An Amazing Discovery: Laura Bridgman
While working my way through a series in the American Foundation for the Blind collection called “Education, Rehab, and Welfare,”...
Read moreWhile working my way through a series in the American Foundation for the Blind collection called “Education, Rehab, and Welfare,”...
Read moreWhen Connie Avery steps out for her daily walk with her guide dog, Lexie, a third family member insists on...
Read moreHave you ever heard an audio described movie or TV program? Maybe it was on a streaming service or in...
Read moreMy calendar of significant 2020 dates that got overshadowed once the awful pandemic arrived, features a bold circle around the...
Read moreIt turns out blogging is not as easy as it appears. Not only do you need something fresh to say,...
Read moreWhen the AFB Helen Keller Archive arrived at APH, we found a few boxes labeled “Series 3: Unprocessed.” These unprocessed...
Read moreA Museum guest blog by the Rev. Dr. Eugene A. Bourquin Sometimes our history – our heroes – slip...
Read moreIn my work cataloging the materials in the AFB Helen Keller Archive, I’ve come across hundreds of folders with the...
Read moreHave you ever stored something rolled up? Maybe that poster you bought at a concert years ago that you tucked...
Read moreIn my work cataloging the materials in the AFB Helen Keller Archive, I’ve come across hundreds of folders with the...
Read moreWhen I first started working in the museum at APH in 2005, I’d often commandeer my young son and nephews...
Read moreIn September of 2021, the AFB Helen Keller Archive received a handful of Helen Keller artifacts that had been discovered...
Read moreChipping away at the backlog of unprocessed collections (there’s always a backlog in archives), I came across four spiral-bound volumes...
Read moreThis month, on the museum’s Facebook and Twitter, we’re posting some photos and brief histories of blind detectives in fiction,...
Read moreI stumbled across something interesting while cataloging the archives of the Kentucky School for the Blind Alumni Association yesterday. Historians...
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