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Bringing Magnification to New Heights with Apollo

Apollo expands learning opportunities, refines user experience and pushes past the bounds of traditional magnifiers. With a Microsoft Surface pro...

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The covers of two brochures for the Iowa School for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa. The picture on one brochure depicts a group of young girls, holding hands and dancing in a circle. They are all dressed in white and have flowers in their hair. A caption reads, ”Flower Girls Dance – May Day fete – 1924.

Unsolved Mysteries in Historical Research

You know those history research shows that trace your family’s history? I love shows like that, and they’re a great...

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Announcing the PageBlaster Extended Warranty

Extended warranties are now available for PageBlaster embossers. Created through a partnership with HumanWare, this powerful embosser for continuous fanfold...

Polly Thomson in a plaid suit and a brimmed hat; Anne Sullivan wearing a black dress and a feathered hat; Helen Keller wearing a light suit, fur stole, and cocked hat; and actor Charlie Chaplain wearing loose pants and a plaid vest. He wears white face makeup and his trademark short mustache and holds a bowler hat in his lap. Keller’s left hand rests easily on Chaplain’s shoulder. Her right hand has two fingers on Sullivan’s lips, and her right thumb rests under Sullivan’s chin. A hand-cranked motion picture camera on a tripod is in the background.

Lights, Camera, Symposium!

Photo caption: Left to Right, Polly Thomson, Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller, Charlie Chaplin. Photo AFB Helen Keller Archive.   When...

Five photos in a collage: a woman and a man wearing brightly colored scarves, a woman laughing with a broad smile, a woman holding a book, a man looking downward, and a man holding a mirror up to his face.

The Bald Soprano

Photo: Featured in The Bald Soprano are Braille Readers Theater regulars, clockwise from bottom left, Barbara Henning, BT Kimbrough, Terrie...

People exiting a large steamboat and passing under a large metal sign reading “Rose Island,” which is held up by three large stone pillars.

Rose Island Amusement Park

Have you ever discovered a place in your hometown that you had never heard of before?  A few months into...

Studio photo of Helen Keller as a teenager. She wears a long white dress with a full skirt and puffed sleeves. White lace decorates the high neck, the sleeves, and the edge of the skirt.

What Do You Want to Know About Helen?

I have received some very interesting research questions about Helen Keller during my first year as Archivist in the AFB...