Texas School for the Blind Campus, Austin, Texas

Texas School for the Blind Campus, Austin, Texas

Texas School for the Blind--Facilities; Race discrimination in education--Texas--Austin; People with disabilities--Institutional care--Texas--Austin

Black and white panoramic photograph of the Texas School for the Black and white panoramic photograph of the Texas School for the Blind campus in Austin, Texas, appearing as a folded insert in the 1930-1931 school catalogue. The image shows multiple large, well-maintained brick buildings including the Administration Building, dormitories, and cottages, with manicured lawns and orderly pathways. This photograph documents the physical resources available to white visually impaired and deaf students in Austin during the same period that the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute for Colored Youths operated with significantly fewer resources. When compared to the 1945 DeBerry inspection report describing debris, poorly maintained grounds, and inadequately clothed students at the Black institution, this image illustrates the material inequality experienced by Black disabled students under racial segregation in Austin.

Texas School for the Blind

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Records (TX000021), Box 1989/073-1, Catalogues and Announcements 1930-1931, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.

Texas School for the Blind

1930-1931

Texas State Board of Control, Julie Huth

These records are public records of the State of Texas held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. As works of state government, they are not subject to copyright and are freely available for research and educational use.

https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/TX000021.xml

Black and white photograph, panoramic folded insert

English

Still Image

Texas School for the Blind Campus Photograph, 1930-1931. Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Records (TX000021), Box 1989/073-1. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.

Austin, Texas

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