Dropped off the original Forgotten Realms with an archavist today. These are the original maps from @TheEdVerse to TSR that launched the setting from Ed’s home campaign to all of us! pic.twitter.com/clNzy9Bayo

— Alex Kammer (@GHC_and_Tacos) September 7, 2018

How did you come by this piece of history? pic.twitter.com/45shVRkCPi

— Critthulhuween (@Critthulhu) September 7, 2018

I got it from a former TSR editor who had been holding onto it for years.

— Alex Kammer (@GHC_and_Tacos) September 7, 2018

I am SO happy they are in good hands!!! https://t.co/00crTMkPnx

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 8, 2018

You know I’m an old-school D&D/FR buff, but I also love home brew maps. These are extraordinary. IMO, they’re far more interesting and technically superior than the published versions of the maps. Heh. You should see my original village maps. The FR Adventures tome printed a lot of my city maps; many Staedtler pens died inking in all those tiny buildings. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 8, 2018

Tech Q: have you gotten “brown creep” from aging on those maps? A lot of pigment markers broke down from “black” into a spreading brown or indigo. I know of no fix to slow it.
Also, these are historical documents & a university may scan them for free w/ a doc scanner.Not really. Part of the treatment process will be to stabilize all those inks and markers and fix them in place. Then, the whole thing will be sealed. I will share when it is done sometime late in October.

— Alex Kammer (@GHC_and_Tacos) September 8, 2018

The black map lines and legend are Xerox toner from 1986. Someone at TSR (Jeff Grubb?) added the color marker (brands unknown to me) and tape (make also unknown to me), likely that same year. (They'd be stuff for sale in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin stores circa 1986.)

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 9, 2018