Historical information
When author C.H. Nipper created historical overview of the first 60 years of the RVIB, various topics were covered by an unordered series of pages on individual topics. These are:
Admittance of Aboriginal people (1/2 page)
Blinded soldiers (5 pages)
Blindness - causes and prevention (4 pages)
Buildings and Land (Snippets)
- gas
- grant of crown land
- heating
- insurance
- water
Change of name (1 page)
Deaf-Blind and the Multiple Handicapped (3 pages)
Education (9 pages, 1 missing)
Employment:
- Placement of blind people in employment (1 page)
- Insurance brokerage as a profession of the blind by Fred C Tolstrup (3 pages)
Fundraising (Snippets)
- Coles Book Arcade
- Sporting matches
Kiosks for the Blind (1/2 page)
Music (5 pages)
Nursing (2 pages)
Organ (Snippets)
Ormond Hall (3 pages)
Pensions (1/2 page)
Rehabilitation Training centre (3 pages)
Talking Book Library (1 1/2 pages)
Physical description
2 page foreward and 17 page history
Subjects
- royal victorian institute for the blind,
- c.h. nipper,
- blind soldiers,
- deaf-blind,
- ormond hall,
- fundraising,
- rvib nursery,
- nellie melba,
- alice mcclelland,
- charles halle,
- blinded soldiers bowling club,
- talking books,
- employment,
- aboriginal and torrens strait islander people,
- pensions,
- fred c tolstrup,
- blindness,
- rehabilitation,
- education,
- buildings
