Behind the Scenes of a Wolfsonian Library Installation Examining the Dust Bowl
• December 20, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Artists, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, curators, Disaster relief, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, FAP, FDR, Federal Art Project (FAP), FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, photography, postcards, posters, reception, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: 1919-1939, Alexandre Hogue, Amal Albaladejo, America & Movies: Between the Wars, black blizzards, buffalo hunt, Buffalo nickel, Burr Singer, Carlos Manuel Bleiker Morcillo, Children's books, Christopher DeNoon, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Clara Helena Palacio Luca, drought, Dust Bowl, Dust Bowl refugees, dust pneumonia, dust storms, Dwayne Krier, Ecological crises, Erskine Caldwell, Farm Secuirty Administration (FSA), Francis Xavier Luca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), FSA sanitary camps, George Lee, Golden Gate International Exhibition (San Francisco: 1939-1940), grasslands, Helen West Heller (1872-1955), Homestead Act of 1862, Indian Court Federal Building, Jeffrey Gold, land speculators, Louis Siegriest, Margaret Bourke-White, Missouri Woman (painting), Naomi Averill, Pennsylvania Writers' Project, Photographers, Plains Indians, railroad companies, Receptions, reforestation, Resettlement Administration (RA), sand dunes, Soil Conservation Act (April 1935), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Soil Erosion Service (SCS), Sophia Medina, Steve Forero-Paz, the Great Plains, Valentina Berrio, wheat farms, William Kramer
Michel (“Mike”) Bouvier Mathews (September 15, 1955–March 26, 2021)
• March 31, 2021 • 1 CommentPosted in collectors, curator, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, library donors, memorabilia, Miami (Fla.), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: "Micky's Musings: Storage Company to Treasure Trove" (Members Only event), archival materials, archives, Betty Gutierrez, Coman Leonard, Dennis Curley, James F. Mathews III, Lea Nickless, Mary Hawk, Mathews family, Michel ("Mike") Bouvier Mathews, Mike Mathews, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photographs, Sarah King, Steve Forero-Paz, Washington Storage Company (Miami Beach Fla.), Washington Storage Company archive, Washington Storage employees, Wolfson Foundation
Weaponized Wit: WWI Lampoons of Kaiser Wilhelm
• September 4, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in 1915, American war propaganda, children's books, Children's propaganda books, displays, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, First World War (1914-1918), FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, History Department, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Pamela K. Harer, persuasive arts, political art, postcards, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: art handlers, Ayme Cameron, caricatures, cartoons, Charlie Chaplin, Christopher Stotts, collecting cards, Drawings, games, helmets, Henry Hacker, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), lanpoons, Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Moses, mustaches, Satire, Shoulder Arms (film : 1918), spiders, Stephanie Diaz, Steve Forero-Paz, student-curated exhibits, Wit As Weapon (Wolfsonian library installation), Yankee Doodle in Berlin (film : 1919)
The Making of…The Making of Miami Beach: New Wolfsonian–FIU Library Exhibit Opens Today
• September 18, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in exhibit cases, exhibitions, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, History Department, museums, photography, promotional materials, student curators, swimwear, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: art handlers, bathing attire, Bathing suits, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carlos Alejandro, Exhibition installation, Florida land boom, Florida Land bust, grand hotels, Great Hurricane of 1926, Great Miami Hurricane (1926), John S. Collins (1837-1928), Lummus brothers, luxury hotels, Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach Centennial, Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca (Exhibition), segregation, Steve Forero-Paz
THE DECO DECADES: THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY EXHIBIT
• June 17, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, architects, architecture, bars, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Historic Art Deco District (Miami Beach Fla.), hotels, Lawrence Wiggins III, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., restaurants, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, Art Deco (architecture), art handlers, Carlos Alejandro, deinstallation, drinking establishments, Entertainment, Exhibition installation, Five O'Clock Club, Henry Hohauser, Hotels, Latin Quarter, Lawrence Wiggins III, Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach Centennial, Modern architecture, Nicolae Harsanyi, Nightclubs, Steve Forero-Paz, tourism, tourists, Waldorf Towers (Miami Beach Fla.), Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
A CANAL IN CASES, OR, INSTALLING WONDERS NEVER CEASE AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• May 23, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in curator, curators, displays, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, Flagler Museum (Palm Beach), Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, museums, Panama Canal, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Exhibition)
