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In more than 175 years, Perkins School for the Blind has benefited from dedicated friends, staff and leadership who have touched the lives of thousands of people.

Three photograph portraits: one of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, one of S.G. How and one of Laura Bridgman

In more than 175 years, Perkins School for the Blind has benefited from dedicated friends, staff and leadership who have touched the lives of thousands of people.

Explore our digital collections, which include exhibits on Helen Keller, Laura BridgmanStaff Photographs and Educators of the Blind, Edward J. Waterhouse, Michael Anagnos, William Hickling Precott and Julia Ward Howe.

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1966 Perkins Commencement Speaker, Robert Smithdas speaking at podium.
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Dr. Robert Smithdas redefined deafblindness

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Helen Keller meets with President John F. Kennedy in 1961. During her lifetime, Keller met 12 U.S. presidents, beginning with Grover Cleveland and ending with Kennedy.
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Helen Keller, advocate and traveler

Title page of a book printed in Boston Line Type, an embossed Roman alphabet for use by the blind, titled "The Blind Child's Second Book".
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National History Day 2023 in the Perkins Archives

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