The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

New York: March 1, 1951. One sheet, on American Foundation for Overseas Blind letterhead, 11 x 8.5 in. (279 x 215 mm). Typed letter signed by Helen Keller to Lester Hyman, an eloquent request for donations. In part: "Blindness is to live long, long days--and life is made up of days. It is to live immured, baffled, all God's world shut out. It is to sit helpless, staring into the dark with nothing but the dark staring back..." Creasing from old folds, scattered light toning.

Lester Hyman (1931-2025) was an American attorney, and longtime influential member of the Democratic Party, in addition to being a close family friend of the Kennedys.