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The Wacky World of Flexible Records

If you’re old enough to remember begging your mom to buy breakfast cereal so that you could get the phonograph...

Over the years, our Museum has offered some great Saturday events. Through our Bards & Storytellers program, we’ve hosted performances...

When I was working with a small collection from APH’s Editorial Department, I came across correspondence from the late 1960s...

While working my way through a series in the American Foundation for the Blind collection called “Education, Rehab, and Welfare,”...

When Connie Avery steps out for her daily walk with her guide dog, Lexie, a third family member insists on...

Have you ever heard an audio described movie or TV program? Maybe it was on a streaming service or in...

My calendar of significant 2020 dates that got overshadowed once the awful pandemic arrived, features a bold circle around the...

It turns out blogging is not as easy as it appears. Not only do you need something fresh to say,...

When the AFB Helen Keller Archive arrived at APH, we found a few boxes labeled “Series 3: Unprocessed.” These unprocessed...

A Museum guest blog by the Rev. Dr. Eugene A. Bourquin Sometimes our history – our heroes – slip...

In my work cataloging the materials in the AFB Helen Keller Archive, I’ve come across hundreds of folders with the...

Have you ever stored something rolled up? Maybe that poster you bought at a concert years ago that you tucked...

In my work cataloging the materials in the AFB Helen Keller Archive, I’ve come across hundreds of folders with the...

When I first started working in the museum at APH in 2005, I’d often commandeer my young son and nephews...

In September of 2021, the AFB Helen Keller Archive received a handful of Helen Keller artifacts that had been discovered...