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Resources
Materials used in the Grandparent/Elder Project are drawn from the following collections:
American Memory
The American Memory
collections contain many primary sources for the study of the twentieth century,
as well as introductory materials and search guides to aid in locating twentieth
century materials. Use the search options provided by the Learning
Page of the American Memory collections as an aid for accessing the rich resources
of the American Memory collections. The search option, Time,
is particularly useful for locating decade-specific resources.
The following American Memory collections are some of those that contain resources relevant to the Grandparent/Elder Project:
- An American Ballroom Companion, ca. 1490-1920
- American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
- American Leaders Speak, Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
- American Life Histories, 1936-1940
- An American Time Capsule
- American Variety Stage, 1870-1920
- Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
- Buckaroos in Paradise, 1945-1982
- California Gold: Folk Music from the Thirties
- Creative Americans: Portraits by Van Vechten, 1932-1964
- Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
- FSA/OWI Photographs, 1935-1945
- Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
- Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- Inventing Entertainment: The Edison Companies
Locate films in this and other collections by choosing the motion picture format of the Collection
Finder. -
Jackie Robinson and Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
- The Leonard
Bernstein Collection, ca. 1920-1989
- The New Deal Stage: Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
- The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
- Origins of
American Animation
- Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
- Pioneering the Upper Midwest, ca. 1820-1910
- Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-present
- The South Texas Border, 1900-1920
- Taking the Long View, 1851-1991
- Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
- Voices from the Dust Bowl, 1940-1941
- Votes for Women, 1848-1921
- "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
- Washington As It Was, 1923-1959
- Check for other collections containing materials
and primary source items relating to the twentieth century which have
been added to the American
Memory collections. See the complete list of collections found in
the American Memory
collections.
Other Internet Resources
- Museum of the City
of San Francisco provides access to many primary source documents, newspapers,
photographs, etc. on the history of San Francisco. Searching by subject, by year,
or by person (biography) is available.
- Presidents
of the United States (POTUS) from the Internet Public Library provides election
results, Cabinet lists, links to biographies, speeches, and much more for all
of the presidents.
- New York Times On
This Day Archive presents events in history with the front pages of the New
York Times and full-text of some articles.
- World War
I Archives provides access to United States and European documents. Also,
through "Carrie," access to United Nations, Catholic Church/Vatican
documents, world constitutions, and American History documents.
- World
War II Documents Archive from Avalon Project of Yale University.
- 20th
Century History Online Resources from the Herbst Library of The Urban School
of San Francisco.
Print Resources
- American Decades published by
Gale Research Inc. The ten volumes (1900 to 1999) provide chronologies,
biographies, photographs, and factual information in the following categories:
World Events, Arts, Business and the Economy, Education, Fashion, Government
and Politics, Law and Justice, Lifestyles and Social Trends, Media,
Medicine and Health, Religion, Science and Technology, and Sports.
- Briggs, Asa, ed. Dictionary of 20th Century World Biography. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Brief entries on people of the
twentieth century.
- Brower, Daniel R. The World in the 20th Century: The Age of Global
War and Revolution (Second Edition). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice
Hall, 1992.
- Drexel, John, ed. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of the 20th Century.
New York: Facts On File, 1991. Pictures, maps, charts, timelines, and
text entries on people, places, events, and concepts of the twentieth century.
- Howarth, Tony. Twentieth Century History: The World Since 1900
(Second Edition by Josh Brooman). New York: Longman, 1991.
- Keylin, Arleen, ed. The Depression Years as reported by The New
York Times. New York: Arno Press, 1976.
- New York Times. March 13, 1913,
edition, 1-5, and society/obituary page.
- Salzman, Jack, et al; ed. Encyclopedia
of African-American Culture and History (5 volumes), New York:
Macmillan Library Reference, 1996. Includes entries on events, people,
places, and topics related to African Americans.
- Teed, Peter. Dictionary of 20th Century History 1914-1990.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Brief entries on people, places,
and events.
- Tenenbaum, Barbara A. et al; ed. Encyclopedia
of Latin American Culture and History (5 volumes), New York:
Macmillan Library Reference, 1996. Includes entries on events, people,
places, and topics related to Latin Americans.
- Time-Life Books. This Fabulous Century.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1970. Seven volumes, one per decade;
each volume presents pictures, cartoons, documents, etc. on topics relating
to that decade such as fashion, entertainment, the arts, people, events.
The books include primary and secondary sources.
- The Twentieth Century. 6 vols.
New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1992. Each volume presents a
10 to 20 year span of twentieth century history with pictures, graphs,
charts, maps, and text (some sections of documents).
- Warriner, John E. "Chapter 27: Writing
a Research Paper: Research, Writing, Documentation,"Warriner's
English Grammar and Composition, Liberty Edition, Complete Course.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1986, 672-703.
Other Resources:
Our Times: Multimedia Encyclopedia of the
20th Century. Redwood City, Calif.: ViCARIOUS, 1996. This CD-ROM
for Windows & Macintosh contains twentieth century timelines by decade,
charts, maps, graphs, images, and entries from The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Fifth Edition. Multimedia tours of the decades are included.
Encyclopedia articles on the Great Depression
from assorted encyclopedias, such as Britannica, Merit
Student Encyclopedia, and World Book.
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