Several years ago I had the opportunity to talk with two of Maurice Thompson's great-grand sons who reside a short distance from my Mother's home in Georgia. Maurice's personal papers are in the Special Collections Section at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. I spent a day at Emory going though as much material as I could and taking notes on a legal pad. The staff in the Special Collections Dept. put me in a room under their watchful eye and allowed me a note pad and pencil and not more than two items at one time.
The volume of material was so vast I needed a way to acquire copies of articles, letters, etc., and ask if that was possible. Yes, but you need written permission from Maurice Thompson's heirs. They provided me the contacts and I talked with the two great-grandsons and told them what I had in mind for some of the material and need for other information. I sent them a form to complete providing me the necessary clearance.
From there forward all I had to do was email Emory a request form on the item and storage address from the Collections Catalog. They'd copy the requested material, mail it and send me an invoice for the cost and I'd return a check in payment. I owe these two gentlemen much. I've been cleaning up my files on Thompson lately and came across this letter from one of the brothers. It is one of my most prized collectables.
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