Perkins Archives Blog

July 18, 2017
The story of a Perkins Archives intern who processed the ephemera collection.

June 26, 2017
What we can learn about how Helen Keller celebrated her birthday from journals kept by Nella Braddy Henney.

May 2, 2017
A Perkins Archives intern's experience processing the the Printed Ephemera collection, and the Blindness in Popular Fiction and Nonfiction collection.

April 19, 2017
The Kindergarten Correspondence Collection consists of 39 volumes, spanning the years 1884-1921.

April 10, 2017
How Helen Keller used the libraries at Perkins School for the Blind when she visited and how she felt about books.

December 14, 2016
Recollections of Christmas memories from former Perkins students as they were featured in the 1925 Annual Report.

November 18, 2016
A Perkins Archives interns experience processing the Anne Sullivan Centennial Commemoration collection.

November 14, 2016
I was presented with four packages of programs wrapped in brown paper which had not been touched in about sixty years.

October 25, 2016
Blog entry about how different versions of letters can influence the understanding of their contents and the correspondence.

September 20, 2016
The Perkins School for the Blind Archives recently received an offer of a donation that also came with a valuable observation.