Linda,
 
Bernie's version is what I remember hearing at the time. With a couple
small additions...it was (I was told by someone who should have known)
that the protesters were a very small number of employees and, in
addition, I do not think it was a public exhibit...it was a small exhibit
somewhere within the library available for viewing primarily by employees
and visiting researchers or something like that. Frankly, I am not
surprised that the book didn't create more of a stir.
 
Dan Mouer
Virginia Commonwealth University
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On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Linda Derry wrote:
 
> I was just catching up on some reading and found a comment in  Volume 21 of
> the CRM publication put out by  the National Park Service about how the
> exhibit "Back of the Big House" generated so much criticism at the Library
> of Congress that it was hastily removed from display.   I'm assuming this
> was the exhibit associated with one of my favorite publications "Back of the
> Big House, the Architecture of Plantation Slavery" by John Michael Vlach.
> Does any one out there know the specifics of the controversy and removal?  I
> sure many of us work on plantation sites and could benefit from this news.
>
> Linda Derry ([log in to unmask])
> Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
> Alabama Historical Commission
>