Archive for the 'Rochelle T. Pienn' Category
Fair Thee Well
• December 14, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 3rd Afghan War, Afghanistan, airplanes, Art Basel, Balochistan, Baron Raimund von Stillfried, British Army, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, displays, donations, Egypt, Far East, Felice Beato, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army. Kent Regiment., Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Kusakabe Kimbei, library donors, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan, Pashtuns, Photograph albums, photography, POWs, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, Royal Airforce, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, War Photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Afghanistan, Art Basel, Balochistan, Baron Raimund von Stillfried, biplanes, British Empire, Egypt, Egyptians, Far East, Felice Beato, Frederic A. Sharf, Great Britain, hand-watercolored photographs, India, Indian Cavalry (Lancers), indigenous peoples, Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Kent Regiment (British Army), Kusakabe Kimbei, leather bindings, Lieutenant J. D. Harding, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan, Pashtuns, photograph albums, Photography, Royal Air Force (Great Britain), women, Yokohama (Japan)
Canal Inaugural
• August 15, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in colonialism, France, Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Panama Canal, passenger ships, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1914, Albert Edward, albumen prints, Ancon (steamship), August 15 1914, Canals, Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique, dredges, Five Years at Panama, Maps, Panama, Panama Canal, Panama: the canal the country and the people, photograph albums, telegrams, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), Wolfred Nelson
Much Ado about Mummies
• June 9, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in colonialism, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Rochelle T. Pienn
Tags: Adams Memorial, Admiral William Thomas Sampson, archives, Aswan Low Dam, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Baldwin-Ziegler North Pole expedition, Berlin, Cairo Museum, cars, dogs, funerals, George Sherman Batcheller, Katherine Batcheller, Laplanders, librarians, Marian Adams, mummies, Muslims, Philae, Port of Suez, President Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt, President William Mckinley, Rachel Weisz, Reindeer, S. S. America, sarcophagi, The Mummy, tombs, Tromso (Norway), Universal Studios, Wilhelm II, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Counting Cars: New acquisitions to the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection at the Wolfsonian-FIU Library
• February 17, 2017 • 2 CommentsPosted in automobile design, cars, Ford Motor Company, gender, Great Britain, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Rochelle T. Pienn, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1939-1945)
Tags: advertising, Austin, Automotive industry, Big Three, cars, Chevrolet, Ford Motor Co., Fox hunting, Lockhead, Morris, New York, Nuffield Organization, The Autocar (magazine)
So Rare as a Day in June, or, an RBMS Reception at the Wolfsonian-FIU
• July 5, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in cruise ships, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, museums, Panama Canal, Rochelle T. Pienn, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: ACRL, ALA, Biltmore, chromolithography, Coral Gables, France, Grammar of Ornament, Nicolae Harsanyi, Owen Jones, rare book dealers, rare book librarians, RBMS, RBMS 2016 Preconference, University of Miami, Victorian art
Timing is Everything, or, Rare Panama Canal Views at the Wolfsonian-FIU Library
• June 22, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in CLara Helena Palacio Luca, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Panama Canal, passenger ships, Photograph albums, Rochelle T. Pienn, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Isthmus of Panama, Joseph Pennell, malaria, Mosquitos, Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Panama Canal, Panama Railroad, Rochelle Pienn, Sharf Associate Librarian, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), William Gorgas, yellow fever
From the United States, to the Philippines, to Tokyo, to Cuba: BAA & NEH Scholars Visit The Wolfsonian–FIU
• June 18, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, Alabama, American left artists, architecture, Artists, colonial propaganda, colonialism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, curator, displays, exhibitions, Far East, FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, graphic arts, Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, leftist artists, library donors, museums, Philippine American War, Philippine-American War (1899-1902), Philippines, Photograph albums, racism, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, War Photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African-Americans, Al Jolson, Anti-communism, Art Deco, Bavarian American Academy, Bayerische Amerika-Akademie, block print books, death penalty, Dr. Amy Bliss Marshall, Dr. Hitomi Yoshio, Dr. Steven Heine, electric chair, Felix Lewis, Francis Xavier Luca, Hap Hadley, Japan, Josephine Baker, Koizumi Kishio (1893-1945), Lidu Yi, lino-cut books, Mac Harshberger (1900-1975), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Nicolae Harsanyi, Philippines, Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (exhibition), Quit Cryin' the Blues, racism, Remembering Tokyo (exhibit), Rochelle Pienn, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, summer institutes, summer programs, Tokyo: High City and Low City, United States
