Pictures of annie sullivan with helen keller
Helen keller hospital sheffield al.
Helen Keller Collection
Collection Overview
The photographs in this collection span the life of Helen Keller, from her early childhood to her years at Perkins School for the Blind and beyond.
Pictures of annie sullivan with helen keller
Photos of her years with Anne Sullivan Macy and Polly Thomson are included. There are special sections from her adult life as Advocate and Traveler, and Activities in the Arts. The section of photos on Martha's Vineyard with Eleanor Roosevelt highlights one of the many notable people with whom Keller had a personal friendship.
Historical Background
Helen Keller was born a healthy baby on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama to retired army Captain Arthur Keller and his second wife, Kate.
She had a younger brother, Phillips Brooks, and a sister, Mildred. When she was nineteen months old, she became very ill with a high fever. Doctors at the time diagnosed this as “brain fever” or “brain congestion”, but experts today believe that she most likely suffered from scarlet fever or me