending 1920 and 1922 are contained in the Biennial Report of the Oregon State Board of Control (see AnnRep3.153). Reports document the management, building, and student activities of the school. Most list managers, staff and students, and include financial statements. An engraved illustration of the 1894 building appears as the frontispiece in the 1895 report; black-and-white photo illustrations are in the 1901 report and on the cover of those for 1964-1968. Title varies: Report of the . . . School for the Education of the Blind (1874). Report of the Oregon Institute for the Blind (1878). Biennial Report of the . . . Oregon School for the Blind (1885). Biennial Report . . . of the Oregon Institute for the Blind (1891). Biennial Report of the Oregon State School for the Blind (1956).
Creator: Oregon School for the Blind
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Collection: KSB Collection
Administrative History: The Oregon School for the Blind opened in Salem on February 26, 1873, resulting from an 1872 act of the Oregon state legislature that provided funding for its establishment. The school closed temporarily from May 1879 until April 1883, then reopened in a rented building on 12th Street. It moved in 1894 to a newly constructed building located at Church and Mission streets. This building was replaced by new construction in 1956. Originally known as the Oregon Institute for the Blind and later as the Oregon State School for the Blind, in 2007 it became known as the Oregon School for the Blind. The state closed the Oregon School for the Blind in 2009, due to financial reasons and a desire to have students attend their local public schools.
Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Education -- Oregon Annual reports
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