05/29/2019
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Helen Keller and Polly Thomson, seated outside on the grass with German Shepherd dog nearby, circa 1955
Helen Keller and Polly Thomson, seated outside on the grass with German Shepherd dog nearby, circa 1955

Please visit the Helen Keller Archive today between 12:00 and 12:30pm U.S. Eastern time. Our goal is to have a large number of visitors test the site’s ability to handle heavy traffic. So we need as many of you out there as possible to take a few minutes and enjoy the treasure trove that is the Helen Keller digital archive!

Learn something new! Check out her correspondence with Mark Twain and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Or read a letter she wrote to her good friend Nella Braddy Henney, describing her visit to Japan in 1948. And don’t forget to take a look at the awesome photographs, such as Helen as a young girl and as an older woman during an official visit to Mexico—one of the 39 countries she visited as a worldwide ambassador for those with vision loss.

Thank you for taking part and for being part of this unique and pioneering project!