Jack Kerouac’s famous “On the Road” manuscript is currently on display at the San Francisco Public Library through March 19, 2006. The manuscript is a 120-foot long scroll of single-spaced, typed 12-foot long rolls of paper taped together. Really quite stunning!
There is, however, a growing controversy. Thomas Hawk has written an open letter to Myra Borshoff Cook, the tour organizer for the manuscript, asking her to explain her “no photography” rule — a rule she says is in place because of copyright. He points out the flaws in her argument and hopes that she will change that rule so that photos of the scroll can be taken and shown online. I wonder if I can videotape it or if that’s considered “photography”? Read on.
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