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| Collection Name | Education by Design |
| View Collection at | http://digital.browardlibrary.org/wpa/ |
| Description | Education by Design is an online exhibit and image database of over 700 historic educational visual aids 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. These educational visual aids are significant, not only for their aesthetic beauty, but also as cultural and historical artifacts. All these 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.
Dublin Core records describe the original, physical piece rather than the digital image representing the artifact. There are extensive notes on cataloging, including a data dictionary, DC / MARC Crosswalk and file-naming conventions. |
| Topics Included | History of education; History of Broward County; Cultural and historical artifacts; Visual aids |
| Organization | Broward County Library; |
| Type of Organization | Public library; K-12 library; |
| City | Fort Lauderdale |
| State | Florida |
| Country | United States; |
| Primary Sources | Catalogs; Architectural models; Dioramas; Industrial models; Jigsaw puzzles; Miniature furniture models; Plaques; Lantern slides; Posters; Realia including: Hand puppets; Marionettes; Dolls; Figurines; Toys; Industrial and Architectural models; Posters; Broadsides; Play scripts; Furniture models; Costume plates; Quilt patterns; Lantern slides; Dioramas; Books; and Textiles. |
| Format of Digital Files | jpg; tif; pdf |
| Project Support | The images from this unique collection were made available to the public through a 2001 National Leadership grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership and a lifetime of learning. |
