Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped

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The Wisconsin Institution for the Education for the Blind was established by citizens of Janesville in 1849 and incorporated as a state supported institution in 1850. The name was changed in 1885 to the Wisconsin School for the Blind, and in 1945 to the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped. The school was administered through the state Board of Supervision (WIHV87-A1267) beginning in 1881, through the Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106), 1891-1937, and then through the Dept. of Public Instruction (WIHV86-A116), 1937-present. In the Wisconsin State Archives' database, this form of agency name is used for all records, 1849-present.

The school provides instruction to visually handicapped school-age children.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145779700
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referencedIn Schmidt, Matt, ca. 1895- ,. Oral history interview with Matt Schmidt [sound recording], 1973. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Wisconsin state instutions lithographs, undated. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped. Records, 1849-1949. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Lecher, Paul G. Wisconsin state institutions photographs, 1893. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped. Agency history record. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped. Original drawings of Wisconsin School for the Blind, ca. 1875. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped. Wisconsin Institution for the Education of the Blind construction papers, 1851. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped. Property inventory of the School for the Blind, 1881-1948. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Wisconsin. Secretary of State. Fiscal reports of charitable and penal institutions, 1874-1892. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Wisconsin. Division for Handicapped Children and Pupil Services. Administrative records of the Schools for the Deaf and Blind, 1942-1949. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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