Helen Keller

Helen Keller loved to celebrate birthdays! She frequently celebrated her own birthdays with cake, candles, gloves, perfume, books, and more books. This June 27, 2005, the American Foundation for the Blind celebrates Keller's 125th birthday. To honor the anniversary, AFB invites you to explore the following offerings.

• This June, AFB Press and New York University Press are copublishing Helen Keller: Selected Writings, edited by Kim E. Nielsen. Learn more about the book, and read an interview with the editor.
  
  
• Ask Keller, Helen's great-grandniece, a question about Helen's life! Keller Johnson-Thompson's monthly column features questions from readers like you.
  
  
• Read her own famous words written when she was just a young woman in The Story of My Life. Kids can discuss the autobiography on our accessible Reading Club message boards.
  
  
• Enjoy words of wisdom, courage, and inspiration in To Love This Life: Quotations by Helen Keller, with a foreword by Jimmy Carter.
  
  
• Visit the Helen Keller Kids Museum Online, featuring photos, videos, and letters that bring Helen's remarkable story to life.
  
  
• Explore the photos and letters from AFB's Helen Keller Archives, made accessible online.
  
  
• Use the new Electronic Finding Aid to find out more about what the Helen Keller Archives have to offer. To arrange a visit to the archives, please contact the Helen Keller Archives by e-mail (hkarchives@afb.net).

If you have enjoyed reading AFB's Helen Keller materials online, please consider making a donation to help AFB continue to provide these free, accessible resources. Thank you for your support.