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Helen has her fingers on Annie's mouth. At the Wrentham house following Radcliffe College." /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-07-17T00:00:00-04:00">July 17, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Joseph Edgar Chamberlin's great-great granddaughter writes about how Helen Keller spent her days at Red Farm, the Chamberlins' home.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/from-summer-institute-to-national-expert"><h5>From Summer Institute to National Expert</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/from-summer-institute-to-national-expert"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/PollyMoorPublications.jpg?itok=5NSVvIUK" width="100" height="100" alt="The covers of two books written by Polly Moor" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-06-08T00:00:00-04:00">June 8, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Before she was known as the national expert on preschool education for children who are blind, Polly Moor worked with the Summer Institute at Perkins.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/forthcoming-helen-keller-documentary-illuminates-a-hidden-history"><h5>Forthcoming Helen Keller documentary illuminates a hidden history</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/forthcoming-helen-keller-documentary-illuminates-a-hidden-history"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/helen-japan.jpg?itok=HHNRZ2OV" width="100" height="100" alt="Helen Keller stands at a podium with her hand on a woman's face before a crowd of thousands." /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:00">May 1, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Filmmaker Laurie Block uses the deafblind icon's life to show how attitudes toward people with disabilities have evolved over the last century.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/analog-photograph-editing-masking-before-photoshop"><h5>Analog Photograph Editing: Masking Before Photoshop</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/analog-photograph-editing-masking-before-photoshop"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/AG129_45_014.jpg?itok=Z0Omlmdm" width="100" height="100" alt="Group photograph exemplifying masking technique" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:00">May 1, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Before the existence of digital photo editing tools, analog enhancements were made to prepare photographs for use in publications. </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/a-day-with-helen-keller-her-love-of-reading"><h5>A Day with Helen Keller: Her Love of Reading</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/a-day-with-helen-keller-her-love-of-reading"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/YoungHelenReading.jpg?itok=F-3-w_Q2" width="100" height="100" alt="Young Helen Keller, reading" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-04-04T00:00:00-04:00">April 4, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">A guest blog post featuring J.E. Chamberlin's recollections of Helen Keller's love of reading, written by Chamberlin's great-great granddaughter.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/helen-keller-the-president-whisperer"><h5>Helen Keller, the president whisperer</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/helen-keller-the-president-whisperer"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/HelenKeller_JFK.jpg?itok=mSCUslzj" width="100" height="100" alt="Helen Keller sits and talks with JFK." /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-02-16T00:00:00-05:00">February 16, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">A look back at the deafblind icon’s relationships with seven U.S. presidents.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/from-founding-to-opening-the-first-school-for-the-blind-in-the-united-states"><h5>From Founding to Opening the first School for the Blind in the United States</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/from-founding-to-opening-the-first-school-for-the-blind-in-the-united-states"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/students.jpg?itok=53Laqz8h" width="100" height="100" alt="Student enrollment list from 1832." /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-01-23T00:00:00-05:00">January 23, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Despite incorporating in 1829, Perkins did not officially open its doors to students until 1832. What took so long?</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/a-day-with-helen-keller"><h5>A Day With Helen Keller</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/a-day-with-helen-keller"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/Chamberlinphotos.jpg?itok=iKQkgajS" width="100" height="100" alt="Black and white portraits of two women and J.E. Chamberlin on top of a typewritten letter signed by Helen Keller" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-01-08T00:00:00-05:00">January 8, 2018</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">A guest blog post about Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan's close friendship with Joseph Edgar Chamberlin, written by his great-great granddaughter.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/national-history-day-at-perkins"><h5>National History Day at Perkins</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/history/archives/blog/national-history-day-at-perkins"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/historyclass.jpg?itok=-NYnGTjL" width="100" height="100" alt="Six male student sit around a horseshoe-shaped table with large bound volumes with raised type in front of them. 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