Finding aids are guide to the physical collection that provide intentories and some contextual information. Digitized resources on this site  are identified by the same collection archival group number (AG). For example any assett with AG18 in the identifier will associated with the Samuel Gridley Howe collection. Note, the Perkins Archives reserves the right to deny access to any asset that is available in digital form.

A collection of Perkins publications and other published works related to the blindness field have been digitized and made available online, primarily through our legacy collections in the Internet Archive and Flickr.

A collection of Perkins publications and other published works related to the blindness field have been digitized and made available online, primarily through our legacy collections in the Internet Archive and Flickr.

A guide is designed to facilitate searches by providing old and new terminology along and some archival terminology.

The Perkins Archives include a number of resources related to Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan including biographies, a number of correspondence collections, photographs, blog posts, and more. 

Laura Bridgman was the first student with deafblindness to be formally educated. Bridgman and Perkins' founding Director Samuel Gridley Howe became world famous for this achievement. The Perkins Archives has photographs, teacher journals, and correspondence collections related to Bridgman's education and life.