The Karpeles Manuscript Musuem Exhibit : Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Sayers, and Ian Fleming

On Boxing Day, Dec 26, we took a lovely trip to Charleston, SC. While there we visited The Karpeles Manuscript Museum is housed in a old Greek Revival structure of the Corinthian order after the Temple of Jupiter in Rome. It's seen better days, which alas is putting it mildly. When we finally found it, in a somewhat shoddy part of town, we wondered if it was even open. The paint was peeling. Weeds were growing around it, and the windows were stained with dirt.
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Apparently the current exhibit is The Detective, The Detective Story, and The Spy

We spent the next hour pursuing the original manuscripts, notes and letters of Doyle, Saylers, and Fleming.

I took pictures, which I may or may not post at a later date.

Here's a few things I learned from the original manuscripts that "I" was not personally aware of.
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