Almost every day new books arrive at the Library to be processed and then placed on the shelf or in your hands. Take a look at some of the books that have arrived most recently at the Library. Ask for more titles at the Research Services Desk!
New in Pop Culture
Carpenters: An Illustrated Discography by Randy L. Schmidt
Entertaining with Disney: Exceptional Events from Mickey Mouse to Moana! by Amy Croushorn
The Way We All became the Brady Bunch: How the Canceled Sitcom became the Beloved Pop Culture Icon We are still Talking about Today by Kimberly Potts
New in History
Army of the Roman Emperors by Thomas Fischer
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion by Hilary Davidson
Women: The National Geographic Image Collection introduction by Susan Goldberg, editor in chief of National Geographic magazine
New in the Humanities
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham by Howard Phillips Lovecraft ; edited with a foreword and notes by Leslie S. Klinger with additional research by Janet Byrne
Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem by Michael Schmidt
The Pre-Raphaelites by Aurélie Petiot ; translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd.
New in Travel and Geography
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton
The Globetrotter: Victorian Excursions in India, China and Japan by Amy Miller
Wanderlust: A Traveler’s Guide to the Globe by Philippe Gloaguen
In response to the economic turmoil of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt called for the creation of several assistance agencies. One of these was the Resettlement Administration (RA) created in 1935. The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was created out of the RA in 1937. This agency was formed to help struggling farmers and sharecroppers. It’s historical section was headed by Roy Stryker. He organized a team of photographers who documented hardships across the country, especially in the Midwest and California. Many of the black and white images they created such as Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” are well known. Not so familiar are the color photographs that were taken of farmers, workers, and children. In a new book called New Deal Photography, USA 1935-1943 author Peter Walther has created a survey of the work done by the photographers of the FSA. These images vividly show the hard life of many ordinary people during a time of great struggle in America. A few of the images can be seen