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tblue37

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8. Contact university historians! You don't have to give up your treasures, but I bet

Reply to FormerOstrich (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 12:41 AM

Sep 2014

a lot of historians would be thrilled to have access to such a treasure trove of primary documents. Seriously--those things are incredibly valuable!

And perhaps consider willing them to a university library when you pass on. Historians nowadays are especially interested in the minutiae of daily life for ordinary people, whereas in the past they were mostly interested in the movers and shakers, the "great men."

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Prophetic in it's own way [View all] FormerOstrich Sep 2014 OP

I found it online. tblue Sep 2014 #1

Thank you, tblue. FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #2

As a child I read a lot of 19th century novels. In them, young children often tblue37 Sep 2014 #6

I'm from a long line of readers.... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #7

Contact university historians! You don't have to give up your treasures, but I bet tblue37 Sep 2014 #8

After I returned from my annual vacation "back home"... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #14

Wow. That is so cool. nt tblue37 Sep 2014 #15

tblue, here is one letter.... FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #10

So poignant. BTW, FYI I am tblue37; tblue is another DUer. we don't know each other IRL, tblue37 Sep 2014 #11

tblue and tblue37 FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #17

I think we confuse a lot of people on DU. I just pointed that out below in a post to tblue. nt tblue37 Sep 2014 #18

Hi, cuz. You know, I think the OP might not realize that we are different persons. tblue37 Sep 2014 #12

Fragile egos FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #3

"...the projector in our mind burns out its bulb..." ScreamingMeemie Sep 2014 #4

Thank you! FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #5

That's a lovely piece. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #9

Either I'm really drowsy, or I'm not understanding the author's intent... Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #13

What I read into and tapped into it in 1999 was entirely different than when I read it last night. FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #16

Don't blame me...because it would seem FormerOstrich Sep 2014 #19