Helen Keller Archives at the American Foundation for the BlindHelen Keller's archival collection is available to researchers and the general public as an online guide. The physical collection is comprised of over 80,000 items including documents, scrapbooks, artifacts, photograph albums and photographs. A silver incense burner from the Empress of Japan (1937) and a Zulu shield from South Africa (1952) are just two of the gifts that she received from dignitaries worldwide, and that she acquired during a lifetime of travel around the globe.