Online Archives in a Digitized World
Have you ever done research in an archive? Maybe for a school project, or just researching a topic of personal...
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Read moreAs students return to school and the summer winds down, here in the museum we are wrapping up another successful...
Read moreTime capsules have long been an intriguing way for people to communicate through the ages, be they historians or grade...
Read moreBurned manuscript recovered from the wreckage of Arcan Ridge, 1946. Photo AFB Helen Keller Archive As we get ready...
Read moreThe American Foundation for the Blind Archive, housed at APH since 2020, never fails to provide surprises. This September 2021...
Read moreYou know those history research shows that trace your family’s history? I love shows like that, and they’re a great...
Read morePhoto caption: Left to Right, Polly Thomson, Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller, Charlie Chaplin. Photo AFB Helen Keller Archive. When...
Read morePhoto: Featured in The Bald Soprano are Braille Readers Theater regulars, clockwise from bottom left, Barbara Henning, BT Kimbrough, Terrie...
Read moreHave you ever discovered a place in your hometown that you had never heard of before? A few months into...
Read moreI have received some very interesting research questions about Helen Keller during my first year as Archivist in the AFB...
Read moreYou’re not going to believe this, but with centuries of potential titles to choose from, all three of the first...
Read moreThe Hall of Fame is dedicated to preserving the tradition of excellence manifested by specific individuals through the history of...
Read moreNote to the reader: this blog contains outdated historical terms for schools for the blind which are now deemed offensive....
Read moreWhen Helen Keller celebrated her fourteenth birthday at the home of Alexander Graham Bell on June 27, 1894, she received...
Read moreIf you’re old enough to remember begging your mom to buy breakfast cereal so that you could get the phonograph...
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