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Embarking on an Educational Journey: How Anne Sullivan Taught Helen Keller

From childhood and beyond, Helen’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, aided in her pupil’s pursuit to understand the world. Anne utilized protactile...

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Unveiling a Legacy: The Helen Keller Time Capsule

Around the corner from the heart of  braille production and product storage, sits a room tucked against the back wall...

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The Dot Experience Celebrates Helen Keller

The Dot Experience team celebrated one of the world’s biggest change makers—Helen Keller during a recent Connect the Dots event,...

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Defining The Dot Experience: Everything You Need to Know

What is The Dot Experience? The Dot Experience is APH’s re-imagined museum set to open in 2026. Designed with an...

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Contemplating Helen Keller’s Humanity

One of my favorite things about browsing through the AFB Helen Keller Archives here at APH—which we are doing right...

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A Museum Intern’s Perspective

When I entered this internship, I knew I would be working on a complete de-installation of the museum and the...

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Of Beautiful Springtimes and Unfortunate Transcriptions

Yes, it is good to be home now with the daffodils and hyacinths, the lawn thick with soft young blades...

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A Token of Japanese American Friendship

Even a simple inquiry about one item in an archive can have a surprising number of highs, lows, twists, and...

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A Barrel of Documents

My journey of discovery started when I found two folders in the American Foundation for the Blind Archive folders, both...

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