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Remembering Raymond

Raymond Randles in his studio office in 1993. The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas here in our museum is...

Even a simple inquiry about one item in an archive can have a surprising number of highs, lows, twists, and...

Planning museum events has been tricky the last few years, what with the pandemic, of course, and then APH’s plans...

Everything old is new again. Or so the adage goes. But there is an underlying truth to it, even if...

They say the best advice to young writers is to write about what you know. So rather than come up...

Have you ever done research in an archive? Maybe for a school project, or just researching a topic of personal...

As students return to school and the summer winds down, here in the museum we are wrapping up another successful...

Time capsules have long been an intriguing way for people to communicate through the ages, be they historians or grade...

Burned manuscript recovered from the wreckage of Arcan Ridge, 1946. Photo AFB Helen Keller Archive As we get ready...

The American Foundation for the Blind Archive, housed at APH since 2020, never fails to provide surprises. This September 2021...

You know those history research shows that trace your family’s history? I love shows like that, and they’re a great...

Photo caption: Left to Right, Polly Thomson, Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller, Charlie Chaplin. Photo AFB Helen Keller Archive. When...

Photo: Featured in The Bald Soprano are Braille Readers Theater regulars, clockwise from bottom left, Barbara Henning, BT Kimbrough, Terrie...

Have you ever discovered a place in your hometown that you had never heard of before? A few months into...

I have received some very interesting research questions about Helen Keller during my first year as Archivist in the AFB...