Letter from Captain James F. Hays, U.S. Naval Hospital, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA to Helen ... May, 1946

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Series	1: General Correspondence
Sub Series	2: Advocacy & Work
Box	35: Events
Folder	3: Events: Military - Visit to Armed Forces, Jan-Aug
Item No	58
Language	English
Format of Original	7 x 11 inches
Subject	Military - navy; Health - hospital; Art and culture - photography; Health - ophthalmology; Children
Description	Letter from Captain James F. Hays, U.S. Naval Hospital, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA to Helen Keller, Westport, CT in appreciation of her visit, accompanied by the publication entitled "The Santana," published by the staff of the U.S. Naval Hospital, Long Beach, CA with an article by Scott Bonds entitled, "Miss Helen Keller Brings New Hope to Handicapped Patients in Visit Here," Vol. 3, No. 4, May 1946. Also accompanied by a letter form Lieutenant Colonel Brittain F. Payne, San Francisco, CA to Helen Keller and Polly Thomson, Westport, CT in thanks for the autographed picture of Miss Keller, requesting one of Miss Thomson, and discussing a ophthalmological hospital he visited.
Signature	Hays, James; Payne, Brittain F.; Payne, Lieutenant Colonel Brittain F.
Subject Person	Keller, Helen; Keller, Helen A.; Keller, Helen Adams; Thomson, Polly; Thorne, Colonel
Folder Start Date	1945
Folder End Date	1946
Holding Institution	American Foundation for the Blind
Contact Information	2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102, New York, NY 10121, (212) 502-7600