Museum display features lost art of letter writing The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail Photographs from a Madison County Historical Museum include this letter on the stationery of state Rep. Norman G. Flagg, far from official business, written by the Flagg’s son, James Smith Flagg at age 2 in 1916. EDWARDSVILLE — A new exhibit, “Ink to Paper: Exploring the Advancement of Letter Writing and its Uses,” has opened at the Madison County Archival Library at 801 N. Main St., Edwardsville. In the exhibit, David Thompson explores the lost art of letter writing. The exhibit looks at the instruments used to write them, the varies types of letters, and even the stamps that were used to send letters. Many items in the exhibit come from the recently donated Flagg Collection.