To cap off a week which has seen a number of unexpected events relating to archives and documents, there was news late yesterday that a collection of Martin Luther King Jr. manuscripts scheduled to sell June 30 at Sotheby's has instead been purchased by "a coalition of business, individuals and philanthropic leaders led by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin," according to a brief in the LATimes.
The collection contains more than 10,000 items, including early drafts of many of King's speeches, sermons, and letters, as well as books from his personal library. It was purchased by the Atlanta group for an undisclosed sum, and will be donated to Morehouse College, Dr. King's alma mater.
