This week we are starting an occasional feature about the prized keepsakes and collections of well-known and not-so-well-known people.

Contributor Nell Minow directed us to a recent feature in the Washington Post.  An excerpt:

“When Charlotte LaRoy was in elementary school {in the 1940s}, she had a quiet revelation. Paper napkins are beautiful.

“That early fascination seeded what over decades would become a paper napkin collection worth preserving. LaRoy kept sliding new finds into a blanket box under her bed —until, some years ago, she finally walked into the Library of Virginia. LaRoy handed them over, more than 1,100 in all, surprising and delighting curators.”

Full (gift) article with more photos: https://wapo.st/49gUlhy