Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Collections

Perkins History Museum

• Anne Sullivan page
• Helen Keller page

Perkins Archives Blog

• Helen Keller’s college entrance exams
• A day with Helen Keller (guest post)
• A day with Helen Keller: Her love of reading (guest post)
• A day with Helen Keller: Her happiest moments (guest post)
• How Helen Keller celebrated her birthday
• LibrariesTransform: Helen Keller in the Perkins Library
• Helen Keller’s Vaudeville Q and A
• Keeping up with the raccoons
• The Frost King incident
• The Third Musketeer
• Helen Keller’s Hands

Tools

• Helen Keller timeline
• Helen Keller FAQ
• Nella Braddy Henney
• Text of Anne Sullivan’s Valedictory Address, June 1, 1866
• Q&A: A factual look at Helen Keller’s accomplishments

Finding aids

• Charles Perry and Dr. Harold J. Bennett Helen Keller collection
• Douglas H. Decherd Helen Keller correspondence
• Franz Rickaby Helen Keller correspondence
• Frederica Devereux (Bullene) Woodward Helen Keller correspondence
• Helen Keller and Arthur Gilman collection
• Helen Keller clippings and poster collection
• Helen Keller embossed book collection
• Helen Keller ephemera
• Helen Keller memorabilia
• Helen Keller newspaper notices collection
• Helen Keller photograph collection
• Keller-Macy Cottage dedication collection
• Nella Braddy Henney collection finding aid
• Robert R. Chaney Helen Keller collection
• Sullivan/Keller/Anagnos correspondence collection

Digital Albums on Flickr

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• Helen Keller Photograph Collection
• Album of Writing Systems for the Blind Used by Helen Keller
• Anne Sullivan Photographs
• Anagnos-Sullivan-Keller Correspondence, 1886-1896
• First Day Issue of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Stamp and Cachet Collection, 1980
• Franz Rickaby Poem
• Helen Keller and Arthur Gilman Collection, Notes on Helen Keller
• Helen Keller in the Middle East
• Nella Braddy Henney Collection, Helen Keller Photographs
• Robert R. Chaney Helen Keller Collection

Digitized Collections on the Internet Archive

• Condolence messages sent to Helen Keller upon the death of Anne Sullivan Macy 
• Helen Keller and Arthur Gilman collection, correspondence
• Miss Sullivan’s Methods, circa 1900
• Helen Keller newspaper notices,  1887-1936, volumes 1-20
• Nella Braddy Henney collection includes correspondence and clippings