Helen Keller
Autographed Letter Dated October 13, 1961
On Stationary with Letterhead of American Foundation
for the Blind, Inc.
Signed in Pencil Helen Keller
Together with a black and white albumen photograph of Helen Keller sent with the letter
11 x 8 1/2 inches, letter
8 x 10 inches, photograph
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Helen Keller
Signed Letter and Photograph
Signed Letter and Photograph
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Photo inscribed by hand and stamp on verso: Miss Helen Keller, Counselor of American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., 15 West 16th Street, New York 11, N.Y.
Attractive letter by signed by Helen in her characteristic bold pencil. The letter was sent in her capacity as Counselor for the American Foundation for the Blind. With red portrait seal logo in the letter head. From New York City headquarters. Presumably the photograph portrait of Helen Keller in a library was included with the letter, bearing, as it does, the stamp of the American Foundation for the Blind.
Written by Keller to a Miss Jayne Franz of Richmond Hill, New York, as follows:
"Your warm letter is a gift for which I thank you most affectionately.
There is nothing that creates true happiness more surely than doing good, and it gladdens me to know that you think I have helped the blind to find gifts of usefulness and joy. I was indeed sweet of you to communicate this information to me.
With warm greetings, I am
Sincerely yours,
Helen Keller"
Helen Keller (b. 1880) was an educator and author of over eight books. Blind and deaf from the age of 2, she was taught to communicate with sign language at age 6, learned to read and write, and eventually graduated from Radcliffe College with honors. She also mastered verbal speech well enough to give public lectures. In the 20th Century, Helen Keller came to embody persistence and courage in the face of overwhelming handicaps, and many of her books have inspirational themes. The play "The Miracle Worker" dramatizes her early education.