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The Great Depression: History 499 A bibliography of selected works at the Western Washington University Libraries
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united states-history-1933-1945 united states-social conditions-1919-1933, or 1933-1945 united states-politics and government-1933-1945 new deal depressions-1929-united states
Keyword Search Terms depression era dust bowl new deal 1930’s and riots, strikes, labor unrest, protest, violence Primary Source Materials Once you have identified the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading, you can pair that heading with specific subheadings that identify materials as primary sources. Some of the subheadings are: correspondence diaries early works to 1800 interviews oral history pamphlets periodicals personal narratives sources
depression era dust bowl new deal 1930’s and riots, strikes, labor unrest, protest, violence
Primary Source Materials
Once you have identified the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading, you can pair that heading with specific subheadings that identify materials as primary sources.
Some of the subheadings are:
"Primary Source Research at WWU" - Bibliographic guide prepared at the Western Libraries Newspapers & Research Guides Guides to Newspaper Collections Newspapers at the WWU Libraries -- 1900 +
American Decades (v.4, 1930-1939) Reference E 169.12 A419 v.4 An encyclopedic look at each decade in American history, this work provides chronologies by year of major events, brief discussions on events, and includes references to primary sources and documents.
The Annals of America: v. 15. 1929-1939: The Great Depression E173.A793
The Depression and New Deal : a history in documents Reference E806.M43 2000
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and the New Deal Reference E806.C543 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century Reference E740.7.E53 1996 5 vols.
Great Events From History: North American Series Reference E45.G74 1997 4 vols.
Harvard Guide to American History Reference E178.H27 1974 2 vols.
Herbert Hoover: A Bibliography of His Times and Presidency Reference E801.B87 1991
Historical Dictionary of the 1920s: From World War I to the New Deal, 1919-1933 Reference E784.O44 1988
Historical Dictionary of the New Deal: From Inauguration To Preparation For War Reference E806 .H58 1985
The Age of Insecurity: America, 1920-1945; Interpretive Articles and Documentary Sources E784.D5
American Dream in the Great Depression E 169.1 H32
The American Police State: The Government Against the People JK 468.I6 W49
Americans View Their Dust Bowl Experience (online access - Netlibrary)
Angry Voices: Left-of-Center Politics in the New Deal Era E 806.M18
Art For The Millions; Essays From the 1930s By Artists and Administrators of the WPA Federal Art Project N8838.O25
As We Saw the Thirties: Essays On Social and Political Movements E 806.S553
A Boyhood in the Dust Bowl, 1926-1934 Online Access - Netlibrary
Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression TC557.5.H6 D86 1993
Bylines In Despair: Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression and the U.S. News Media E 802.L52
The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942; A New Deal Case Study SD143.S27
The Critical Press and the New Deal: The Press Versus Presidential Power, 1933-1938 E806.B493 1993
The Depression and the Urban West Coast, 1929-1933: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland HB37.17.1929. M85 1991
Depression Decade; From New Era Through New Deal, 1929-1941 HC103 .E25 v.9
The Depression in the Southwest HB37.17.1929.D45
Depression, Recovery, and War, 1929-1945 Series Documentary History of American Life E173.D58 v.7
Down & Out in the Great Depression: Letters From the "Forgotten Man" E169.D746 1983
The Dream and the Deal; The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943 E175.4.W9 M3
The Dust Bowl: An Agricultural and Social History S441.H92
Economics In the Long Run: New Deal Theorists and Their Legacies, 1933-1993 HB87.R67 1997
Federal Art and National Culture: The Politics of Identity in New Deal America N8838.H37 1995
Franklin D Roosevelt And The Era Of The New Deal / Series - search as title in Library Catalog for individual titles & call numbers
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 E806.L475
The Great Depression [video recording] 7 vols. Video E806 .G73 1993
The Great Depression and the New Deal: Legislative Acts In Their Entirety (1932-1933) and Statistical Data (1926-1946) KF 6011.A3
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression HX 91.A2 K45
Hard Times; An Oral History of the Great Depression E806.T45
Historical Materials in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Gov. Doc. Haggard 2 AE 1.102:H 62/5
Hitting Home: The Great Depression In Town and Country E 801.S7
Main Street In Crisis: The Great Depression and the Old Middle Class on the Northern Plains E 801.S7
A Nation In Torment: The Great American Depression E 801.E7
The New Deal; A Documentary History E806.L478 1968b
The New Deal: America's Response to the Great Depression E806 .E456 2000
The New Deal and World Affairs; A Chronicle of International Affairs, 1933-1945 E806 .N365
The New Deal Fine Arts Projects: A Bibliography, 1933-1992 Ref. N8837 .K35 1994
New Deal Thought E806.Z5
Official Images: New Deal Photography TR820.5.O33 1987
