Recent Florida International University Class Visits to The Wolfsonian Library
• February 10, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, American left artists, American war propaganda, Artists, book art, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, donations, Fascism, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lin Shi Khan, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), memorabilia, museums, Nazi propaganda, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, Popular Front, posters, prohibition, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, racism, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II
Tags: 1930s, Adolf Hitler, African-Americans, anti-lynching campaigns, Autobahn, Blues, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) International Labor Defense (ILD), Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, highways, infrastructure construction, Jazz, lynchings, memory, New Deal, New Negro, race, Race trials, racism, railways, roads, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, U.S. One
THE DECO DECADES: THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY EXHIBIT
• June 17, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, architects, architecture, bars, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Historic Art Deco District (Miami Beach Fla.), hotels, Lawrence Wiggins III, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., restaurants, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, Art Deco (architecture), art handlers, Carlos Alejandro, deinstallation, drinking establishments, Entertainment, Exhibition installation, Five O'Clock Club, Henry Hohauser, Hotels, Latin Quarter, Lawrence Wiggins III, Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach Centennial, Modern architecture, Nicolae Harsanyi, Nightclubs, Steve Forero-Paz, tourism, tourists, Waldorf Towers (Miami Beach Fla.), Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
WHAT’S TWICE AS BAD AS THE GREAT DEPRESSION? THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE 1930s
• September 19, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, AAA, African American History, American left artists, Aryans, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Civil Rights Movement, Civilian Conservation Corps, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, FAP, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), Federal Writers' Project, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Florida Writers' Project, FTP, FWP, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), Joe Louis, leftist artists, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII, youth movements
Tags: 1930s, Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), anti-lynching campaigns, civil rights, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), Copperheads, Costian-Wagner Bill, Fair Employment Act, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Great Depression, Hallie Flanagan, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Hugo Gellert, International Labor Defense (ILD), James Ford, Joe Louis, Louis Hines (1874-1940), lynchings, Martin Dies, Max Schmeling, National Recovery Administration (NRA), Negro Rights, New Deal, Public Works Administration (PWA), Race trials, racism, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), Sectionalism, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
WOLFSONIAN PROFILE: LIBRARY INTERNS ALEXANDER GORDON AND JOSELYN NARANJO
• June 16, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in accessioning, acquisitions, cataloging, Christopher DeNoon, displays, donations, exhibitions, Far East, Federal Writers' Project, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Frederic A. Sharf, FWP, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, interns, Japan, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, Russo-Japanese War, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII
Tags: 1930s, Alexander Gordon, American Guide Series, CLara Helena Palacio-de Luca, David Almeida, Elections, Francis Xavier Luca, Gardner Museum (Boston), Joselyn Naranjo, Lexington Green, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Patriotic Propaganda for WOmen and Children on the Home Front (virtual exhibit), political campaigns, Port Arthur, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), President Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt, Rochelle Pienn, See America campaign
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, WWI, AND LITERATURE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• February 2, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in American left artists, American war propaganda, Christopher DeNoon, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, donations, FDR, Federal Writers' Project, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Frederic A. Sharf, gender, gifts, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, John and Ideal Gladstone, leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Philippine American War, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rape imagery, school visits to The Wolfsonian, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: 1930s, Chain gangs, CLara Helena Palacio-de Luca, ephemera, Every Man A King, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Depression, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), labor movement, Labor unions, lynchings, My FIrst Days in the White House, Paul Muni (actor), playing cards, PWA (Public Works Administration), Rochelle Pienn, Share the Wealth, Sheet music covers, Spanish- American War of 1898, Spanish-American War, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Vicki Gold Levi, Victory Gold Levi Collection, Yankee Doodle in Berlin
SCOTTSBORO TRIAL OF THE 1930s: HEYDAY OF THE CPUSA
• March 24, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, History Department, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library exhibits
Tags: 1930s, Alex Lichtenstein, Anti-lynching campaign, Communist Pary of the United States (CPUSA), Costian-Wagner Bill, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), lynchings, New Deal, Race trials, racism, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), The Politics of Race on Trial
THE TRIALS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• December 18, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1930s, Alex Lichtenstein, Angelo Herndon (1913-1997), Brian Orfall, Communist Pary of the United States, Florida International University, Francis Luca, Great Depression, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), Jim Crow, library exhibitions, racism, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), Teaching American History Master's Degree Program, Trials
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