Funding for this project was provided by the Education Division of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency, the Freeman Foundation, and the Chiang Ching- Kuo Foundation. The project also received technical assistance from the University of Washington's Center for Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities.
Many teachers and students were involved in reviewing and testing the material in this visual sourcebook, not merely at the University of Washington, but also at a dozen other places, including high schools. I would particularly like to thank the following scholars and teachers for the advice they gave me based on their experience as betatesters:
 | Nicola Di Cosmo, University of Canterbury |
| Kevin Doak, University of Illinois |
| Patrick Grant, University Preparatory School |
| Ed Lazzerini, University of New Orleans |
| Marianna McJimsey, Colorado College |
| Joyce Madancy, Union College |
| Robin Martin, Columbia University |
| Ming-te Pan, SUNY Oswego |
| Heidi Ross, Colgate College |
| Richard Smith, Rice University |
| George Wei, Susquehanna University |
A board of advisors offered advice at several stages of this project. Its members were:
| Susan Naquin, Princeton University |
| Jerome Silbergeld, University of Washington |
| Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California, Los Angeles |
I would also like to thank those who let us use their photographs on this site. They include:
| Marc Abramson |
| Cynthia Cheung |
| Joyce Chow |
| Joseph Gotchy |
| Stevan Harrell |
| Lenore Heitkamp |
| Ronald Knapp |
| Helen May Schneider |
| James C. Schneider |
| Jerome Silbergeld |
