Archive for September, 2014
SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE THOMAS RAGAN COLLECTION OF OCEAN LINER MATERIALS AT THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• September 26, 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: Athlone Castle (Steamship), Britannic (Steamship), Britannic II (Steamship), Carithia (Steamship), children’s books, collectors, Colonial tourism, cruise ships, G. J. Frans Naerebout ; Merchant Navy, Library Assistant Michel Potop, lighthouses, Lusitania (Steamship), Mauretania (Steamship), Normandie (Steamship), ocean liners, Olympic (Steamship), passenger ships, Promotional materials, Queen Mary (Steamship), Rangitoto (Steamship), schooners, sticker books, Strathnaver (Steamship), Thomas C. Ragan, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, tugboats, United States (Steamship), White Star Line, yacht races, young readers
BONNIE BITS O’ BONNIE SCOTLAND: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HIGHLANDERS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
• September 20, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in donations, gifts, Great Britain, 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: 20th century, Aberdeen (Scotland), Angus (Scotland), Braveheart (film), British Empire Exhibition (1938: Glasgow), Castle of Mey, Cigarette sticker books, Cowal Highland Gathering, Cycling maps (Scotland), Dunoon (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), Empire, ephemera, Expositions, Glasgow (Scotland), Glasgow International Exhibition (1901), Great Britain, International exhibitions, National exhibitions, Nationalisms, Northern Highlands (Scotland), Referendum, San Diego Historical Society, Scotland, Scottish Exhibition of National History Art and Industry (1911: Glasgow), Secession movements, tourist trade, Travel and tourism, UK, Union, United Kingdom, William Wallace, World's Fairs
VISUAL AND LITERARY ARTIFACTS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY’S GREAT DEPRESSION AND NEW DEAL COLLECTIONS
• September 10, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, AAA, American left artists, Artists, Blue eagle, book art, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Civilian Conservation Corps, collectors, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, donations, exhibitions, FAP, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, FTP, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, persuasive arts, photography, political art, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, silk screen, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, WPA
Tags: "Every Man a King" (song), "forgotten man", Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), Alfred Landon, Archibald MacLeish’s Land of the Free (1938), Breadlines, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), Comrade Gulliver: an illustrated account of travel into that strange country the United States of America (1935), Democrats, drought, Dust Bowl, Farm Security Administration (FSA), Federal Arts Project, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Francis Xavier Luca, General Services Administration (GSA), Huey Long (1893-1935), Julie Redwine, Karl Marx Capital in Pictures (1933), Kathy Erickson, mural studies, My First Days in the White House / by Huey Long (1935), National Recovery Administration (NRA), National Retrogression Act (NRA), Old King Dole, Peter Clericuzio, political campaign literature, presidential contenders, Professor Carmela McIntire, Republicans, Resettlement Administration (RA), Share the Wealth, Sharecroppers, shovel-leaners, shovels, Tenant farmers, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Work Projects Administration (WPA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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