Class of 1982: Alan Bastyr, Walter Kurz, Londa Morrow, Julie Vehrenkamp; Father Peichel and Gerald Kleve (adults), other adults unknown. Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (MSAB) has been referred to by a number of names through the years: Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (1985-present); Minnesota Braille and Sight-Saving School (1941-1985); Minnesota School for the Blind (1907-1940); Minnesota School for the Deaf and Blind (1902-1907); Minnesota Institute for the Defectives (1887-1902); Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind (1864-1887); Minnesota Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb (1863-1864). Also: Residential Academies, Institute for the Blind, Faribault School for the Blind, and Minnesota Sight-Seeing School.
Alice Grannis Murdoch (1894-1988) of Lake City, Minnesota discusses her interest in researching local history, her collection of Native American artifacts, and her teaching career.
Lucy (Mickow) Nibbe (1911-2005) discusses her childhood in Hammond and Lake City, Minnesota her education in Lake City, and her career as a rural school teacher at Gilbert Valley and Sugar Loaf Valley, and at Bluff View in Lake City.
Brick Oneota school built in 1888 at 4420 West First Street; designed by architect Oliver Traphagen; the building also served as the Oneota Village Council Chambers before the village of Oneota became part of West Duluth; brick and brownstone with name over entrance; Romanesque windows with keystones; over the protests of families and the community club students were reassigned to the Merritt school when the Oneota was closed in 1946 then used for storage and razed in 1973 for construction of an industrial park; 16495
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
