Endowments; Exhibitions; Multiculturalism; New York (N.Y.); New York (State); Carnegie Corporation of New York; University of the State of New York
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
between 1920 and 1921
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 78
Note
The Book of America's Making Exposition Held at the 71st Regiment Armory, New York, October 29th-November 12th, 1921 Under the Auspices of City and State Departments of Education, New York ...Our Organization In times past much has been said of what A merica has done for the immigrant. In America's Making we tell what the immigrant has done for America. The focus of attention is shifted. The immigrants themselves are asked to look at the present and the future - not the past; to feel and to show themselves part of this new nation which we all - Americans of many origins - in common purpose, each in our own distinctive capacity, are helping to build. The plan of America's Making was organized by a central body of people with the help of thirty-two volunteer groups. Its purpose is to show in popular form by means of exhibits and pageantry the most important historical, economic and cultural contributions that Americans of various descent, from the original colonists down to the present, have made to the American nation - thus to deepen our common understanding of the ideals of our country. Committees of Americans whose ancestors came from countries over thirty in number, organized to participate in the drama of a nation's life. Each group conceived, arranged and financed its own exhibit. No measure can be taken of the devotion of these busy men and women who have given time and thought unstintingly and voluntarily over a long period of months to prepare their contribution of art, their Festival of dance and song and tableau, that all the land might know what was their part in the great American story..." [SOURCE: America's Making, Inc. The book of America's Making Exposition. City and State Departments of Education, 1921, pp. 6, 9. Smithsonian Libraries, doi:10.5479/sil.440830.39088007414410. Accessed 19 Sep. 2018.]