To finish the story of our excellent day in the big city, we return to Special Collections.  There were many notes with signatures on display.  Mostly requests for monetary support from the university for various worthy causes through history.  Two stood out for me.  First, Albert Einstein.  His cause is still relevent, as perhaps its failing.   Time will tell eventually........

And Helen Keller.   Wow.   She signed using one finger running under the letters to keep them straight.  And in pencil to keep her finger clean.  Her cause is current as well.   Sigh.  

As Darling Husband pointed out, the whole display also makes a good unit study on how to write a letter.