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
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Giving Thanks and Debunking Myths
• November 24, 2020 • 3 CommentsPosted in book art, children's books, colonialism, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic designers, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photography, postcards, racism, skyscrapers, The Wolfsonian Library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian
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