[il-talk] FW: Help AFB save the memory of Helen Keller - an American treasure!

Wed Sep 26 03:10:02 UTC 2018

Hello All:

Please read the below message and join me in helping finish the Helen Keller archive to preserve the memory of this American treasure.  Helen Keller accomplished so much at a time before ADA before Section 508 and other things.  I’ve personally made a donation to this effort, I hope you will as well.

Ray Campbell

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From: Helen Selsdon, Helen Keller Archives <communications at afb.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 9:00 AM
To: ray153056 at gmail.com
Subject: Help AFB save the memory of Helen Keller - an American treasure!

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I am sure you’re aware of the national conversation that began last week when the  <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=6da49879f6&e=a4e2995cb7> Texas School Board recommended the removal of Helen Keller from its required Grade 3 social studies curriculum. Like you, we realized this was an important moment to share Helen Keller’s extraordinary life story, and the many lessons she left us: perseverance, service, determination, compassion, inclusion, and the ability to change the world.

Helen Keller worked for the American Foundation for the Blind for 44 years, and today, we continue her legacy. Her story is captured in her own voice through the letters, photographs, and artifacts available in the fully accessible  <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=09dc5e4a86&e=a4e2995cb7> Helen Keller Archive. Currently, over 163,000 digital images are up on the website, and more are coming. It is clear, now more than ever, that we must complete this pioneering educational tool. But we need your help.  <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=5f36391256&e=a4e2995cb7> Your gift today will help us to continue the preservation of the Helen Keller Archive! 

Save This American Treasure 

Preserve Helen Keller's Work and Memory 

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You and I know that Helen Keller’s story has the power to make the world a better place. She was a writer, a world traveler, an outspoken public citizen, and a passionate advocate for others. She fought to put her beliefs into action — to make sure that veterans who lost their sight in battle got rehabilitation services and that blind children had access to a good education, and the life-changing knowledge of her beloved braille.

The Helen Keller Archive includes correspondence, speeches, press clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, architectural drawings, and artifacts spanning over 80 years — with images and letters from key figures ranging from Alexander Graham Bell and Mark Twain to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. AFB’s archive is the world’s leading resource for historians, researchers, filmmakers, writers, publishers, and schoolchildren searching for information about and by Helen Keller and the times during which she lived.

Helen Keller changed perceptions of what it means to be blind and deafblind. She fought for the rights of those with visual impairments, including greater employment opportunities. This archive represents a powerful vehicle to continue the work begun by Keller and AFB to build a more inclusive world.

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With thanks,

Helen Selsdon
Archivist, Helen Keller Archives
American Foundation for the Blind

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