Administrative records of the Schools for the Deaf and Blind, 1942-1949.
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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...
Wisconsin School for the Deaf
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The Wisconsin Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb opened in Delavan in 1852, administered by a board of trustees. In 1885, the institution's name was changed to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf (chapter 56). The administrator of the school was also placed under the Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106) at this time. In 1937 the Legislature transferred the school's administration to the Dept. of Public Instruction (WIHV86-A116). In the Wisconsin State Archives' database this form of the a...
Wisconsin. Division for Handicapped Children and Pupil Services
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Provisions for the education of handicapped children began very soon after Wisconsin's statehood. Evidence of this is found in the establishment of the School for the Blind in 1850. Two years later legislative action provided for residential care of deaf children. In 1937 the Wisconsin School for the Blind (now the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped) (WIHV88-A9) and the Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WIHV88-A62) were transferred from the Board of Control (WIHV85-2106) to ...
