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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hoover/index.html
The web site for the American Experience program. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/index-1929-crash.html |
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http://www.newdeal75.org/
The mission of NewDeal75 is to heighten public awareness and appreciation of America 's New Deal experience, and the enduring legacy of the New Deal in America today." |
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http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/ |
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http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/ |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
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In addition to what is listed here, there is a preselected list of titles in the DHS Library on the "1930s." See the DHS Library Catalog >at http://library.dedham.k12.ma.us and choose "1930s" under the "Categories" tab at the top of the catalog page.
Be sure to do a keyword or subject search of our catalog for further information on specific topics of interest to you. |
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See vol. VIII: "The Great Depression and World War II."
Arranged A to Z, with a timeline at the back. Consult the Table of Contents for topics of interest to you: Great Depression, Dust Bowl, Women's status and rights, children, cities,movies,radio, migration, sports and many other topics. Includes biographies of important figures of the time, from Joe DiMaggio, Jesse Owens to the Roosevelts.
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- 973.917 FIT The New Deal: Rebuilding America, 2007. ****
From the series, “Snapshots in History:” Examines the New Deal, a plan designed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and enacted to help America recover from the Great Depression, discussing the events that led to it, how it was implemented, and the program's success.
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- REF 306.0973 BEA Beacham's Encyclopedia of Social Change: America in the Twentieth Century , 2001. 4 vols.
Focuses on more than forty topics on American society, including family, crime, fashion and leisure. See the Table of Contents for topics.
For each subject, there is information about what was happening during specific time periods. For example, under “Leisure,” there is an interesting article about 1930s entertainment, headed “Escape During Hard Times.”
There is a detailed timeline in the back of the 4th volume, plus a detailed index.
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- 973.917 TER Hard Times: An Oral History of the Depression , 1970. ****
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Recounts the experiences of six families and their communities as they struggle to survive the dust storms that terrorized America 's High Plains during the Great Depression.
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Arranged year by year, with essays on important events and developments. Consult the keyword index for subjects such as Great Depression, New Deal, and Dust Bowl.
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See volume 5: “1917-1953.” There are many pictures of the Great Depression and the New Deal.
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Original source material from the era,and photos.
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Chapter 16: “The Great Depression and the New Deal.” Surveys the whole history of the United States and includes hundreds of photographs and illustrations.
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From "The Twentieth Century" series; this title is a good overview of the era.
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Arranged chronologically: told through the words of eyewitnesses in diaries, private letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports.
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Includes personal accounts of riding the rails and of “Black Sunday” (the Dust Bowl).
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See vol. 14: “The Great Depression.”
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Volume 4: “1930-1940.” A photo-history.
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See the discussion of “The Great Depression and the New Deal” in vol. 2.
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See “The New Deal” in vol. 4.
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Lots of information for the 1930s. See "The Birth of Modernism, 1915-1949," with information year by year.
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Other Books of Interest |
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Includes several letters written by women during the 1930s.
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Explores how images in the media, including radio, film, magazine advertisements and mail order catalogs, influenced how women saw themselves in the 1930s and 1940s.
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See the chapter on the Great Depression.
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This 4 volume set includes 1930s trials such as the Scottsboro Trial and the Ulysses censorship trial.
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Includes key 1930s documents with explanations of their significance.
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- 810.9 HIL Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance, 2003.
Includes coverage of the Harlem riots and conditions in Harlem in the 1930s.
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Historic photos.
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Accounts of life in the ‘30s by those who were there. Includes a chapter on “ New England 's Tragic Towns.”
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Illustrated with contemporary prints & photos.
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973.917 WIN Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?, 1976.
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- B--Biographies of many 1920s individuals >search our catalog by name (keyword or subject).
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To see articles in the encyclopedia, type " Great Depression " or "New Deal" or other topic in the advanced search box.
See the sidebar on the left to navigate through the subtopics of main articles.
See the sidebar on the right of a main article to link to web sites, other articles in World Book, magazine articles, and more. (Usually, only longer articles offer these sidebar links.)
A search of "1930" in the encyclopedia will lead to many prominent people in the 1930s, including actors, jazz musicians and cartoonists.
To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS . |
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News and periodical articles from many sources.
To access this database from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click here for HOME ACCESS. You will need to select General OneFile from the database list, once you are logged in. |
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- Be patient : if the first few results don't look of interest, keep reading down the page! If this database doesn't produce good results for you, ask the Library staff for suggestions about others to try.
- Think of terms to use as keywords for your topic: "Great Depression," "New Deal ," "Dust Bowl," "Franklin Roosevelt" etc. There are many interesting specific events in the 1930s to explore: race relations and social justice (the great singer Marian Anderson's performance at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the right to sing at Washington's Constitution Hall, or the trial of the Scottsboro Boys), the public projects of the 1930s (WPA), the beginning of the Social Security system, the arts (cartooning, Broadway, Walt Disney, jazz, Duke Ellington, radio, Hollywood films, literature of the '30s), censorship (the trial involving Ulysses), sports (lots of highlights for baseball, boxing, golf and other sports including Joe DiMaggio, the Negro Leagues in baseball, Joe Louis in boxing, the story of Seabiscuit [horseracing], and Babe Didrickson, a golfer and one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth Century.)
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- You may want to try a subject search to explore subjects and subcategories by clicking the SUBJECT TAB at the top of the search page to "browse" a subject and explore its subheadings and related terms.
- Improvise as you go: look for new keywords or subject tags in the articles you find. You may find it helpful to look for keywords to describe your topic in the books listed above (especially The Encyclopedia of American History).
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- Not all the articles in this database are "full-text," so check the box to limit articles to "full-text" only.
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- Layout, help with searching: see HELP BOX at top of page + watch for TABS at the top of the page + DROP-DOWN MENUS next to SEARCH BOXES + SIDEBAR SEARCH SUGGESTIONS next to RESULTS.
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- USE TABS WHEN RESULTS COME BACK : Articles are grouped by type of material; use the tabs to move from one type of material to another.
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- MAGAZINES TAB > articles from general interest magazines.
- NEWS TAB >articles from many newspapers and newswires (but not all the articles in the New York Times or any articles in the Boston Globe , which must be searched separately in other DHS databases).
- MULTIMEDIA TAB >includes transcripts and podcasts, usually from National Public Radio.
- ACADEMIC JOURNALS TAB >includes articles from peer-reviewed and academic journals.
- BOOKS TAB >may also have material of interest,including reference material.
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To search for a specific person, bullet "Start of Last Name." Type last name FIRST in the search box. Click tabs to move from reference book material to magazines or web sites. Click over citations retrieved to open to full-text.
Use the TABS to move between result types: the "Biographies" tab contains full-text excerpts from reference sources; there are often web site suggestions and periodical articles under the "Websites" and ""Magazine Articles" tabs.
An Infotrac database. To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS . |
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****This is an eBook: check "search within this publication" under the search box and type "Great Depression" in the box to explore brief articles on 1930s culture, including the gangster John Dillinger, comic books, Big Bands, and many other topics.
The main article on the Great Depression has many links at the bottom of the article to other articles of interest.
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Use the eBook index to access articles on the Great Depression, New Deal etc. or use the search box and check 'search within this publication.'"
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Set the Table of Contents drop-down menu to "Modern World Part I" to access Difficult Years, with cross-references to other articles at the bottom of the article. |
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Last Updated 5/8/08/L.Davies
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