Anna, Have you tried Berea College? Chuck Watkins Anna Fariello wrote: > Dear listers, I curated a touring exhibition about Christiansburg > Institute, a former African American school; now I find myself curating an > on-line exhibiton of its history. We need an image of an African American > child/adult/group learning to read or reading which will be used to > illustrate the fact that, under slavery, it was illegal to teach blacks to > read. We will then contrast that prohibition with the establishment of the > school immediately after the civil war. > > I thought there was such an image by O. Tanner in the Smithsonian's Sharing > Traditions, but when I looked again, it was a music lesson. Can anyone > suggest an image like this? Of course, we will still have to go through > the traditional reproduction/permission routes. > thanks > Anna Fariello > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Anna Fariello, Curatorial InSight, Box 505, Christiansburg VA 24068 > www.curatorialinsight.com; 540-382-3946; [log in to unmask] > Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061-0227 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).