It was posted earlier, but it didn't get picked up in the notables.
4-alarm fire torches rare document museum in St. Louis
March 27 (UPI) – A four-alarm fire ravaged a St. Louis museum that housed one of the world's largest collections of historical and rare documents, authorities said Wednesday. More than 80 firefighters answered the call for the fire late Tuesday at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in downtown St. Louis. It holds one of the largest collections of original manuscripts, sparking panic that they could be lost forever. Officials said most of the fire occurred in the back of the building and on the second floor and burned for about two hours. The manuscripts are kept on the first floor and many were salvaged, said museum director Kerry Manderbach. The documents are kept in protective cases and firefighters used care not to damage them while fighting the fire.
Included among the records are those from well-known California collector David Karpeles. "I'm very nervous at the moment. I don't know what to say or think," he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from his home in Southern California. Firefighters also tried to save artifacts like statues and a wooden ship model. Officials were still assessing the damage Wednesday and say the building could be a total loss.
Other historical items at the museum include the Gutenburg Bible, the Confederate Constitution, a map from the Spanish Armada, Babe Ruth's first baseball contract, the first draft of the Bill of Rights and Christopher Columbus' handwritten letter describing the coasts of America. No injuries were reported due to the fire. The cause was not initially known.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/03/27/4-alarm-fire-torches-rare-document-museum-in-St-Louis/7261553705913/
The Karpeles Library
The Karpeles Library is the world's largest private holding of important original manuscripts & documents.The archives include
Literature, Science, Religion, History and Art. Among the treasures are …. The original draft of the Bill of Rights of the United States",
The original manuscript of " The Wedding March", Einstein's famous formula " E=Mc2", The " Thanksgiving Proclamation"
signed by George Hanson (first President under the Articles of Confederation), Roget's " Thesaurus", Webster's " Dictionary" and over one million more.
Here are other locations.. url name is quite interesting as well.
http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/