SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

American History Online
Under Learning Centers, click on THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Modern World History Online
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.
To use Modern World History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Biography Resource Center
For information about a person, use Biography Resource Center, one of the InfoTrac databases.
To use Biography Resource Center at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

WEB SITES

American Cultural History 1930-1939
An overview of the decade from the Kingwood (Texas) College Library.

The Great Depression & World War II, 1929-1945
The Library of Congress American Memory Collection presents an excellent overview of the Great Depression in photographs.

Stock Market Crash of 1929
Learn how the Stock Market Crash ushered in the Great Depression.

Looking Back at the Crash of '29
The New York Times looks back at the Stock Market Crash of 1929, including the front page news from the 1929 New York Times.

Hoovervilles
What are they? How did they happen?

Fashions of the 1930s
Magazine illustrations and real photos (primary sources) from the thirties. Ignore the many ads on this site...

The Depression News: The 1930's
A companion to a museum exhibit on the unemployment and relief programs instigated by Roosevelt under the New Deal, featuring activities for teachers and students.

America in the 1930's
From the University of Virginia, a look at the 1930's through the lenses of its films, radio programs, literature, journalism, museums, exhibitions, architecture, art, etc.

Teenage Hoboes in the Great Depression
See photographs and listen to first-hand accounts in this exhibit from the National Heritage Museum.

Voices from the Thirties - Life Histories from the Federal Writers' Project
A history of the Federal Writers' Project (a New Deal Program) illustrated with period photos.

Prohibition
The Anti-Saloon League was a major force in the crusade to make alcoholic beverages illegal.

Temperance & Prohibition
Essays, information and images related to the history of prohibition in the U.S. from the Ohio State Univ. Dept. of History.

The Dust Bowl
Documentary photographs with texts adapted from oral history interviews with Dust Bowl Survivors.

The Dust Bowl
Primary sources, including photos, film clips, interviews, etc.

Voices from the Dust Bowl
From the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Information from the FDR Presidential Library and Museum.

Hoover Online
Access for students to the Herber Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.

1932 Presidential Election
Dave Leip's Atlas of Presidential Elections. Under the "General by Year" menu, choose 1932.

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updated 01/29/2008