London's Victoria and Albert Museum is collecting funds to conserve the original manuscripts of David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. According to the museum's John Meriton, "They were last conserved in the 1960s, when they were rebound and placed in what are called 'guard books'. But the backing paper used, unfortunately, was very acidic, causing a lot of stress to the original manuscript leaves."
You can read more here and here, and, if you want to help the effort, you can go to this page to donate. (There's a currency converter here if you want to figure out how much you're donating!) I'm toying with a fundraising idea or two, so check back later. . . .
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