The Wolfsonian Library Unwrapped
• July 29, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, American architects, architects, architecture, Armistice Day, Art Deco, collectors, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Depression, hotels, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum architecture, museums, photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: Albert Wainwright, archives, Art Deco District, compact shelving, concrete repair, construction, costume design, expansion, façades, Florida International University, Hurricanes, IMLS, libraries, library installations, Mansions, Mark Hampton, Mediterranean revival architecture, Miami Beach history, museum facilities, renovation, Spanish-influenced architecture, storage facilities, the Great Hurricane of 1926, the Matthews family, The Wolfsonian, theater set design, University of Salamanca, Washington Storage Company, Washington Storage Company archive
Michel (“Mike”) Bouvier Mathews (September 15, 1955–March 26, 2021)
• March 31, 2021 • 1 CommentPosted in collectors, curator, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, library donors, memorabilia, Miami (Fla.), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: "Micky's Musings: Storage Company to Treasure Trove" (Members Only event), archival materials, archives, Betty Gutierrez, Coman Leonard, Dennis Curley, James F. Mathews III, Lea Nickless, Mary Hawk, Mathews family, Michel ("Mike") Bouvier Mathews, Mike Mathews, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photographs, Sarah King, Steve Forero-Paz, Washington Storage Company (Miami Beach Fla.), Washington Storage Company archive, Washington Storage employees, Wolfson Foundation
A Transatlantic Voyage to the “Ocean State”
• April 18, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, archives, Art Deco, collectors, cruise ships, curators, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., models, museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, rare books and special collections library, Silvia Barisione, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: archives, archivists, art deco interiors, bas relief, British Movietone, British Pathe, Cie. Cle. Transatlantique, Clarmont (steamboat), collectors, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, conservators, curators, Don Leavitt, Frederick and Patricia Supper Foundation, French Line, fundrasiers, Grace Line, Hudson-Fulton Centennial Celebration, Jean Dunand, La Chasse [The Hunt], librarians, maiden voyages, Matthew Schulte, medalions, model ships, newsreels, Normandie (Steamship), North River Steamboat, ocean liner aficionados, ocean liners, posters, powerships, Providence (Rhode Island), radio personalities, Robert Fulton, Ship History Center, SS Normandie, SSHSA, Steamship Historical Society of America, steamships, Stephen Lash, Steve Donovan, Thomas C. Ragan, Warwick (Rhode Island)
Honoring Women and Heckling Hitler
• March 27, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American left artists, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, children's books, Children's propaganda books, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, curator, Disney, displays, donations, Fascism, fashion for women, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Italy, Japan, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, Nazism, Pacific campaign (WWII), Pamela K. Harer, persuasive arts, Philippines, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Second World War (1939-1945), Spanish Civil War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Alexander Z. Kruse, archives, Aristotle Ares, Army Air Forces (U.S.), Aryans, Axis, B-26, boot straps, Broadsides, calendars, Charles L. McCartney Jr., Crypt Cracking, Dolores Trenner, Donna Victor, Envelopes, Espanolaphone, First aid, FIU Professor Terrance G. Peterson, Home front, Hotzi Notzi, Into the Stacks, jeeps, Jeffrey G. Fischer, joeys, Judith Berson-Levinson Collection, Kaiser Wilhelm II, kangaroos, Keep 'em Flying (magazine), Maps, March, Martijn F. Lecoultre, matchcovers, Max Halverson (1924-2006), Mel Victor WWII Pacific Theater Collection, Michael Smith, Nathaniel Sandler, Nurses, Pamela K. Harer, Pamphlets, pincushions, postcards, Republic of Salo, rolling pins, Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Rosie the Riveter, Sand in their Boots (event), schoolgirls, sewing needles, Sheet music covers, Shoshana Resnikoff, skirts, Spanish Civl War (1936-1939), Thomas Barrett Archive, U.S. navy, Uniforms, USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), Victory Gold Levi Collection, WAACS, WACS, wigs, Wolfsonian public programs, women in the Armed Services, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Women's History Month
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
THE OLD KING COLE AND OTHER “LOST” MIAMI BEACH HOTELS: SOME WOLFSONIAN HIGHLIGHTS
• January 21, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: 1920s, Architects, archives, Art Deco (architecture), Art Deco Historic District, Art Deco Weekend (2015), Art Moderne architecture, Barbara Baer Capitman (1920-1990), Beaux-Arts architecture, Brochures, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carolyn Klepser, cottages, dining rooms, Flamingo Hotel, golf courses, heraldic decoration, hotel lobbies, Howard Hilder, John Stiles Collins (1837-1928), King Cole Hotel, Lake Surprise (Miami Beach), lectures, Lincoln Hotel, Lost Miami Beach (book), Medievalism, Mediterranean-style architecture, Miami Design Preservation League, military hospitals, Nautilus Hotel, Old King Cole (legend), Paintings, photograph albums, polo fields, Schultze & Weaver (architects), Spanish-influenced architecture, winter resorts
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