His bidding strategy was to assume the experts knew what documents were worth. At the time, Karpeles was the rare private collector in a market dominated by universities. Karpeles began researching manuscripts but waited until 1978 to make his first purchase, buying a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln for $40,000. Karpeles, 74, who lives in California, said during a 2001 interview with the Times-Union that he first got interested in manuscripts in the early 1970s when he visited the document room at Los Angeles' Huntington Museum, where he saw a pass signed by Abraham Lincoln giving his bodyguard a night off while Lincoln went to the theater. Unlike the Freud documents, those menus came from a local collector.īut most documents exhibited at the museum come from David Karpeles' personal collection. In addition to the Freud documents, the cases at the Karpeles currently feature menus from many renowned New Orleans restaurants, an exhibit Minor scheduled to run during Mardi Gras. It discusses Bernays' successful efforts to publicize "Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis," the first book of Freud's to be published in the United States. One letter is written in English to his nephew, Edward Bernays, who is considered the founder of the public relations industry. Minor said that among the significant manuscripts on exhibit are Freud's writings on psychoanalysis in the United States, a defense of his claims as the discoverer of "The Theory of Dreams," an analysis of his own dreams and letters in which he expressed concern over the Nazi takeover of Europe. The Freud documents, which will be in Jacksonville through the end of April, span the years from 1883, when he was a young doctor just beginning his career, to 1935, four years before his death. He is known for his theories on the unconscious mind and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis. Inside the former Christian Science church built in the Greek revival style, rectangular glass cases are filled with documents assembled by David Karpeles, a math professor turned real estate investor who owns more than 1 million manuscripts, the largest private collection in the world.Ĭurrently on display are letters and manuscripts written by Sigmund Freud, the Austrian neurologist considered the father of psychiatry. Since opening, the museum has worked with several local schools and youth groups to bring their collections into classrooms and has routinely featured a rotation of three to four exhibits each year.Located in an architecturally striking former church on First Street at the south edge of Springfield, the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum represents something of a Jacksonville hidden treasure, despite the building's imposing size.Įven Richard Minor, a lifelong Jacksonville resident who has been the museum's director for the past six years, admits he never visited the building until he applied for a job there. When they expanded into Jacksonville in 1992, they chose an old Christian Science church building designed by noted historical Jax architecture firm Marsh & Saxelbye. They opened their first museum in 1983 and expanded as their collection grew. The Karpeles began acquiring their vast collection of manuscripts after David, a math professor by trade, made a fortune in real estate investing. The museum is one of ten across the country that hosts the document and manuscript collection of David and Marsha Karpeles, owners of the world’s largest private manuscript collection. Just west of the southern portion of Klutho Park in Springfield sits the historic building that Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum calls home. In our “ Hidden Gems” article series, we take a look at and highlight some of the less-appreciated buildings, businesses, and more here in the Jacksonville area.
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