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
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)
The GI Bill: America’s Promise to the Citizen-Soldier
• June 22, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American war propaganda, Civilian Conservation Corps, Fascism, FDR, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, Great Depression, Nazism, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Bonus March, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, veterans, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Anacostia Flats, Arsenal of Democracy, Bonus Expeditionary Force, Bonus March, Burnett Roth, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), demonstrations, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, G.I. Bill, GI Round Tables, Hoovervilles, Hurricanes, lobbying, Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill), shantytowns, Sheryl Gold, Steve Heller, Washington D.C.
MIAMI BEACH, TODAY AND YESTERDAY: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS AND GLIMPSES OF THE CITY’S EARLY HISTORY
• April 22, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: 1920s, Andrea Bocelli, Barry Gibb, Boulevard Hotel (Miami Beach), cafetarias, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), concerts, Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach), Fontainebleau Hotel (Miami Beach), Gloria Estefan, Great Depression, Hurricanes, J. N. Lummus, Jackie Gleason, Jane Fisher, John Stiles Collins, Land booms, Land busts, Lincoln Road, Lincoln Road Theater, Mediterranean-influenced architecture, Miami Beach Centennial celebrations, Mike Douglas show (North Shore Community Center, millionaires, Nautilus Hotel (Miami Beach), New World Center, nouveau riche, Ocean Beach Development Company, Palm Beach, Projection projects, real estate developers, Redfish Media, socialites, the Great Hurricane of 1926, Thomas Pancoast, Wallcasts
MIAMI BEACH’S FLAMINGO HOTEL: A PRESIDENT, A PACHYDERM, AND A PUBLICITY HOUND: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• January 6, 2015 • 3 CommentsPosted in architecture, circuses, Photograph albums, photography, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Ann Rossiter, barrier islands, Bathing suits, bungalows, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carl II (the elephant), circus animals, Cocolobo Club (Miami Beach Fla.), cottages, deep-sea fishing, development, Dixie Highway, elephants, Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), golf, golf caddies, golf courses, Gondolas, Hotels, Hurricanes, John Stiles Collins (1837-1928), Lincoln Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach City Hall Archive, nouveau riche, pachyderms, Palm Beach (Fla.), polo grounds, President-elect Warren G. Harding, presidential vacations, publicity, publicity gimmicks, real estate promoters, Roman Pools (Miami Beach Fla.), Rosie the elephant, Shadow VI (yacht), sport fishing, Thomas J. Pancoast
A LUXURIOUS TOUR DE FORCE: LE MIAMI, AMERICAN EXCURSIONIST, AND THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• June 14, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, cars, children's books, collectors, cruise ships, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum architecture, museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, Panama Canal, passenger ships, persuasive arts, Photograph albums, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Theodore Pietsch, Theodore W. Pietsch, trains, transatlantic voyages, Vicki Gold Levi, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Exhibition), world cruises
Tags: advertising, Air travel, airships, American Excursionist, Around the world cruises, Art Deco architecture (Miami Beach), Biscayne Bay Speed Boat Regattas, Blackfeet Indians, Blackstone Cigar, Buick (automobile), Buses, California Limited (train), Canadian Pacific (railroad), Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Children's books, Clyde-Mallory Lines, Cuba, Cuban National Tourist Commission, Digital Asset Manager Derek Merleaux, Digital Resources Photographer David Almeida, domestic tourism, Downtown Miami (Fla.), Empire Builder (train), Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Frederic A. Sharf, golf courses, Gondolas, Great Hurricane of 1926, Greyhound (bus service), H. Lawrence Wiggins III, Highway Traveler (magazine), Hindenburg (airship), Hotel Varadero, Hurricanes, Illinois Central Railroad, Indians in commercial art, Laurence Miller Collection, LE Miami (tradeshow), Little Havana, luxury hotels, luxury liners, Luxury travel, Maps, Mediterranean-revival style architecture, menus, Miami Beach Centennial, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nautilus Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Nippon Ysen Kaisha (N.Y.K. Line), Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), North American Indians in art, Oriental Limited (train), Panama Line, Planes, polo grounds, Pueblo Indians, Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Rosie the elephant, Sabena (airline), Sans Souci (nightclub), Santa Fe (railroad), Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, Sightseeing tours, Snowbirds, South Beach (Florida), Souvenirs, Swimming pools, T. W. Pietsch, Tea dances, Tennis courts, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, tourism, tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba travel, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, Washington Storage Company (Miami Beach Fla.), Winold Reiss (1886-1953), Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Wolfsonian library exhibit), zeppelins
VISIT TO THE WOLFSONIAN BY DR. CINTA RAMBLADO MINERO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
• February 18, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Aurora Morcillo, Communism, Communists, FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, rare books and special collections library, Spanish Civil War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Dr. Cinta Ramblado Minero, Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas Ofensivas Nacional Sindicalista (J.O.N.S.), Fascism, Florida International University guest speakers, Francisco Franco (1892-1975), Gender studies, Hurricanes, Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez (1895-1989). La Pasionaria, José Manuel Morcillo, Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Collection, Spain, Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Spanish language studies, Women’s studies
VISIT TO THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY BY MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH WOMEN’S CLUB
• October 4, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in American architects, architects, architecture, archives, displays, donations, gifts, memorabilia, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Art Deco (architecture), Art Deco architects, Art Deco architecture (Miami Beach), Bass Museum building, Betty Wilcox, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Collins Bridge, Dawn Hugh, donors, Elizabeth Goodnow (Mrs. Clayton Sedgwick Cooper), Frances Griffith, Great Miami Hurricane (1926), H. Lawrence Wiggins III, Haddon Hall, Historic buildings (Miami Beach), historic builings, HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center, Hurricanes, John Stiles Collins (1837-1928), June Wood, Katherine Pancoast, L. Murray Dixon, Maria Valiente, MBWC presidents, Miami Beach, Miami Beach developers, Miami Beach Public Library, Miami Beach Women's Club, Miami Beach Women's Club Archive, Mrs. Clayton Sedgwick Cooper, Nancy Smith, real estate promoters, Ruby Dixon, Schultze and Weaver, The Marlin Hotel, The Raleigh Hotel, The Ritz Plaza Hotel, The Senator Hotel, The Tides Hotel, The Tiffany Hotel, The Victor Hotel, Thomas J. Pancoast, Violet Storer
UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY, ANDREW! A WOLFSONIAN COMMEMORATION OF FLORIDA HURRICANES
• August 25, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in acquisitions, CCC, donations, gifts, library donors, New Deal era, The Bonus March, veterans, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Anniversaries, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Edy Legrand (1893-?), Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899–1961), Fort Caroline (Florida), Great Miami Hurricane (1926), Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda (1536?–1575?), Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Katrina, hurricane season, Hurricane Wilma, Hurricanes, Jean Ribault (1520-1565), Labor Day Hurricane (1935), Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (1475?-1526), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478–1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-1574), pochoirs, shipwreck survivors, shipwrecks, South Florida, St. Augustine (Florida), stencil works, WPA
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