Topic: Social Issues / Type: Text / Physical Format: Reports / Date Created: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1932">1932</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1934">1934</span>

Creator:: Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:: 1932
Description:: In 1931, the Cass Lake Indian Agency became part of the district included in the State and County Agency for the Blind. The agency also added more types of work for clients including: operating cigar and confectionery stands and messenger services, selling newspapers, providing social services, teaching music, serving as village treasurer, business manager, insurance agent, candy machine operator, watchman, day laborer. Duluth's Lighthouse for the Blind was an employer. The agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention of blindness and the treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, and Lake Counties, and the Cass Lake Indian Agency District.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

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