HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
![[photo, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia Campus entrance, Columbia, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/25ind/images/1198-1-940.jpg)
Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Mutes of the State of Maryland, 1868-80
Maryland School for the Deaf & Dumb, 1880-1916
Maryland State School for the Deaf, 1916-58
Maryland School for the Deaf, 1958-
Maryland School for the Blind, Department for Colored Blind & Deaf, 1872-1955
In 1955, deaf students from Department for Colored Blind & Deaf transferred to Maryland State School for the Deaf.
Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia Campus entrance, Columbia, Maryland, November 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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