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The New England Asylum for the Blind was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1829 (St 1828, c 111); and opened in Boston in 1832 as the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind. It was successively renamed the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind in 1839, the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind in 1877, and the Perkins School for the Blind in 1955. The institution relocated in Watertown in 1912.

Although not a state agency, the School by the terms of its incorporation received state support for students sent to it by the Commonwealth. The Board of Education was given supervision of the process (previously under the state secretary) by St 1885, c 118; it has continued from 1919 by the Department of Education. The school was specifically named in relevant legislation (MGLA c 69, s 26) until that section's repeal by St 1972, c 766, s 8.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86144121
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creatorOf Perkins School for the Blind. Agency history record. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Barstow, Josiah Whitney, 1896-1922. Correspondence. 1851-1863. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Robinson, Rowland Evans, 1833-1900. Papers of Rowland Evans Robinson [manuscript], 1891-1896. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Briney, Melville Otter, 1899-1986. Melville Otter Briney : miscellaneous papers, 1958. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. [Essays on Oliver Caswell and Julia Brace]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. Letter, 1836 November 18, Hartford, Conn., to Samuel Gridley Howe, Boston, Mass. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf Bancroft Family. Papers, 1801-1951. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Thayer, Eleanor Wiley, 1906-1990. Papers, 1942-1991. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936. Letters, 1887-1902. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Letter, 1853 Oct. 18, Boston, to Miss Arnold. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Rodocanachi, Leonidas Demosthenes. Letter, 1860 Sept. 8, Boston. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 19: Files, Massachusetts, 1889-1962 (bulk 1900-1930). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Eleanor Wiley Thayer Papers MS 161., 1942-1991 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889. Papers, 1877-1887 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Perkins School for the Blind. [Miscellaneous pamphlets, circulars, etc.]. Yale University Library
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