Great Depression Project Internet Sources

Depression Project Internet Resources

Below are internet resources you can tap into for your project. From these sources, you will need to find a photograph or painting; a poem or set of song lyrics; and a personal history.

PHOTOGRAPHS

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/fsowhome.html

http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/picturing_the_century/galleries/greatdep.html

Paintings http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/artgallery.htm

Lots of murals! http://www.wpamurals.com/

POETRY

Literature (including poetry) of the Great Depression from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie/archive/subjects.htm

Poetry by and about hoboes
http://www.geocities.com/beach_hobos/poetry.html

California folk music from the Thirties
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html

Voices from the Dust Bowl
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

Songs of the Great Depression
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/cherries.html

Songs from the 1920's and 1930’s
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/depress.html

Songs you can listen to
http://www.parlorsongs.com/issues/1998-10/oct98feature.asp

PERSONAL HISTORIES

Selected personal stories

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html type”Great Depression” in the search window

Two personal stories (click on "Recent History") http://library.thinkquest.org/3483/Rhist/gd.html

American Life Histories compiled by the Federal Writers Project 1936-1940
http://rs6.loc.gov/wpaintro/wpahome.html

One person's Christmas story http://www.caller2.com/autoconv/slongoria98/slongoria12.html

OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION

A whole bunch of cool sites under one roof--good background
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/1930s/

Very cool timeline of events between 1929 and 1941 http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/frames.htm

Maps and Charts http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/about.htm

Radio, Comics, Movies of the 1930’s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/home_1.html

Hobo signs (told transients what to expect in a place) http://www.worldpath.net/~minstrel/hobosign.htm

Prices,then and now http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19268_20778-52530--,00.html

Calculate for inflation http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

Excellent dictionary and FAQ for Of Mice and Men http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/

Back to The Great Depression Project page

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/dime/history.html