Category: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

Refined by: (Author) Ellen Terrell; (Year) 2023

three carrier wearing the uniforms and hats are each loaded down with with packages to be delivered

Visions of Packages Danced in Their Heads

December 19, 2023

Christmas is a busy season for the Post Office and provides a good opportunity highlight the photo collections related to the mail held by the Library.

Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

photo has three items along the top is a beaded choker featuring a stylized eagle bottom left is a lapel pin and ribbon the ribbon says "MEMBER UNITED FARM WORKS OF AMERICA AFL-CIO 1st Constitutional Convention September 21-23 1973 FRESNO California" the pin says United Farm Works of America AFL-CIO with the stylized eagle on the bottom right is a campaign type button featuring the same stylized eagle that says "bycott non-union lettuce"

New “This Month in Business History” Entries for United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta

November 13, 2023

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

The Business Reference project This Month in Business History has three new entries that feature United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta.

Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History

Roosevelt wearing a suit with a bowtie sits at a desk with some open papers in front of him along with a microphone to speak into and a phone off to the right side

That First Fireside Chat was All About the Banks

March 12, 2023

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

The Great Depression brought a lot of turmoil to American banks and in 1933 President Roosevelt created a "bank holiday" as a way for the government to stabilize the situation; he then took to the radio to explain the situation in his first Fireside Chat.

Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

Refined by: (Author) Ellen Terrell; (Year) 2023