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Browse photos of Helen Keller, the deaf-blind activist and author, from different periods of her life. See her with her dog Phiz, her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy, and other people and places.
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This collection includes photographs from the Helen Keller Photograph Collection (AG62) detailing the lives of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy, as well as Nella Braddy Henney, and Polly Thomson. It spans the time from Annie Sullivan’s arrival at the Keller household, through the end of Helen Keller’s life, and documents Keller’s years as a stud...
Stefanie Maclin, Charlotte Cushman and Molly Stothert-Maurer ; Biography updated by Susanna Coit, 2022
Anne Sullivan
Anne Sullivan was born in April 1866, in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, the oldest child of Irish immigrants, Thomas and Alice Sullivan. At the age of five, Anne contracted trachoma which resulted in severe vision loss. After Alice’s death when Anne was eight years old, Thomas was unable to care for his children and abandoned them. Anne and her brother Jimmy were sent to the Tewksbury Almshouse, where Jimmy died after three months. While at the Almshouse, Sullivan underwent a series of eye ope...
Helen Keller
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama to retired army Captain Arthur Keller and his second wife, Kate. Helen had a younger brother (Phillips Brooks) and sister (Mildred), and two older half brothers. When she was nineteen months old, she became ill with a very high fever that ultimately left her deaf and blind. Doctors at the time diagnosed this as “brain fever” or “brain congestion,” but experts today believe that she most likely suffered from scarlet fever...
McGinnity, B.L., Seymour-Ford, J. and Andries, K.J. (2004) Anne Sullivan. Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA. McGinnity, B.L., Seymour-Ford, J. and Andries, K.J. (2004) Helen Keller. Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA.
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Collection contains photographs spanning the ime of Anne Sullivan’s arrival at the Keller household in Tuscumbia, Alabama through the end of Helen Keller’s life. Subjects include Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan Macy, Nella Braddy Henney, Polly Thomson, and others. The photographs document Keller’s friendships with celebrities including Charlie Chaplin,...
List of digital collectionsrelated to Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan that are available online. AG151 Nella Braddy Henney Collection. Perkins School for the Blind Archives, Watertown, MA. Helen Keller Collection on Flickr
Box 1
1. B1:F1 : Anne Sullivan (later Anne Sullivan Macy), alone [1880s, 1930s], 16 photographs, many duplicates. 2. B1:F2 : Helen Keller as a child, with others [1890s] 7 photographs, some duplicates. 3. B1:F3 : Helen Keller as a child, with Anne Sullivan Macy [1880s-1890s] 13 photographs, a reproduction negative and photomechanical reproductions, many duplicates. 4. B1:F4 : Helen Keller as a child, alone, or with her dog (Lioness) [1880s-1890s], 12 photographs, some duplicates. 5. B1:F5 : Helen K...
Box 2
1. B2:F12 : Helen Keller, visiting blinded veterans during and after World War 2 [circa 1944] 4 photographs. One photograph also has soldiers Corp. Peter K .Lucas and Ralph E. Dickerson. 2. B2:F13 : Helen Keller, middle-aged, with others. [1918, 1921,1931, n. d.], 8 photographs. Has a second photograph of Helen meeting with Sir Rabindranath Tagore, two photographs of their time in California, and two copies of the photograph of Helen Keller tries the new Visagraph at the 1931 World Conference...
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922Grummon, Stuart Edgar, 1901-1960Henney, Keith, 1896-1990Henney, Nella Braddy, 1894-1973Browse photos of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy, as well as other friends and events in their lives. The collection spans from 1886 to 1968 and includes images from Perkins School for the Blind and beyond.
Helen Adams Keller (1880–1968) Most famous for her personal triumph over the limitations of both blindness and deafness, Helen Keller was one of the twentieth century’s leading advocates for individuals with disabilities.
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