Archive for March, 2016
A Wolfsonian Perspective on Two U.S. Presidential Visits to Cuba
• March 20, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, airplanes, collectors, Communism, Cuba, curators, donations, exhibitions, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, interns, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Maine (Battleship, Pan Am, rare books and special collections library, Spanish-American War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), Augusto Sandino, baseball, Cuba, Cuba: From Gunboat Diplomacy to Good Neighbor Policy, Cuban war of Independence, dictators, El Morro Castle (Havana harbor), Gerardo Machado (1871-1939), Inter-American Conference (6th: 1928: Havana), Platt Amendment, President Barack Obama, President Calvin Coolidge, Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure
Out With the Old, In With the New: FDR’s Inauguration and a New Wolfsonian Library Installation
• March 4, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in American war propaganda, colonial propaganda, colonialism, curators, donations, exhibitions, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Maine (Battleship, New Deal era, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, Spanish-American War, student curators, War Photography, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Cuba, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Good Neighbor Policy, Gunboat diplomacy, Havana harbor, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Remember the Maine!, Rough Riders, Sheet music covers, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), U.S.S. Maine
Zines for Progress
• March 2, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in displays, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Zines
Tags: Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Francis Xavier Luca, Magazine covers, Mao Zedong, Miami Dade Schools, Periodicals, propaganda magazines, pulp magazines, Rochelle Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, totalitarian regimes, typography
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