You'ld have to be a mind reader to know about it...
this will be my first year taking the tour....
On 10/27/2010 11:52 AM, Brooks, Vincent (LVA) wrote:
> Thanks for mentioning this, Ray. I didn't know about it or would have
> referenced it in the posting.
>
>
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> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
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> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] New Blog Entry - Chris Baker - Grave Robbing,
> Goblins, and Ghouls: Anatomical Education in 19th Century Richmond on
> Thursday, October 28 from 4 to 5 p.m.
>
> For more information about grave robbing and more:
>
> Join Tompkins-McCaw Library's Jodi Koste for a lecture on Grave Robbing,
>
> Goblins, and Ghouls: Anatomical Education in 19th Century Richmond on
> Thursday, October 28 from 4 to 5 p.m. in Sanger Hall, Room 4-026.
> Anatomical instruction has been integral to medical education for
> centuries. Discover how anatomy was taught in Richmond during the 19th
> century and why students and faculty were involved in procuring cadavers
>
> for this important educational experience.
>
> A brief walking tour of the MCV Campus highlighting stories about grave
> robbing, goblins, and ghouls will follow the presentation.
>
> Seating is limited; advanced registration is encouraged.
>
> Visit this site to register:
>
> http://www.library.vcu.edu/blog/news/2010/10/grave-robbing-goblins-and-g
> hou.html
>
>
> On 10/27/2010 9:01 AM, Dale Dulaney wrote:
>> In 1893 a Richmond newspaper described him as a "jolly little ghoul."
> Chris
>> Baker was a respected "anatomical man" in the white community,
> procuring
>> cadavers by extralegal means for the dissection room at the Medical
> College of
>> Virginia. In the city's African American community he was reviled and
> is still
>> present in living memory. Local Records Senior Archivist Vince Brooks
> brings to
>> light the story of Richmond's "resurrectionist" Chris Baker in this
> week's
>> Halloween edition of the Out of the Box blog from the archivists at
> the Library
>> of Virginia.
>>
>> http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/
>>
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