Archive for September, 2012
WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY OBJECT OF THE WEEK: ARCHITECT ARTHUR L. WEEKS’ FLORIDA HOMES
• September 28, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in acquisitions, American architects, architects, architecture, gifts, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Arthur L. Weeks (architect), Florida, South Florida, South Florida architects
IN SEARCH OF NICOLAS QUINTANA: MASTERPLANS, CITYSCAPES, AND HISTORIC POSTCARDS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• September 26, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in architects, architecture, Cuba, documentaries, donations, FIU community, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., postcards, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Architects, Congres Internationale d'Architecture Moderne (1953 : Aix-en-Provence, Cuba, Cuban architects, Cuban architecture, Documentary filmmakers, Documentary films, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, FIU faculty, France)), Havana, Hotel Varadero, Josef Asteinza, Le Corbusier, Mariano Ros, Modernist architects, Nicolas Quintana (1925-2011), Regionalist architects, Varadero (Cuba), Varadero Beach (Cuba), Vicki Gold Levi, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, vintage postcards
WHAT’S TWICE AS BAD AS THE GREAT DEPRESSION? THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE 1930s
• September 19, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, AAA, African American History, American left artists, Aryans, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Civil Rights Movement, Civilian Conservation Corps, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, FAP, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), Federal Writers' Project, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Florida Writers' Project, FTP, FWP, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), Joe Louis, leftist artists, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII, youth movements
Tags: 1930s, Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), anti-lynching campaigns, civil rights, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), Copperheads, Costian-Wagner Bill, Fair Employment Act, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Great Depression, Hallie Flanagan, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Hugo Gellert, International Labor Defense (ILD), James Ford, Joe Louis, Louis Hines (1874-1940), lynchings, Martin Dies, Max Schmeling, National Recovery Administration (NRA), Negro Rights, New Deal, Public Works Administration (PWA), Race trials, racism, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), Sectionalism, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
THE CCC AS SEEN BY THE YOUNG ENROLLEES: A RECENT PROMISED GIFT TO THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• September 7, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in accessioning, acquisitions, CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps, collectors, Digital Library Specialist, donations, FIU students, Florida International University students, forestry, gifts, Great Depression, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, youth movements
Tags: CCC camps, drought, Dust Bowl, Emergency Conservation Work bill, flood control, forest fires, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Hyde Park (New York), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Oregon, promised gifts, Roosevelt's "Tree Army", soil erosion, Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA), Washington state, yearbooks
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