Tags: art handlers, Carlos Alejandro, Exhibition installation, Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Panama Canal, Steve Forero-Paz, Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Wolfsonian Library exhibit: May-August 2014)
WELCOME ABOARD THE S.S. WOLFSONIAN FOR A SPECTACULAR FOOD AND WINE EXPERIENCE
• February 25, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in cruise ships, Cunard Line, curator, displays, donations, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, luggage labels, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: "behind the Scenes" tours, Andrew Carmellini, Anthony Bourdain, art handlers, Azamara Club Cruises, Bremen (Steamship), Brochures, Carlos Prado, Celebrity chefs, Clyde-Mallory Lines, Conte di Savoia, cruise ships, curators, Daniel Boulud, David McMillan, Eric Ripert, Exhibition designers, Francois Payard, Frederic Morin, Furness Bermuda Line, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Italia Flotte Riunite, Italian Line, Johannes Tysse, Laurence Miller, menus, museum events, Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), ocean liners, promotional literature, Rex (steamship), Richard Miltner, Roma (steamship), Royal Caribbean, Royal Packet Navigation Co., S.S. Wolfsonian, Silvia Barisione, South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Steve Forero-Paz, Swedish American Line, Thomas C. Ragan, United States Line
AIRSHIPS, SEAPLANES, AND FLYING MACHINES AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• October 18, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, airplanes, displays, documentaries, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Fascism, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, Italian design, Italy, library donors, memorabilia, Photograph albums, photography, political art, postcards, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, Vintage postcards, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: 1920s, air force, air shows, Airplane industry, airplanes, airships, Aristotle Ares, Art directors, art handlers, aviation, Aviators, Balloons and ballooning, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Besnier, biplanes, Carlos Alejandro, Clément Ader (1841-1925), Crowds, curators, Cyrano de Bergerac, dictators, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Edmond Rostand, Exhibition designers, fascist dictators, flight, Flying machines, France, Graf Zeppelin (airship), Helicopters, Henri Farman (1874-1958), Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), Hindenburg (airship), Hindenburg disaster, Hot-air balloons, Hydrogen gas balloons, Icarus, Industrie Aeronautique, Italo Balbo (1896-1940), Italy, James Taylor, Jean-Baptiste Dante de la Perouse, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lisa Li, Louis Blériot (1872-1936), Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Luftwaffe, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, LZ 129 Hindenburg, LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II (airship), March on Rome (October 1922), Marquis of Bacqueville, Michel Potop, Montgolfier brothers, Mylinh Nguyen, parachutes, Peter Clericuzio, Richard Miltner, Savoia Marchetti seaplanes, seaplanes, Silvia Barisione, Statue of Liberty, Steve Forero-Paz, Tato (1896-1974), transatlantic flights, v. Römer, Voison biplane, Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen (Germany), zeppelins
A RECEPTION IN THE WOLFSONIAN CAFÉ AND THEN “BACK TO WORK” IN THE LIBRARY
• February 16, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in American left artists, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, curator, David Almeida, displays, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, FDR, FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, leftist artists, library donors, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, political art, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, reception, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: art handlers, Back to Work: FDR and Labor's New Deal (Exhibit), Cathy Leff, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Describing Labor (exhibition), Esther Shalev-Gerz, exhibition installations, FIU Professor Emma Sordo, FIU Professor Victor Uribe, Great Depression, Iris Sanchez-Ruiz, James Taylor, labor movement, Longshoremen’s Strike (1936-1937), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Boat Show, Miami-Dade County schoolteachers, Rosita Maria Sosa, Sharon Misdea, Silvia Barisione, Steve Forero-Paz, strikes, Teaching American History Master's Degree Program, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture
GOOD NEIGHBOR FLEET EXHIBIT OPENS IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• June 2, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, Argentina, Brazil, collectors, cruise ships, Digital Library Specialist, Disney, displays, donations, exhibitions, Fascism, FDR, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Nazism, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, ocean liners, passenger ships, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: Ada Peacock, Animators, Aquarela do Brazil (cartoon), Argentine State Line, art handlers, ashtrays, Brazil, cartoons, CIAA, cruises, David Almeida, deck plans, Donald Duck, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Good Neighbor Fleet, Good Neighbor Policy, Goofy, illustrators, inaugural speeches, James Taylor, Jose Carioca, Laurence Miller, matchcovers, menus, Michel Potop, Moore-McCormack Lines, Musical cartoons, Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, postcards, S.S. Argentina, S.S. Brazil, S.S. Uruguay, Saludos Amigos (cartoon 1943), South America, Steve Forero-Paz, Thomas C. Ragan, Uruguay, Walt Disney
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