The Great Depression and the 1930’s
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Prepared by G. Haan and N. Mellendorf, Librarians April 2005 |
Print Sources
- Most print resources on the Great Depression will be located in 973.917
- Most print resources on the 1930’s will be located in 909.823
- Print resources on specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog for books.
- Be
sure to cite your sources using Works
Cited information.
Databases and Online
Encyclopedias
- Search Discovering Collection for articles and images on topics such as Prohibition and the Dust Bowl.
- Search Encarta Encyclopedia for articles and images on topics such as Jim Crow Laws and the Stock Market Crash.
- Use the Start Menu > Programs > Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia.
- Search Encyclopedia Britannica for articles and images. See a librarian for username/passwords.
- Be
sure to cite your sources using Works
Cited information.
Internet Resources
Actors and Actresses
Capote, Truman
Dust Bowl
Farming in the 1930s – from Wessel’s Living History Farm
Great Depression
American Cultural History: 1930-1939
The Great
Depression – from the English Department of the
Photographs of the Great Depression
Timelines
of the Great Depression – Scroll down to reach the 1930s
Hitler, Adolph
Hoovervilles
Hoovervilles – Photograph collage
Jim Crow Laws
Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Guide to Black History – Click on SUBJECT BROWSE > Click on CIVIL RIGHTS, LAW & SOCIETY >
Scroll down to JIM CROW LAW
People of the Jim Crow era – personal stories of the people of the Jim Crow era
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow – and interactive timeline of segregation
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow – key moments and events of the Jim Crow era
Sample Jim Crow Laws – a list of actual laws grouped by category and state
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan – information from Bartleby.com, an online encyclopedia
Ku Klux Klan – information from Infoplease.org, an online encyclopedia
Ku Klux Klan – information from Wikipedia.com, an online encyclopedia
Lee, Harper
Lindbergh, Charles
New Deal
New Deal - Photographs
and images
New Deal Network – Extensive information about
the Roosevelt administration and the New Deal
Photo Gallery –
Photographs and images
New York World’s Fair
New York World’s Fair –
photos and images
Iconography of
Hope: the New York World’s Fair – Click on the image to go to a menu of
information
Owens, Jesse
Jesse Owens – the Official Jesse Owens web site
Photographs
Alcohol,
Temperance, and Prohibition – from
Hoovervilles – Photograph collage
New Deal - Photographs
and images from the FDR Presidential library
New York World’s Fair – photos and images
Photographs of the Great Depression – a wide variety of pictures
Photographs of the New Deal – a wide variety of photos and images
The
Biography of
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Biography of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential
Library and Museum
Franklin
and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Temperance and
Prohibition
Alcohol,
Temperance, and Prohibition – from
The Scottsboro Trial:
Famous
American Trials: The Scottsboro Boys
The
Greatest Trials of All Time: the
Scottsboro Boys
Stock Market Crash
of 1929
Looking
Back at the Crash of ’29
Stock Market Crash of 1929 – from PBS
Work Projects Administration (WPA):
Interviews
and photos from the Federal Writer’s Project (part of the WPA)
WPA
Life Histories from Alabama: Manuscripts from the Federal Writer’s Project
Search 
Be sure to cite your sources using Works
Cited information.