Is there a reason why Hans Kraus chose to donate the VMS to Yale, of all places? Was this decision influenced by the fact that Yale professor Leonell C. Strong had proposed a decipherment of the VMS? It looks like Strong left Yale in 1953, so obviously the decision would not have been made to help Strong get access to the actual manuscript.
It's interesting that Kraus would donate the VMS and the sections of Voynich's papers related to it to Yale, but the rest to the Grolier Club. Why not keep the collection intact?
I think it's an interesting question whether the decision to donate the VMS to Yale was purely Kraus' idea, or whether Yale might have actively taken an interest in the VMS and "requested" it in one way or another.
It's interesting that Kraus would donate the VMS and the sections of Voynich's papers related to it to Yale, but the rest to the Grolier Club. Why not keep the collection intact?
I think it's an interesting question whether the decision to donate the VMS to Yale was purely Kraus' idea, or whether Yale might have actively taken an interest in the VMS and "requested" it in one way or another.