A BRIEF POST FOR “WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR” FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
• June 12, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Christopher DeNoon, donations, FDR, Great Depression, library donors, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, photography, political art, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Archibald MacLeish’s Land of the Free (1938), Art Deco illustrators, Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985), child labor, Christopher DeNoon, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement, documentary photography, Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), Ernest Fiene, Farm Secuirty Administration (FSA), Francis Xavier Luca, FSA photographers, graphic statistics, Great Depression, John Vassos (1898-1985), Jon Mogul, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., mural studies, New Deal America, newspaper boys, pictographic statistics, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Rudolf Modley, Russell Lee (1903-1986), shoe-shine boys, Sweat shops, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, World Day Against Child Labour
THE POWER OF DESIGN: CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMPLAINTS AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU
• March 27, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Eric Gill, FDR, Federal One, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Britain, Great Depression, Harald Engman, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, WWI
Tags: A. Birnbaum, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Adolf Hitler caricatures, American eagle, and William Gropper (1897-1977), Anti-Capitalist propaganda, anti-taxation propaganda, Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) caricatures, British Arts & Crafts Movement, Bummer (Wolfsonian exhibition), Cannibals, Cannon-fodder, Cathy Leff, Complaint booths, Complaint choir, Complaints! An Inalienable Right (poster exhibition), dehumanization, Denis Tegetmeier (1896-1987), Der Kunstliche Mensch, Design historians, Editorial cartoons, Eric Gill (1882-1940), Federal Arts Projects, Federal One, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Georg Grosz (1893-1959), Great Depression, Guest curators, guest speakers, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Icebergs, Jesus Christ, Knight Foundation, Miami Heral Media Company, Nazis, New Deal America, Paradox of Plenty, Political cartoons, Political machines, Power of Design (Complaints), Power of Design festival, prostitution, Prussian militarism, R. D. Fitzpatrick, Religious hypocrisy, Richard Miltner, robots, Social satire, Steven Heller, Stock Market Crash (October 1929), Todd Oldham, Uncle Sam, Unemployment, Willi Geisler (1848-1928), WLRN (Public radio), Work and Leisure, Work Projects Administration (WPA), Wounded war veterans
A WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK (APRIL 23, 1928-FEBRUARY 10, 2014)
• February 11, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Christopher DeNoon, circuses, donations, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU, Florida International University, FTP, gifts, graphic arts, Great Depression, History Department, library donors, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, theatre, theatrical producers, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, WPA
Tags: "Baby Take a Bow" (song and dance number), America and Movies, Aunt Jemima, Child stars, Cinema, Entertainers, Fear, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Frank Mitchell, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gabriel Over the White House (film), Jack Durant, Lawrence Cromwell (fictional character), New Deal America, obituaries, Secretary of Amusement, Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014), Silver screen, Stand Up and Cheer (film : 1934), Stepin Fetchit, Tap-dancing, Tess Gardella, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, U.S. Ambassadors, Vaudeville, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, FROM THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• February 20, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, collectors, donations, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, library donors, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, postcards, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, Vintage postcards, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: American artists, Benjamin Franklin, Blue eagle (thunderbird) campaign, Cachets, Charles Turzak (1899-1986), CLara Helena Palacio-de Luca, Envelopes, First Day covers, Flags, Francis Xavier Luca, George Washington on stamps, Great Depression, Home front, Miss Liberty, muralists, National Recovery Administration (NRA), New Deal America, Philately, Phoenix (Mythical bird), Post Office, postcards, Postmarks, Postmaster General, President George Washington, President's Day, Stage coaches in art, stamp-collecting, stamps, Statue of Liberty National Monument, U.S. Postal Service, V-J Day (1945), Victory Gold Levi Collection, Victory sign, Woodcuts
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: A HODGE-PODGE OF MATERIALS PULLED FOR A VARIETY OF WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY VISITORS
• May 26, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in American war propaganda, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, archives, Bauhaus, Bill Bradley, book art, Christopher DeNoon, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, Cuba, Cuba Style, David Almeida, decorative arts, Digital Library Specialist, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, FDR, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Frederic A. Sharf, FTP, Futurism, Genoa, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, History Department, Holocaust, international expositions, Italian design, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Jews, library donors, Mellon curriculum development grant, Nazi propaganda, Nazism, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Shenandoah Middle School, Spanish-American War, Steve Heller, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, Virtual library displays, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian Education Department, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World War II, World's fairs, WPA, WWI, WWII
Tags: A. M. Cassandre (1901-1968), Alexander Gordon, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Bacardi archivist Patricia Suau, Bauhaus, Bill Bradley (1868-1962), calendars, Caribbean tourism, comparative colonialism, Conrado W. Massaguer, Dopolavoro, Fascist Italy, Festa dell'Uva di Rovereto, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Good Neighbor Fleet, Graphic Design & Advertising Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Gustavo Perez-Firmat, Hendrick Nicolaas Werkman (1882-1945), Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), International exhibitions, Italian Futurism, Ken Botnick, Mac Harshberger (1900-1975), Margaret Dikovitskaya, Mellon grant recipiants, Miami Ad School, Moore-McCormack Lines, New Deal America, Nicolas, Patriotic Propaganda for WOmen and Children on the Home Front (virtual exhibit), Paul Iribe (1883-1935), Professor Peter Andrew, Rex Chung, Rosanne Gibel, Stephen Austin University (Texas), The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, The New York World's Fair (1939-40), Thomas C. Ragan, U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, Varadero Beach (Cuba), When Hearts Are Trumps / by Tom Hall, wine, Wine Bubbly and Their Merchants (Wolfsonian Library Exhibit), Winifred Elysse Newman, Wolfsonian fellows, World's Fairs
COMMUNIST AGITATION, LABOR STRIFE, AND NEW DEAL LEGISLATION: SOME RECENT ACQUISITIONS
• November 19, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in acquisitions, collectors, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, donations, FAP, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU, Florida International University, Great Depression, John Heartfield (1891-1968), leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Popular Front, rare books and special collections library, Soviet Union, The Bonus March, theatrical producers, veterans, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Bonus Army, Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF), Class struggle, Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), CPUSA, Daily Worker, demonstrations, Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), Farm Security Administration photographs, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Five Year Plan, Fred Ellis (1885-1965), FSA, FTP, Gabriel Over the White House (film), General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), Great Depression, Hallie Flanagan (1890-1969), Harry Bridges (1901-1990), Harry Hopkins (1890-1946), House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), HUAC, I Married a Communist (film), Labor unions, Longshoremen’s Strike (1936-1937), Lydia Gibson (1891-1964), marches, Merry Wives of Windsor (FTP production), Mission to Moscow (film), New Deal America, New Pioneers, occupy Washington, Photomontage, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), Stalingrad, strikes, The Woman on Pier 13 (film), Union leaders, violence, Walter W. Waters (1898-1959), Yanks for Stalin (documentary film), youth movements
LET’S GET GRAPHIC!
• August 25, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, New Deal, Soviet propaganda, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: colonialism, European imperialism, graphic statistics, New Deal America, Soviet Union, Statistically Speaking, statistics
