Professor Hamilton's Diary: March 5, 1935
He assembles his Mexican artifacts; FDR's cabinet touts achievements
Despite a full schedule of teaching and all the sickness at home, Professor Hamilton arranged an exhibit of Mexican arts and crafts in a display at Albright College. He wrote that they included “my rugs, jewelry, straw horse, etc.” and some Guadalajaran pottery borrowed from a neighbor. A short article in the Reading Times said the collection also included “rare old prints,” beading and paintings.
The professor was preparing for a slide presentation on Mexico that he would give to the college auxiliary the next day. The souvenir creamer and sugar bowl here are from Guadalajara is being offered by a vendor on etsy.
“Margaret is still ill but Mother and I tried to make things go,” he wrote. “In the afternoon, Rev. Dr. MacMillan called and inquired for the sick.”
The achievements of the New Deal were touted by members of the president’s cabinet in a wire story that ran in the Reading Times today. Two years into the first term of FDR’s presidency, things were certainly better. But how much?
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