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
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Back to Work with the New Deal
• April 14, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in AAA, Blue eagle, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Civilian Conservation Corps, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, curators, displays, donations, FAP, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, FTP, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, History Department, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, political art, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions, WPA
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METADATA AT THE MUSEUM, OR, THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU INTERSECTS WITH THE SOCIETY OF FLORIDA ARCHIVISTS
• June 9, 2015 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: Althea Silvera, Beatrice Skokan, Carlos E. Prado Herrera, Coconut Grove, Cory Czajkowski, Derek Merleaux, Emily Gibson, Florida International University, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, metadata, Miami, Miami Metropolis, Miami-Dade Public Library, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Pan Courtelis, Rochelle Pienn, SobekCM, Society of Florida Archivists, University of Florida, University of Miami Richter Library (Coral Gables), Wolfsonian-FIU
WITH HONORS
• March 5, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in FIU, FIU students, Florida International University students
Tags: Alexander Z. Kruse (1888-1972), American artists, anti-fascist movement, Clowns, devils, Espanolaphone, fascist dictators, Florida International University, Honors College, popular front (1936-1939), Spanish Civl War (1936-1939), subway signs
AMERICA SEES RED(S)
• February 12, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
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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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