Anne,

You may want to contact Fath Ruffins at the Archives Center of the National
Museum of American History (SI).  She has been analyzing ethnic imagery in
collections of advertising ephemera. The tel. # for the Archives Center is
202-357-3270.

Good luck,

Cindy Schartman

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>Date:    Tue, 9 Nov 1999 07:31:06 PST
>From:    Anne Doss <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: research help
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>To all:
>
>I am a graduate student in Tufts Museum Studies program, doing a project on
>changing public perceptions and collections management/use. I want to know
>what a museum does with artifacts that, due to changing public ideas of what
>is "PC", moral, or proper, are no longer considered appropriate.  For
>example, a museum that has "mammy" or "Sambo" dolls, or a natural history
>museum that has ivory or tortoise shell.
>
>I would love input from those of you currently working with this dilemma or
>those of you who have experienced it in the past.  Any help, information, or
>suggestions for other sources would be be greatly appreciated.  Thank you,
>
>Anne Doss

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