Portraits from the New Deal, published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press Gov. Doc. Haggard SI 11.2:P 83
Posters of the WPA Oversize NC1807.U5 D46 1987
The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression E 801.S6
Strike Songs of the Depression ML3780 .L96 2001
Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression E 806.B75
WPA Artwork in Non-federal Repositories. Gov Information GS 6.2:W 89x
The WPA Historical Records Survey: A Guide to the Unpublished Inventories, Indexes, and Transcripts E173.H543 1980
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If you need to find a person to research:
American National Biography / Reference CT213.A68 1999 24 vols. Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774-1977 / Reference E176.B576 Dictionary of American Biography / Reference E176.D56
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (campus access) A consolidated online index to biographical sketches in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Check our Library Catalog for holdings. Biography Index / Reference CT104.B54 This index refers you to books & book chapters, or journals articles which contain biographical information. Search by the name of the person you are researching.
These are often indexed by biographical indexes such as the BGMI, or through the Library Catalog, and include brief paragraphs or short essays on many personalities, usually arranged alphabetically by name, by time period, or by career.
America: History & Life (1964 - ) A bibliographic database indexing scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. The scope includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, as well as book and media reviews.
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (campus access) Indexes current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Check our Library Catalog for holdings of books cited.
Index to Book Reviews in Historical Periodicals Reference D 1.I5, 1972-1977
JSTOR Digitized, complete full-text backfiles of core scholarly journals across the disciplines.
New York Times Index (1851 to Present) Wilson 2W Microform Index AI21.N48
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) (1972-) Contains over 400,000 citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories. Includes the PAIS Bulletin (1976-90), PAIS Foreign Language Index (1972-90). PAIS International In Print (1915-), the Directory of Periodicals/Publishers (1990), are located in the library, Reference HB1.A1 P823.
Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature Reference AI3.P7.1958 1802-1906.
Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890 -1982) contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
Readers Guide to Periodical Literature Reference AI3.R4, 1900 to date. Provides retrospective coverage with print edition.
Sociological Abstracts (1963- ) The electronic version of Sociological Abstracts and Social Planning, Policy, and Development Abstracts (SOPODA), this indexes and abstracts the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines. In print, the Library holds Sociological Abstracts, Wilson 1 East, 1953-1993.
Writings on American History , 1902; 1903; 1912; 1918-1937; 1943; 1948-1961; 1962/73- Ref. E178 .W955
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New Deal Network "On-Line Resources on the Great Depression and New Deal" - meta site "The New Deal Network is an educational web site sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University.
America From the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs From the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945.
America in the 1930s "America in the 1930s was created in June 1998 for the American Studies Program at the University of Virginia. The project views the 1930s through the lenses of its films, radio programs, literature, journalism, museums, exhibitions, architecture, art, and other forms of cultural expression."
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.
"Been Here So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives
Center for New Deal Studies Roosevelt University, contains a book collection on the Roosevelt's and the New Deal, photographs, videotapes, oral histories, manuscript collections, and ephemera.
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy "The Avalon Project (Yale Law School) contains digital documents (pre-eighteenth century to the modern period) relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government, linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text. Inclusion of controversial documents does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors. They are included for balance and because in some cases they are by our definition a supporting document."
"The Library of Congress - AMERICAN MEMORY: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library"
The Making of America "A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the Antebellum Period through Reconstruction."
National Archives and Records Administration "Includes documents of our government -- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, and other important documents."
"A New Deal for the Arts," Online Exhibit of the National Archives
Voices From The Dust Bowl - American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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