Finding Aid 1 Guide to Iowa Department for the Blind’s Iowa Blind History Archive 1915 – 2011 (bulk 1958 - 2000) With support from: The State Historical Society of Iowa, Historical Resource Development Program and the Friends of the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; as part of the project History of Blindness in Iowa. To access these records, contact: Iowa Department for the Blind 524 Fourth Street Des Moines, IA 50309-2364 Local Phone: 515-281-1333 Toll free (in Iowa): 800-362-2587 FAX: 515-281-1263 TTY: 515-281-1355 E-mail:
[email protected] © 2011, Iowa Department for the Blind Updated 9/22/2011 Finding Aid 2 Descriptive Summary Repository: Iowa Department for the Blind 524 Fourth Street Des Moines, IA 50309-2364 Creator: Iowa Department for the Blind Staff Title: Iowa Blind History Archive Inclusive Dates: 1925 – 2011, undated Bulk Dates: 1958 - 2000 Quantity: 11 boxes, 295 folders Language and Scripts: Primarily in Print and English. Some materials are in Braille, which is indicated on the folder. Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts, publications, periodicals, teaching materials, research materials, memos, and photographs that pertain to the history of the Iowa Department for the Blind. Most materials are dated and identified, but a significant number (mostly photographs) remain either unidentified or undated. Subjects include but are not limited to: employment, advocacy, philosophy of blindness, technology, IDB staff and clients, and Iowa legislators. Administrative Information Processing Information: The majority of information in this collection was organized and cataloged by Meredith Ferguson, August 2010 – May 2011. The Finding Aid was encoded by Meredith Ferguson, March 2011.