THE INTERNSHIP: OR, THE SOMETIMES-LIFE OF AMANDA SOL, RARE BOOK CATALOGING APPRENTICE AT THE WOLFSONIAN – FIU LIBRARY
• March 8, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in book art, cataloging, collectors, colonialism, donations, Far East, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, History Department, interns, Japan, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Orientalism, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, Russo-Japanese War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, volunteers, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: A Japanese Nightingale / by Onoto Watanna [pseudonym of Winnifred Eaton], Amanda Sol, bonsai bush, Cherry blossoms, Dr. Francis Xavier Luca, dragons, Geishas, Japanese koi fish, Japonica / Sir Edwin Arnold (1892), kimonos, Korea, Library of Congress Authorities, MARC cataloging, Nine Years in Nipon / Henry Faulds (1888), Present-Day Japan / A. M. Campbell Davidson, Rambles Trhough Japan Without a Guide / Leffingwell (1894), rickshaws, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), storks, The Dragon Painter / Mary McNeil (1906), The Garter Mission to Japan / Lord Redesdale
A WINTER FLURRY OF UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND STUDENT VISITORS AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• January 24, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Advertisements, Andre Durenceau (1904-1985), Architects, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, automobile engines, Blackfeet Indians, calendars, Crystal Palace Exhibition (1851 : London), designers, dragons, Empire Builder, ephemera, exhibitions, Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 :Paris), Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), Glacier National Park, Grammar of Ornament / by Owen Jones, graphic artists, Great Depression, Great Northern Railway, Helen West Heller (1872-1955), Holland Robinson, Industrial design, Installation Art, Kiosks, locomotives, Mac Harshberger (1900-1975), mechanical works, North American Indians in art, Oriental Line, Pochoir plates, postcards, Prairie Style (Architecture), Space Society and the Digital, Store window displays, The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (1851 : London), Tori Arpad-Cotta, transparencies, typewriters, Wasmuth Portfolio, William (“Bill”) Bradley (1868-1962), Winifred Elysse Newman, Winold Reiss (1886-1953), Wood and linoleum block printing, Works Progress Administration, WPA
