History 332 (1929 - 1941)

The Great Depression and the New Deal

 

Reference (print)  | Reference (online)  |  Books  |  Magazines and newspapers  | Web sites

Reference (print)

American Decades (1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949) – R 973.92 A512
Annals of America – vols. 15-16 (primary sources) – R 973 A613
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and the New Deal – vols. 1-2 – R 973.917 C5733 e
The FDR Years – R 973.917 P3714 f
Franklin D. Roosevelt: His Life and Times, An Encyclopedic View – R 973.917 F8317
The Great Depression – vols.1-3 – R 973.917 G786
The Great Depression – R 973.91 B9542 g, 2005
The Great Depression in America: A Cultural Encyclopedia – R 973.91 Y784 g
Historical Dictionary of the New Deal: From Inauguration to Preparation for War – R 973.917 H6734
The New Era and the New Deal, 1920 1940 – R 016.97391 B9593 n


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Reference (online)

American National Biography (also in print) – Portraits of more than 17,400 American men and women.

History Database Center – Includes biographies, subject entries, chronologies, primary sources, maps and charts, and images.

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Books/Monographs

The following books are non-reference sources that deal broadly with the subject of United States History 1929 - 1941 (sometimes referred to as overviews):

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?: the Great Depression, 1929-1933 – floor 2 – 973.916 M5287 b 1977
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940 – floor 2 – 973.91 K998 d, 2004
The Great Depression : America in the 1930s – floor 2 – 973.917 W3358 g   
The Great Depression : America, 1929-1941 – floor 2 – 973.916 M1525 g  
The Great Depression and the New Deal – floor 2 – 973.92 H658 g
A Nation in Torment: the Great American Depression, 1929-1939 – floor 2 – 973.917 E47 n
The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression – floor 2 – 973.916 S6485 s

To find other relevant books, do a subject search using specific SUBJECT headings such as:

United States – Social Conditions – 1933-1945
United States – Politics and Government – 1933 - 1945
New Deal, 1933 – 1939
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882 - 1945

 

You can also put in names of specific people or events in a keyword search. Pay attention as well to other headings given to books you find on your topic. Also browse the shelf area where you find books on your subject.

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Magazines and Newspapers

Below are magazine and newspaper sources that are available in databases online. An asterisk (*) indicates a database containing primary source material.

JSTOR – Full text of more than 750 journals.

* The Nation Archive – The Nation magazine, 1865 on.

* ProQuest Historical Newspapers – Search the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Daily World, Pittsburgh Courier, and Chicago Defender.

* Reader's Guide Retrospective – Indexing only (no full-text) for 370 magazines, 1890-1982.

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Web Sites

The websites selected here are reliable, relevant sources for researching the subject of United States History 1929 - 1941 and related subjects.  An asterisk (*) indicates a site containing primary source material.

America in the 1930s – This University of Virginia production features a museum for American studies, cultural maps, on-going hypertext projects, an electronic classroom, and special features.

* American Life Histories 1936 to 1940 – WPA Folklore Project – Written by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940, this Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and morals, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations.

Breadline 1929 to 1939 – Part of PBS's People's Century television series, this site explores the massive unemployment in America during the Depression and offers interviews and a timeline.

* Depression Papers of Herbert Hoover – A large collection with many sections: Tariffs and Agriculture, Economic Stability Program, Relief, Unemployment and Public Works, The Dust Bowl, Banks & Finance, The Federal Budget, Economic Recovery Measures, and the Bonus March.

* The New Deal Network – Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute – The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI), in collaboration with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Marist College, and IBM, launched the New Deal Network (NDN). The site features 20,000 items: photographs, speeches, letters, documents, and exercises from the New Deal era.

* Voices from the Dust Bowl – Library of Congress – This site documents the everyday life of residents in central California in 1940 and 1941. There are audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, related sources, and more.

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