From Prohibition and Flappers to New Dealers and the Lunatic Fringe: Wolfsonian Library Collection Highlights
• November 21, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Artists, bars, Blue eagle, Cuba, donations, FDR, Federal Art Project (FAP), Federal One, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, leftist artists, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, postcards, programs, prohibition, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: African-Americans, alcoholism, Alfred E. Neuman, beer, bootleggers, Carteles (magazine), Christopher DeNoon, Communists, Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, Demagogues, Eleanor Roosevelt, fans, Father Charles Coughlin (1891-1979), Federal Art Project (FAP), Federal Music Project (FMP), Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), flappers, Francis Townsend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, gangsters, Gibson Girls, Great Depression, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), Jazz Age, Mad magazine mascot, National Recovery Administration, New Deal art, new woman ideal, NRA, postcards, Prohibition (1919-1933), rum runners, sheet music, Sheet music covers, Social (magazine), Socialists, speakeasies, the New Boy, Upton Sinclair, Vicki Gold Levi, Works Progress Administration (WPA), WPA
A New Deal for the American Indian
• June 26, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Artists, book art, Civilian Conservation Corps, dance, ethnohistory, FAP, Federal One, Federal Writers' Project, Florida Writers' Project, Folklorists, forestry, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Jews, law, Legal affairs, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Photograph albums, photography, programs, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, youth movements
Tags: American Indian Defense Association, assimilation, calendar of events, CCC, Christian missionaries, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), dances, dancing, Dawes Severalty Act (1887), Democratic National Convention, Emergency Conservation Work Agency, FAP, FDR, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Felix Cohen, Francis Xavier Luca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), FWP, Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco), Great Depression, Harold L. Ickes, Index of American Design, Indian boarding schools, Indian culture, Indian Reorganization Act (1934), Indian reservations, Indian Territory, John Collier, Native American traditions, Navajo code talkers, New Dealers, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Roosevelt Administration, Roosevelt's "Tree Army", Taos Pueblos, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Works Progress Administration (WPA), WPA, Wyoming
When Funding Art Was the Federal Response to Economic Crisis
• October 7, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, Artists, bindings, Blue eagle, book art, Christopher DeNoon, curators, donations, exhibitions, 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, Folklorists, Francis Xavier Luca, FTP, FWP, gifts, graphic arts, Great Depression, Haiti, History Department, library donors, Living Newspaper, Macbeth, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, political art, posters, rare books and special collections library, student curators, The Wolfsonian Library, theatre, theatrical producers, WPA
Tags: AMH 3317 America & Movies: The Great Depression in Film and History, Benjamin Messier, Canada Lee, classical music, Claudia Mendoza, FAP, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Federal funding for the Arts, Federal Music Project (FMP), Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), FMP, folk traditions, Francis Xavier Luca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), FTP, FWP, Giovanni Bombace, Haiti, Hallie Flanagan (1890-1969), Henri Christophe, John Houseman, Kathleen Dowling, National Recovery Administration (NRA), Nikolai Sokoloff, Orson Welles (1915-1985), Posters for the People: Art of the WPA (2008), Posters of the WPA (1987), The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Unemployment, Voodoo Macbeth (Federal Theatre Project), William Sam, Wolfsonian library, WPA
A History of Hurricanes
• September 20, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, FDR, Federal Writers' Project, Francis Xavier Luca, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library
Tags: climate change, documentary photographers, Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Global warming, Great Miami Hurricane (1926), Hurricane Gert, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, hurricane season, Hurricanes, natural disasters, Sea level rise, Superstorm Sandy, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Making Progress, Work: FDR’s Executive Order Creates the Works Progress Administration
• May 6, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Artists, Christopher DeNoon, donations, FAP, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), Federal Writers' Project, Florida International University students, Florida Writers' Project, Francis Xavier Luca, FWP, gifts, graphic arts, History Department, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, WPA
Tags: 100 days in office, FDR, Federal Arts Project, federal courthouses, Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA), Federal Music Project (FMP), Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Great Depression, Harry Hopkins (1890-1946), infrastructure projects, murals, post office murals, progress, social workers, Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA), TERA, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, welfare, welfare state, Works Progress Administration, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
