
The Gale Family Library collection includes a variety of records from the Minnesota School for the Deaf/Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD), including student records from approximately 1916 through 2003.
The individual student files may contain public school records, academic progress sheets, photographs, hearing and physical examination reports, interview notes, psychological reports, and correspondence with parents, school districts, and county and state welfare bodies. Before the 1950s, the files are quite thin; many contain only the hearing examination reports. Beginning with the 1950s, the files increase in size and each may contain most of the materials listed above.