I rec'd this from Danna Bell-Russel <[log in to unmask]> via the Material
Culture listserv. Since the subject matter could pertain to NY, I felt it
was appropriate to forward it.

Bonnie Glickman, Rochester NY
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> Good Afternoon,
>
> This announcement is being sent to a number of lists; please accept our
> apologies for any duplicate announcements.
>
> Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy,
> 1921-1929, an online compilation made possible with the generous support
> of Laurance S. and Mary French Rockefeller, assembles a broad array of
> Library of Congress source materials documenting the prosperity of the
> Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and
> the role of government in this transition.
>
> The collection materials draw attention on the one hand to business
> concerns, such as advertising, marketing, merchandising, and
> industrialization, and on the other to popular notions about responsible
> consumerism, thriftiness, and efficiency in the home. The collection
> also focuses on President Coolidge’s idea of government, and on
> Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover's standardization initiatives.
> Other materials document groups that could not participate fully in the
> emergent consumer economy, notably farmers and immigrants.  Collection
> materials suggest connections among some of the key technological
> developments, government structures,
> social organizations, and cultural assumptions that worked together to
> reinforce the mass consumer economy.
>
> Among items of special interest are research studies and manuscript
> materials that document the spending habits of African Americans, the
> activities of African American businesses, and the northward migration
> in search of better opportunities.  Other notable materials include
> information on consumer activism; studies of urban and rural women as
> consumers; selections from the papers of Edward L Bernays, a founding
> father of public relations; and the diaries of White House physician
> Joel T. Boone, giving his private view of the Coolidge family.
>
> The collection is in a variety of formats and includes nearly 200
> selections from twelve collections of personal papers and two
> collections of institutional papers from the Manuscript Division of the
> Library of Congress; 74 books, pamphlets, and legislative documents from
> the General Collections, along with selections from 34 consumer and
> trade journals; over 60 speeches by Coolidge, 8 of which are published
> here for the first time; 181 photographs from the National Photo Company
>
> Collection held by the Prints and Photographs Division; and 5 short
> films and 7 audio selections of Coolidge speeches from the Motion
> Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
>
> The collection is accompanied by an alphabetically arranged guide
> providing information about prominent individuals, organizations,
> concepts, and publications of the Coolidge era replete with hyperlink
> pointers to collection materials.
>
> Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer
> Economy1921-1929 can be found at the following URL:
> http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html
>
> Please send any questions about this collection to [log in to unmask]