Dear Eric:

The "Arts & Leisure" section of the February 11, 1996 New York Times has a
(pretty depressing) article entitled "Historical Shows on Trial: Who
Judges?"  The article refers to the Enola Gay exhibition; "Back of the Big
House," at the Library of Congress; the upcoming Irish show at the Museum
of the city of New York; the 1991 National Museum of American Art show,
"The West as America"; and the Smithsonian's 1987 "A More Perfect Union:
Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution."

Incidentally, I read the article on the New York Times web page
(http://www.nytimes.com).

Good luck with this fascinating project!


On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, Eric Siegel wrote:

>    The third part will be about specific controversies over exhibitions.
>    I will probably focus upon the Enola Gay exhibit.  Mike Wallace did
>    some in-depth research for his book on the evolution of the exhibit.
>    I seem to remember the mention of a web-site.  Before I turn to Lycos,
>    does anyone here have a URL?  I would like to include some other
>    exhibits that have confronted similar controversies, for example, the
>    exhibit that will open next month (?) about the Irish in NYC.  Any
>    other examples will be welcome.


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