Section of filmstrip showing portrait of Helen Keller and a Keller quote

Filmstrip

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.33

Description: Small section of a positive filmstrip shows, at center, a portrait of Helen Keller, which is preceded by a frame of credits ("Color Photography by Leon V. Kofod, Script by Dwight C. Smith") and followed by a Helen Keller quote: "My Desire for you is that you may help others, and live a useful life." Appears to have been a promotional filmstrip for the John Milton Society for the Blind. Leon V. Kofod was a Methodist minister and photographer; Reverend Dwight C. Smith was General Secretary of the John Milton Society for the Blind.

Date: n.d.

History/Provenance: Received with John Milton Society for the Blind (JMS) records from the American Foundation for the Blind.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Services for the blind and visually impaired