Michigan School for the Blind : records, 1854-1982
Michigan School for the Blind
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14 manuscript boxes, 26 volumes, and one folder
This record group consists of administrative records (1854-1982) which include correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, historical materials, general ledgers, inventories and registers, letterpress books, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and student records. Also included are architectural drawings (1913-1964) including a site plan, comprehensive development plan, girls' dormitory plans, Elm Hall improvement plan, and west campus lighting plan
The Michigan School for the Blind was originally part of the Michigan Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind in Flint. The By provisions of Act 148, Public Acts of 1917, the institution was declared a public school and was free to all children who were admitted by application to the Superintendent of the School for the Blind. Pursuant to Public Act 250 of 1879, the legislature established the Michigan School for the Blind, which opened in Lansing in September 1880. Public Act 263 of 1937 transferred supervision of the school from the State Institute Commission within the State Welfare Department to the State Board of Education. In 1965, the school became part of the reorganized Department of Education
"Archives Control Number: RG 81-110.".
Archives Stack Location: Range 4, Unit 20, Shelves 5-8
Archives Stack Location: Map Case 358, Drawer 2, Folder 10
Student records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. This act, known as FERPA, restricts student records from public access. FERPA permits the release of "directory information" without seeking written permission from the student. Examples of directory information include photographs, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, published yearbooks etc. (For complete list, ask reference archivist.) Students, their parents, and designated education officials performing official duties are permitted access to a student's records beyond directory information. Under MCL 399.810(4), student records at the Archives of Michigan that are more than 75 years old may be made available for research if the researcher provides a copy of the student's death record
Guide available in reading room of the Archives of Michigan
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