REMEMBER THE ALAMO, RIVERWALK, AND THE HEMISFAIR, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: THEN AND NOW
• April 30, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, American architects, architects, FDR, Federal Writers' Project, Great Depression, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NYA, preservation, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, theatre, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs, WPA
Tags: Along the San Antonio River (booklet), American Guide Series, “Remember the Alamo”, barges, domestic tourism, Edwin P. Arneson (1888-1938), engineers, exhibitions, Federal Writers' Project (FWP), flood prevention, floods, Great Depression, HemisFair ’68, Hemisfair Park, historic preservation, Juarez Plaza (San Antonio), La Villita (San Antonio), Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897-1955), Maury Maverick (1895-1954), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), National Youth Administration (NYA), New Deal, outdoor theatres, Pan American Day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), R. H. H. Hugman (1902-1980), River Beautification Project (San Antonio), San Antonio (Texas), San Antonio River, Southwestern Social Sciences Association Conference, Statues, Texas, Texas Independence movement, the Alamo, Work Projects Administration (WPA), Workers of the Writers’ Program, World’s Fairs
MIAMI ICE: SOME COOL IMAGES FROM THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• July 10, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, airplanes, cruise ships, displays, documentaries, donations, exhibitions, Federal Writers' Project, Florida Writers' Project, gifts, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, postcards, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: A Century of Progress Exhibition (1933-1934: Chicago), Alaska, Artic, Aurora Borealis, Chicago, Children's Science Series, Clara (Breakey) Lambert, climate change, Cornelius Hough De Witt (1905-?), Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Glaciers, Global warming, Greenland, Hamburg-American Line, Icebergs, Iceland, Illustrated children's books, Italo Balbo (1896-1940), James Balog, Magic City, National Public Radio, Northern lights, Photochroms (color lithographic prints), Reykjavík (Iceland), Rome, Savoia-Marchetti S.55 S seaplanes, Sea level rise, seaplanes, snow, transatlantic flights, William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), WIndy City, Work Projects Administration, WPA
FIU LITERATURE AND ART HISTORY STUDENTS, EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS, WOLFSONIAN & SHSA BOARD MEMBERS, AND A FAREWELL TO A WOLFSONIAN FELLOW ALL IN TWO DAYS!
• February 2, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Artists, Children's propaganda books, French consulate, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, oceanliners, pochoirs, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Spanish Civil War, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: Advertisements, Art Deco bindings, Art Nouveau, Arte rustica italiana, Board members, book bindings, calendars, caricatures, Chas Laborde (1886-1941), Christopher DeNoon, Consul generals, Coronation souvenirs, Crowns, Dams, Deputy consul generals, Deutsche Gedenkhalle, Dolar Cotton, Dutch Nieuwe Kunst, ephemera, Eric Gill (1882-1940), Exposicion universal de Barcelona, F. T. (Filippo Tommaso) Marinetti (1876-1944), Fascist Italy, Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), France, Futurism, Germany, Ghostland, Great Depression, heraldry, international expositions, Iron and steel, Italian futurists, Italy, Joseph Hémard (1880-1961), Kaiser Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), Leslie Sternlieb, lottery, Men at work, Nazi Germany, Netherlands, ocean liners, Pamela K. Harer, Pochoir plates, portraits, postcards, Professor Carmela McIntire, Professor Heller-Greenman, Public work projects, Puzzles, Queen Elizabeth II, Rural electrification, Sheet music covers, Soviet Union, Spanish Civl War (1936-1939), Steamsip Historical Society of America (SHSA), stencil works, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), Une ambassade francaise, Union Square, United Kingdom, vintage postcards, Works Progress Administration, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WPA, Zang Tuum Tuum
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)
NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE LIBRARY COLLECTION
• October 13, 2011 • Leave a CommentPosted in postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Amerindians, BIA, Big Cypress Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, calendars, curators, domestic tourism, Farm Security Administration photographs, Federal Arts Project, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Federal Writers' Project, Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Florida guide, Franklin D. Roosevelt, FSA, Great Depression, Indians, John Collier Sr., Lynd Ward (1905-1985), Manville Chapman, Native Americans, Navaho rugs, Navajo Indians, New Deal, Office of Indian Affairs (Educational Division), Osceola, portraits, Robert Delson, See America campaign, Seminole Indians, Sydney Delson, The Education of Little Tree, The Only Good Indian, U.S. Office of indian Affairs, vintage postcards, William H. Helfand, Winold Reiss (1886-1953), wood block prints
Wolfsonian-FIU Library 