AASD 313 Black Women's History UMCP Fall 2003

Nursemaid and Child

University of Maryland College Park

African American Studies

AASP 313/ WMST 313
Black Women's History

Fall 2003
Wednesday 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Francis Scott Key 0123

Office: 2169 LeFrak

Office Hours:

Wed. 3- 4 pm. & Thu. 2-3:30 p.m.

Office Phone: 301/405-1164

and by appointment

This daguerreotype, dating in the 1850s, was created to
record the image of the white girl child. The name of the
African American teenaged nursemaid (enslaved? free? ) is unknown.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm039.html

For more information, go to the Library of Congress
American Memory Collection, and the American Treasures Collection
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/

See also he daguerreotype collection of the American Coloniization
Society: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/dagamco.html

On women's work: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm057.htm

NOTE:
Books are now available at Stampp and at MBX.