Accession Number: AnnRep2.13
Scope & Content: Printed reports of the Royal National College and Academy of Music for the Blind, documenting the school's management, student, and building activities. Reports include financial statements and contain illustrations. Black-and-white photo illustrations first appear in the 1892 report; color in 1987. An embossed specimen of the braille alphabet is tipped-in to the report for 1876. Holdings are incomplete; see container list. Name of school on title page of reports through 1937/1938, Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind; on reports of 1979-1988, Royal National College and Academy of Music for the Blind. On cover of 1979 report: Royal National College for the Blind. On cover of 1981-1988 reports: Royal National College for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Creator: Royal National College and Academy of Music for the Blind
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Administrative History: The Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind (RNC) opened in March 1872, through the efforts of Dr. Thomas Rhodes Armitage, an English philanthropist, and Francis Joseph Campbell (later Sir Francis), an instructor at the Perkins School for the Blind who lost his sight as a young child. Following a meeting in 1871, the two men were determined to found a school in England that would provide general education and teacher training to students from the British Isles and its colonies. Campbell served as the school's first superintendent. In 1882, RNC was the first school for the blind to open a kindergarten. The school is today known as the Royal College for the Blind.
Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Education Great Britain Annual reports