Archive for February, 2014
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• February 28, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in accessioning, acquisitions, African American History, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), African-American actors, African-American athletes, African-American law students, African-American singers, African-American valedictorians, African-Americans, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Blacks, Columbia Law School, Earl Schenck Miers (1910-1972), Fiction, Fictional biographies, Harriett Tubman (1820-1913), Negro History Bulletin, Novels, Racial prejudice, Rutgers University, Vance Locke (illustrator), Winold Reiss (1886-1953)
WELCOME ABOARD THE S.S. WOLFSONIAN FOR A SPECTACULAR FOOD AND WINE EXPERIENCE
• February 25, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in cruise ships, Cunard Line, curator, displays, donations, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, luggage labels, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: "behind the Scenes" tours, Andrew Carmellini, Anthony Bourdain, art handlers, Azamara Club Cruises, Bremen (Steamship), Brochures, Carlos Prado, Celebrity chefs, Clyde-Mallory Lines, Conte di Savoia, cruise ships, curators, Daniel Boulud, David McMillan, Eric Ripert, Exhibition designers, Francois Payard, Frederic Morin, Furness Bermuda Line, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Italia Flotte Riunite, Italian Line, Johannes Tysse, Laurence Miller, menus, museum events, Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), ocean liners, promotional literature, Rex (steamship), Richard Miltner, Roma (steamship), Royal Caribbean, Royal Packet Navigation Co., S.S. Wolfsonian, Silvia Barisione, South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Steve Forero-Paz, Swedish American Line, Thomas C. Ragan, United States Line
VISIT TO THE WOLFSONIAN BY DR. CINTA RAMBLADO MINERO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
• February 18, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Aurora Morcillo, Communism, Communists, FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, rare books and special collections library, Spanish Civil War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Dr. Cinta Ramblado Minero, Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas Ofensivas Nacional Sindicalista (J.O.N.S.), Fascism, Florida International University guest speakers, Francisco Franco (1892-1975), Gender studies, Hurricanes, Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez (1895-1989). La Pasionaria, José Manuel Morcillo, Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Collection, Spain, Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Spanish language studies, Women’s studies
LOVE AND COMMERCE: VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS FROM THE SILVIA RIPSTEIN COLLECTION AT THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• February 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in donations, gifts, library donors, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1920s, Ad agencies, BBDO Germany, brides, commercial advertising, Cosmetics, Couples, doves, Famous Products Co., flowers, Greeting cards, grooms, Hair color products, Hair products, High Life Perfume, holidays, love, Lovers, Lucky Brown, Lucky Jickey & Jockey, models, New Orleans, Newlyweds, romance, Roses, Schwarzkopf Professional, Silvia Ripstein, Sweet Georgia Brown, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day cards
A WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK (APRIL 23, 1928-FEBRUARY 10, 2014)
• February 11, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Christopher DeNoon, circuses, donations, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU, Florida International University, FTP, gifts, graphic arts, Great Depression, History Department, library donors, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, theatre, theatrical producers, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, WPA
Tags: "Baby Take a Bow" (song and dance number), America and Movies, Aunt Jemima, Child stars, Cinema, Entertainers, Fear, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Frank Mitchell, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gabriel Over the White House (film), Jack Durant, Lawrence Cromwell (fictional character), New Deal America, obituaries, Secretary of Amusement, Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014), Silver screen, Stand Up and Cheer (film : 1934), Stepin Fetchit, Tap-dancing, Tess Gardella, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, U.S. Ambassadors, Vaudeville, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
SOME PROPAGANDA POSTERS IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• February 7, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in donations, gifts, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, political art, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rape imagery, 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, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Adolf Hitler caricatures, African Americans in the military, Czechoslovakia, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, George Washington, Leonard A. Lauder, Lidice, Lidice massacre (Czechoslovakia), President Woodrow Wilson, propaganda, recruiting posters, Reinhold Heydrich, Symbols, The Wolfsonian-FIU, War bonds, women in the work force, World War I, World War II
VISITING SCHOLAR JOSI WARD DELIVERS TWO PRESENTATIONS ON THE FSA TO WOLFSONIAN STAFF AND FIU FACULTY
• February 1, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, AAA, Christopher DeNoon, donations, FDR, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, Great Depression, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985), “Okies”, Benjamin Abromowitz (1917-2011), Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), Dust Bowl, dust storms, Farm Security Administration (FSA), FIU faculty, FSA photographers, FSA sanitary camps, George Biddle (1885-1973), Great Depression, Henry Hacker, Hoovervilles, Josi Ward, Le Roy Flint, New Deal era, Ph.D. candidates, Photography, Resettlement Administration, Shanty towns, Sharecroppers, Sugar beet workers, Tenant farmers, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Walker Evans (1903-1975), Wolfsonian fellows
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