Title from portfolio cover. Edition limited to 50 numbered copies. Special Collections has copy number 21 of 50. IaU "This book was designed, printed, & bound by Katharine Buckley of Contoura Press in the spring of 2022. This project was produced at the University of Alabama Book Arts Program, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Book Arts. All archival material was printed using resograph and digital printing. The rest of the printing was completed on a Vandercook Universal 1."--Colophon Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"In 1919 the United Confederate Veterans created a committee with the goal of influencing education to promote a version of history that would look back kindly on the Confederacy.... The letter included in this artist's book is a facsimile of one the committee sent to education institutions and textbook-choosing commissions around 1920. In an effort to rid public schools of textbooks that were critical of the Confederacy, this letter was paired with a pamphlet with instructions to reject any textbook that didn't contain 'truths of Confederate history.' Altered facsimiles of this pamphlet and its successor are also included in this book. Now, students are required to take a year of Alabama history in fourth grade. Textbooks selected for this course have put forth white-washed versions of history. For this artist's book, pages from the textbook used by the artist as a student were selected and printed as altered facsimiles. These textbook spreads show the persisting influence of Lost Cause mythology in education and the insidious 'truths' it relies on."--Portfolio interior back panel.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1353299383
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.