[Nhcoll-l] [EXT] Photograph attached to herbarium specimen 'Primordial Women'

[Valerie Tomlinson]

You wrote:
"I am looking for some advice on a specimen image we were about to upload ... contains what seems to be a picture cut out from a publication of two women in partial clothing, and what some may find as a distasteful description...”

I'm inclined to not re-write history, nor judge the past by modern standards. However, I would probably include a "trigger-warning" as an introduction (e.g. "contains images that some may find offensive"; or "old-fashioned, politically incorrect values expressed in the following images. These do not represent the values of the Chrysler Herbarium").

Valerie Tomlinson

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Hello everyone,

I am looking for some advice on a specimen image we were about to upload to our Symbiota portal where host our herbarium records. The specimen contains what seems to be a picture cut out from a publication of two women in partial clothing, and what some may find as a distasteful description below… “Primordial Women Plucking Fruit from a Living Fossil.”

Has anyone come across this before, and what have you done regarding to uploading the image of the specimen?

All suggestions and comments welcome!

Regards,
Megan



Megan Ryan King | Assistant Curator Education and Outreach | Collections Manager, Chrysler Herbarium | Graduate Student | Rutgers University, New Brunswick | Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources | Department of Ecology & Evolution | Email: megan.king at rutgers.edu | Office: 848-932-4158

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