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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...

In My Religion, published in 1927, Helen Keller spelled out her religious beliefs to the world. Helen was an ardent...

When I started working in the AFB (American Foundation for the Blind) Helen Keller Archive at APH in October of...

I’ve been pretty excited this week. It’s been almost sixteen months since we had a visitor in the museum, but...

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson awarded Helen Keller the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The award...

May is Teacher Appreciation Month in the U.S., but here in the museum at the American Printing House for the...

I’ve been a maphead all my life. When I was a kid, I drew maps in crayon of the various...

For the past three years I have been thinking a lot about heroes and heroism. Museums, as institutions that preserve...

On March 17, 2020, I was sitting at my desk at APH, mulling over what we should do about the...

You Start by Meeting Your Audience When I started working at the Museum of the American Printing House for the...