“MEET THE NEW BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD BOSS”: HARVEST OF SHAME REVISITED FROM A WOLFSONIAN PERSPECTIVE
• May 31, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Artists, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Communism, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, decorative arts, documentaries, donations, FAP, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), Federal Writers' Project, Florida Writers' Project, FTP, FWP, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, library donors, Living Newspaper, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, photography, political art, rare books and special collections library, slums, The Cradle Will Rock, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, WPA
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VISITING SCHOLAR JOSI WARD DELIVERS TWO PRESENTATIONS ON THE FSA TO WOLFSONIAN STAFF AND FIU FACULTY
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