Archive for August, 2013
OF RACES AND RACISM: THE 1936 NAZI OLYMPICS IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• August 31, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, documentaries, donations, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nazi propaganda, Nazism, ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), America First Committee, Aryans, athletes, Avery Brundage (1887-1975), Berlin Olympic Games (1936), Boycotts, Dean Cromwell, Fifth Columnists, Glickman (Documentary film : 2013), Gold medalists, Jesse Owens (1913-1980), Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), Leni” Riefenstahl (1902-2003), Martin ("Marty") Glickman (1917-2001), Nazi Olympics (1936), Nazi sympathizers, Nicholas Blaga, Olympia (Film : 1938), Olympic medal winners, propaganda, racism, Ralph Metcalfe (1910-1978), Reich Minister of Propaganda, Sam Stoller (1915-1985), sports, SS Manhattan (ship), Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) (Film : 1935), U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman (1936), U.S. Olympic track team
THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE 1930s: SELECTIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• August 28, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Artists, book art, Civil Rights Movement, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, donations, FDR, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), library donors, Lin Shi Khan, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), New Deal (1933-1939), persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, Scottsboro Trial, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African American history, American League Against War and Fascism, anti-lynching campaigns, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Brian Orfall, Cartoonists, civil rights, civil rights activists, Communist organizers, Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), Communists, David Almeida, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), J. Edgar Hoover, Jack O'Dell, James W. Ford, Linocuts, lithographs, lynchings, Lynd Kendall Ward (1905-1985), Martijn F. Lecoultre, MLK, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Negro Rights, North Star Shining, Political cartoons, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), President John F. Kennedy, Robert (Bobby) Kennedy, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), Socialists, Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-?), vice presidential candidates, Wood and linoleum block printing, wood engravings
HAPPY 97TH BIRTHDAY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• August 24, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1930s, Artists, book art, FAP, Federal One, forestry, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, portfolios, posters, preservation, promotional materials, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, silk screen, trains, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: "See America First" campaign, Alice Moore Hubbard (1861-1915), American Indian portraits, Arts & Crafts movement, Benjamin Abromowitz (1917-2011), Blackfeet Indians, Buffalo nickel, Conservationists, Deer, Dorothy Waugh, Dust Bowl, dust storms, Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), Empire Builder, Environmental movement, Everglades National Park, Exodusters, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Frederick Law Olmsed Jr, George Biddle (1885-1973), Glacier National Park, Great Northern Railway, Great Plains, Harold E. Keeler (1905-1968), Harry Herzog, John Muir, John R. Wagner, National Park Service, National Park Service Organic Act, Native Americans in art, New York City Art Project, North American Indians in art, posters, Preservationists, President Woodrow Wilson, R.M.S. Lusitania, Sierra Club, Silkscreened posters, the "Dirty Thirties", the Roycrofters, the West, Waterfalls, Winold Reiss (1886-1953), Work Projects Administration (WPA), Works on Paper Dept., Works Progress Administration (WPA), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park
INSTILLING PRIDE FOR FRANCE’S COLONY IN MADAGASCAR: A RECENT ADDITION TO THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• August 20, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, accessioning, acquisitions, architecture, Artists, book art, cataloging, children's books, Children's propaganda books, colonial propaganda, colonialism, donations, France, gardens, gifts, History Department, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, pochoirs, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, theatre, trains, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: “civilizing missions”, Beaux-Arts architecture, colonialism, color pochoir prints, Dreamworks' Madagascar (film), Exoticism, Florida International University graduates, French colonies, indigenous peoples, Joseph Galliéni (1849-1916), lemurs, M. L. Lamy, Madagascar, Michel Potop, Pierre Portelette (1890-1971), pochoirs, progress, Second French Empire
THE YEAR OF THE RAT: THE JOURNAL OF JASPER WHITING–A RECENT GIFT TO THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• August 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in donations, ethnohistory, Far East, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Photograph albums, photography, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: American war correspondents, Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901), China, ethnocentrism, Ethnohistorical sources, Ethnohistory, indigenous peoples, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, journals, war correspondents, women
WOMEN, PHYSICAL CULTURE, AND THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• August 10, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1930s, Artists, Aryans, Bernarr Macfadden, Bill Bradley, Communism, cruise ships, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Fascism, fashion for women, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, health, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, ocean liners, passenger ships, persuasive arts, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, physical fitness, political art, portfolios, postcards, programs, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, reception, Robert J. Young, Russia, swimwear, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, totalitarian, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II, WWII, youth movements
Tags: Annuario Sportivo Generale della Gioventù Italiana del Littorio, Art Nouveau (art), Bathing suits, Berlin Olympic Games (1936), Bernarr Macfadden (1868-1955), Bill Bradley (1868-1962), body builders, Broadsides, Cosulich, Gino Boccasile (1901-1952), gymnasiums, Julius Klinger (1876-1942), Leni” Riefenstahl (1902-2003), Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949), Mechanical horses, Monarch of Bermuda (steamship), Navigazione Generale Italiana, Nazi Olympics, Nudist movement, Physical Culture (magazine), Popular magazines, rare periodicals, sports, Stadiums, sunbathing, Sunshine and Health (magazine), Victorian attire, Wolfsonian public events, Wolfsonian public programs, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
TITANIC EXPECTATIONS: A VISIT WITH WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY SUPPORTERS
• August 3, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in acquisitions, architects, architecture, bindings, collectors, cruise ships, Cunard Line, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, exhibitions, gifts, Hamburg-American Line, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises, World War I, WWI
Tags: book lovers, books, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Ferries, Frederick and Patricia Supper Foundation (Palm Beach), Good Neighbor Fleet, James Cameron, James River (Virginia), Jean Dunand (1877-1942), La Chasse [The Hunt] bas relief, Long Island, Mauretania, menus, Moore-McCormack Lines, New England, Normandie (Steamship), ocean liner aficionados, private libraries, R.M.S. Lusitania, R.M.S. Titanic, S.S. Argentina, Southampton (Long Island), Steamboats, Thomas C. Ragan, Virginia, Williamsburg
UP, UP, AND AWAY: AIRSHIPS ON EXHIBIT AND ONLINE FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• August 1, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, airplanes, cars, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, portfolios, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, transatlantic voyages, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1860s, 1870s, 1920s, Aircraft, airships, Aluminum, American Civil War, Balloons, Commemorative works, David Almeida, Digital Resources Photographer, Dirigibles, Disasters, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917), flight, Giants Lighter Than Air (Wolfsonian library exhibit), Graf Zeppelin (airships), Hindenburg (airship), Hindenburg disaster, Hydrogen gas balloons, illustrated books, Labels, Lighter-than-air ships, mechanical works, Nicolae Harsanyi, porcelain plates, Scarfs, stereographs, Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1832-1913), Transportation, travel, zeppelins
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