Me and Charlie Brown archives
- By : Nat
- Category : Not That Charlie Brown
When digging into those Schulz/Kelly letters, at first I missed what else it is that the Minnesota History Center has on hand – the original paste-ups and other material related to Me and Charlie Brown: a Book of Good Griefs. This is a book that was written by the original Charlie Brown, Schulz’s coworker at Art Instruction whose name Schulz repeatedly used in Li’l Folks and then as the central character in Peanuts. (Here’s a page about Brown, for the curious; he ended up running a juvenile detention center, so was involved with kids in his own way.) I wonder if their collection of materials has any of the content that was intended for books 2 and 3 of the autobiography, which were planned but never released. (Probably not.) Me and Charlie Brown is awkwardly written, and only a small portion of the book involves Brown’s relationship with Schulz and Peanuts (it is much more concerned with matters of faith and alcoholism), so this is a pretty deep dive concern that few would be interested in, but I can’t be the only one, can I? Well, if you’re one of the others, and you happen to find yourself in Minnesota, this is something you can look into!
