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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- At the Memorial Art Gallery, which is an art museum (no clear in our name), we have many specialized collections. I have as complete a set of objects in our collection as the curatorial department provides. This includes some wonderful details. We have an annual juried art show with artists from many counties around our city, going on for 54 years. In the archives, I have sets of slides of the winners each year. In addition, however, I have received all the slides submitted but not included and have organized them by medium for use by our art school. This gives them many examples of what local artists are producing. The only information I have added to the label as they come to us from the artist is the year of the art show for which they were submitted (I can't go back to contact each artist if they themselves have not provided complete information on their submitted slides). The studio art teachers love these slides. As with other slide libraries, I have a number of slides of local architecture, that include Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Claude Bragdon, McKim, Mead and White. However, I also have slides of two early local Galleries that were defunct before the turn of the century. These are interesting since many of the works are now in other cities in major collections, and also to show how art was displayed in the previous century. My slide collection grows in odd ways, based on lecturer's needs as well as on classes of art history, based in part on current exhibitions. I hope that this helps Susan Nurse Visual Resource Curator Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave. Rochester, NY 14607 [log in to unmask]