Original drawings of Wisconsin School for the Blind, ca. 1875.

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Original drawings of Wisconsin School for the Blind, ca. 1875.

Original drawings of exterior and interior plans for the now demolished main building of the Wisconsin School for the Blind in Janesville, Wis.

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Wisconsin. Division of State Facilities Management

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The State Bureau of Facilities Management (WIHV85-A777) became the Division of State Facilities Management in 1979. It was re-named the Division of Facilities Development in 1992 and in 2003, it was renamed the Division of State Facilities. In Wisconsin State Archives' database entries, the above form of the agency name is used for all appropriate records dating 1979 to the present. The Division has overall responsibility for developing and carrying out the State Buildin...

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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...