Accession Number: AnnRep1.43
Scope & Content: Holdings: 1887/1889-1892, 1897/1898-1898/1900, 1916/1918. Printed reports of the Washington State School for the Blind document the school's management, building, and student activities. A catalogue of pupils is included in reports up through 1898; financial statements in reports up through 1900. Black-and-white photo illustrations are in the 1916/1918 report. Title varies: Biennial Report of the Trustees of the Washington School for Defective Youth (1887/1889). Report of the State School for the Blind, Vancouver (1916/1918).
Creator: Washington State School for the Blind
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Administrative History: The Washington State School for the Blind dates back to 1886, when a school was established in Vancouver, in the Washington Territory, for deaf, blind and mentally disabled students. It was called the Washington School for Defective Youth and became a state school in 1889, when the territory was admitted to the Union. In 1906, the blind department separated from the deaf department and occupied its own building (the department for mentally disabled students had been relocated). The school's name was changed to the State School for the Deaf and Blind. The two departments were legally separated, by name, in 1913, with W.B. Hall becoming the first superintendent of the State School for the Blind.
Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Annual reports Education -- Washington (State)
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