BONNIE BITS O’ BONNIE SCOTLAND: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HIGHLANDERS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
• September 20, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in donations, gifts, Great Britain, library donors, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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RUSSIA, CRIMEA AND UKRAINE IN THE 1930s: RECENT WOLFSONIAN ACQUISITIONS
• April 11, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Communism, donations, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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