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The Pledge to the People: Artifacts from the New Deal
Tue, November 2, 2021
2:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
View rarely seen primary source documents published by the federal government as part of the New Deal! As a presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, Franklin Delano Roosevelt pledged a new deal for the American people as a way of addressing the problems associated with the depression. As…
What Should a *New* New Deal Be?
Mon, November 8, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The "New Deal" is now shorthand for the wide-ranging federal investment in the 1930s in work relief programs, infrastructure spending, regulatory reforms, and economic and community recovery efforts. It was this country's political and popular response to the national despair of…
Art of the New Deal: Lunchtime Zoom
Wed, November 10, 2021
12:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
at
Parkway Central Library
The Print and Picture Collection and Art Department will present and discuss library artifacts created by artists for multiple federal projects of the New Deal era. In conjunction with the library exhibition For The Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited. Please RSVP here to receive a…
Art of the New Deal: Lunchtime Zoom
Wed, November 10, 2021
12:00 P.M.
Art Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Print and Picture Collection and Art Department will present and discuss library artifacts created by artists for multiple federal projects of the New Deal era. In conjunction with the library exhibition For The Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited. Please RSVP here to receive a…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
at
Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…