Print Resources ~ Physical and digital books prepared by subject-area experts presenting primary and secondary source information as well as statistics, images, facts, and/or narrative.
- eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library:
~ American Decades: Search example: 1950s music, 1970s clothing, 1990s movies
~ American Decades Primary Sources
~ Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America
~ Search example: enter 1950s and music > Click Go > Select an article, image, or video.
~ Search example: 1950, 1920s fashion, 1960s
~ Easy-to-read articles similar to Britannica. Search example: enter 1960s and fashion > Click Go > Select an article, image, or video.
~ Reference, magazine/newspaper, and primary sources
~ Reference, magazine/newspaper, and primary sources
~ Each link below will list articles on all aspects of American life such as the arts, sports, fashion, music, etc.
1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s
20th Century
- American Cultural History by Decade ~ Click on a decade to view information, images, and more from American History. From the Kingwood College Library.
1900s - 1920s
See also: 1920s Pathfinder and Harlem Renaissance Pathfinder
- America 1900: American Experience ~ Images, information, and primary sources about American life at the turn-of-the century and through its first decade. The website companion to the PBS film.
- American Cultural History: 1900-1909 ~ Extensive set of links and information from the Kingwood College Library.
- American Cultural History: 1910-1919 ~ Extensive set of links and information from the Kingwood College Library.
- American Cultural History: 1920-1929 ~ Extensive set of links and information from the Kingwood College Library.
- American Memory Collections: 1900-1929 ~ 76 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life during the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s.. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
- Chicago "Black Sox" Scandal of 1919 ~ Information and images from the Chicago History Museum.
- Chicago Daily News Photographs (1902-1933) ~ "This collection comprises over 55,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News." American Memory, Library of Congress.
- The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 ~ From the Chicago Public Library.
- The Chicago Strike of 1905 ~ An illustrated article about a large strike of garment and textile workers, taken from The World's Work, Vol. 10, 1905.
- Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era ~ A collection of images, commentary, and links to sites that document the lives and struggles of coal miners in the early 1900s.
- Early Baseball Pictures, 1860s-1920s ~ Click on a subheading in the box to view images of baseball from the 1860s through the 1920s.
- Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 ~ A collection "including 3042 pieces of sheet music published in America. It presents a wide variety of types of music. Illustrations provide an important source of information for popular contemporary ideas on politics, patriotism, race, religion, love, and sentiment." American Memory, Library of Congress.
- Historic American Sheet Music: 1900-1909 ~ This digital images are from a larger collection of sheet music, published in America between 1850 and 1920. This section covers the first decade of the 20th Century.
- Jazz Age Chicago: Urban Leisure from 1893 to 1945 ~ Information "concerned with the everyday social and cultural experiences of Chicagoans during the 1920s and 1930s."
- Of Men & Their Elegance The Costumer's Manifesto ~ Images and commentary of male clothing styles that were popular during the 1890s-1930s.
- Pulp Fiction Central ~ "Pulp fiction magazines were the main source of everyday entertainment for the masses during the first half of the 20th Century. These magazines delivered action and heroes that were some of the most creative in literary history."
- Small Town America: 1850-1920 ~ 12,000 photographs of the Mid-Atlantic states from the 1850s to the 1910s. "The views show buildings and street scenes in cities, towns, and villages as well as natural landscapes. They also depict agriculture, industry, transportation, homes, businesses, local celebrations, natural disasters, people, and costumes." American Memory, Library of Congress.
- Temperance and Prohibition ~ Images and information from the Department of History, The Ohio State University.
- Touring Turn-of-the-Century America ~ Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, American Memory, Library of Congress.
1930s
- American Memory Collections: 1930-1949 ~ 50 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life during the 30s and 40s. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
- Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America (1935-1955) ~ Over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, homes of notable Americans, and of several U.S. presidents, as well as color images of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. American Memory, Library of Congress.
- California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the 1930s ~ A multicultural collection that includes sound recordings, still photos, drawings and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California. American Memory, Library of Congress.
- Pulp Fiction Central ~ "Pulp fiction magazines were the main source of everyday entertainment for the masses during the first half of the 20th Century. These magazines delivered action and heroes that were some of the most creative in literary history."
- Woodie Guthrie ~ A popular folk singer and writer of the Thirties and Forties who had a major influence on American life, including Sixties rock music. Wrote: "This Land Is Your Land." Information from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
1940s
- American Memory Collections: 1930-1949 ~ 50 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life during the 30s and 40s. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
1950s
- American Memory Collections: 1950-1969 ~ 26 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life during the 50s and 60s. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
- The American 1950s ~ Large set of links to resources related to the culture and politics of the 1950's. Primary sources, images, and commentary. University of Pennsylvania.
1960s
- American Memory Collections: 1950-1969 ~ 26 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life during the 50s and 60s. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
- The Psychedelic '60s ~ Literature, music, primary sources, and images from the University of Virginia Library.
- A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law (1965-1971) ~ This photographic exhibition examines themes from the 1960s counterculture. It was created to help "better understand that era within its own cultural context."
1970s
- American Memory Collections: 1970-present ~ 19 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life from the 1970s to the present.. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
1980s
- American Memory Collections: 1970-present ~ 19 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life from the 1970s to the present.. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
1990s
- American Memory Collections: 1970-present ~ 19 collections of primary sources, images, sound recordings, and information about American life from the 1970s to the present.. Click on a collection to start viewing its contents.
N.
Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center,
Park Ridge, IL
Created: 3/7/07 Last update: 3/18/09 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org