Broward County Libraries Division's
BIENES CENTER FOR THE LITERARY ARTS, The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
is pleased to announce the launching of the online exhibit and image database:
"EDUCATION BY DESIGN"
digital.browardlibrary.org/wpa
"Education by Design" is an online exhibit and image database of over 700 historic educational visual aids created for use by tax-supported schools, libraries, and museums during the late 1930s-early 1940s by the WPA's Museum Extension Project. The unique collection is owned by the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts: The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library located at Broward County Main Library in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All the items were produced under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal jobs creation program, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), founded in 1935. The agency was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939 and operated until June, 1943.
The digitization of these historic artifacts was made possible through a National Leadership grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership and a lifetime of learning.
James A. Findlay
Broward County Main Library
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts
The Dianne & Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library
100 S. Andrews Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-357-8692 (voice)
954-357-6762 (fax)
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www.broward.org/bienes
Broward County Libraries Division
(A Service of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners)
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