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GREAT DEPRESSION |
| America: From The Great Depression To World War II--Provides access to 160,000 black-and-white photographs. Photos document the effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl in rural America through the beginning of World War II. You can browse the collection by subject, creator, or geographic location. |
| America In The 1930s--A fascinating site about America lifestyle and culture of the 1930s. Visit the "1930s Timeline" for an overview (be sure to scroll all the way a cross the page). As you click on each year, you will discover important events in politics, science, culture, and world events. Explore the other sections for in-depth information on the life and times during the 1930s. |
| America's Great Depression--Great information on this time in history including a timeline, photos, music, causes and cures, facts and figures, other depressions, and additional links. |
| American History 1930-1939--Provides sections on art and architecture, literature, fashion and fads, music, events, and people of the time. Each section is written as a brief essay, with web links within the text in order to explore a particular topic further or read the full text of primary documents. The site also includes a quick facts box about the decade with typical life expectancy, average salary, and the average cost of food . Photographs are well selected and accompany the text. |
| A Case Of Unemployment--Any study of the Great Depression has to start with the economy. Examine the recessions, recoveries and facts about unemployment during the 1930s. |
| Main Causes Of The Great Depression --Brief summary of the causes of the Great Depression. |
| The Crash And The Great Depression--From American History 102 Outline and Lecture Notes, University of Wisconsin, this site provides information in a simple "note" format along with photographs and questions to think about. A Link to the next related topic is at the bottom of the text, The Great Depression And The New Deal and Dr. New Deal Or Dr. Win-The-War) as well as, links to related information. |
| The Crash Of 1929--Explaination of the 1929 stock market crash with reference to the devaluation of the Dow-Jones industrial average on October 19 1987. Stock Market Crash 1929 |
| Dust Bowl Years--A very interesting site! Here you will find links to Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Depression and Black Tuesday. Of particular interest are links to Flanders Fields, Mount Kilauea, The Oklahoma Panhandle, Dionne Quintuplets, Dust Pneumonia , and Okievilles and Hoovervilles. 1930's Dust Bowl |
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| Great Depression: A Decade of Hardship--"This website has information about the Great Depression, with many additional sites to explore on the topic. |
| Dorothea Lange--A brief profile of Lange and her work as well as links to some of her photographs. Dorothea Lange Collections - Oakland Museum Of California--A biography of Lange and a link to a slide show of her work. Dorothea Lange --A profile of Dorothea Lange and her work. Dorothea Lange Photographs--The Migrant Mother sequence with a brief discussion. |
| New Deal--A wonderful site with links to New Deal personalities, legislation, and photographers. New Deal Network--An educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s featuring a document library, photo library, archives, art, music and links. |
| New Deal For The Arts--During the Great Depression of the 1930's the Federal government, as one of its efforts to employ some of the millions of Americans then without work, supported the arts in unprecedented ways. This site offers a unique selection of artwork, documents, and photographs highlighting Depression era Federal arts projects. |
| Photographs Of The Great Depression--Photos are arranged by topic--Dust Storms, Farms For Sale, Relocating: On The Road, Migrant Workers, Women and Children, Life During the Depression, Unemployed, Breadlines and Soup Kitchens, and Civilian Conservation Corps . |
| Riding The Rails--Companion to PBS's "American Experience" program of the same name discusses the Great Depression phenomenon where more than 250,000 teenagers became hobos, living on the rails. Includes a Depression time line, a map of the routes, and a great section titled "Tales from the Rails". In Search Of The American Hobo--Introduction to the life of the hobo, a free-spirited, roaming character who first appeared in American culture between the Civil War and World War II. Do you know your Hobo signs and symbols?--The classic American hobo communicated by a code through which they gave information and warnings to their fellow Knights of the Road. Usually, these signs would be written in chalk or coal on a trestle, fence, building or sidewalk, letting others know what they could expect in the area of the symbol. See if you can figure out the meaning of some of these codes. Here is another link to Hobo Signs |
| Eleanor Roosevelt--A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. The American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt --An Eleanor Roosevelt site that includes a timeline, a biography with photos, maps, etc. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt --A portrait and a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR Cartoon Archive--An online archive of editorial cartoons from the Basil O'Conner collection at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. Character Above All - Franklin D. Roosevelt Essay--An account of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency with related links. USA: Index On Franklin Delano Roosevelt--Provides links to Franklin D. Roosevelt's Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union Addresses, etc. The President Franklin Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt--Links to information on the President serving during WWII. Franklin D. Roosevelt --A portrait and a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fireside Chats Of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Show Me The Money--Good set of links to all types of information |
| Snapshots--The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, Public Enemy #1, Bonus Army are the topics explored. |
| A Brief History Of Social Security--A very interesting site detailing the development of Social Security. A Brief History Of Social Security |
| Social Security Numbers--Interesting bits of information to find answers to such questions as-- How did the government first assign social security numbers to American workers? Who was issued the first card? Who designed the card? What do social security numbers stand for? Find out here. |
| Songs Of The Great Depression--Lyrics to songs that were popular during the 1920's and 30's. |
| Surviving The Dust Bowl--Introduces the Dust Bowl experience through well-chosen personal stories and poignant photographs. Includes a brief summary explaining how the government's New Deal initiative was created to restore health to the country's weak economy. |
| Timeline Of The Great Depression And The New Deal--A lengthy timeline covering the period leading up to the Depression, through the period right before World War Two. |
| Voices From The Dust Bowl--"This collection consists of audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and ephemera generated during two separate documentation trips supported by the Archive of American Folk Song." |
| Woody Guthrie And The Archive Of American Folk Song--"Presents a comprehensive site on Woody Guthrie, one of the first American Folk singers who wrote songs about the dust Bowl, migrant workers in California, and American life throughout the 1930's and 1940's. Though this site presents digital reproductions of Guthrie's prolific correspondence to family, friends, and officials, it also presents a brief yet effective biography: Rambling Round: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie. There is also a time line of his life that includes images. " Woody Guthrie: This Man Is Your Myth This Man Is My Myth--This attractively designed site addresses Guthrie the man, the musician, and the myth. Read a reflective biography of his childhood and early life in Okemah, OK. Includes sections dedicated to Guthrie's image as a Dust Bowl refugee, folk hero, American hero, and postmodern hero. Each section includes expressive photographs of Guthrie, 1930's America, and his artistic cartoons and paintings. |
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