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Great Depression
 Websites presented in alphabetical order America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 
 More than 160,000 black-and-white and 1600 color photographs from the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information collection have been digitized. Includes scenes of rural and small-town life, migrant labor, the effects of the Great Depression, and mobilization for World War II. Keyword searchable and browsable by subject, creator (photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn, and Gordon Parks) and place. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 An American Exodus: Displacement in the 1930's
Brief "documentation, in photographs and text, of the mass migrations of the 1930's caused by changes within the regionally varied agricultural traditions throughout the country." It discusses the work of photographer Dorothea Lange and writer Paul Schuster Taylor. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/document/exodus/exodus.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Artcyclopedia Search: Dorothea Lange [American Photographer, 1895-1965]
Links to online exhibits picturing the artwork of Dorothea Lange, whose photographs documented conditions in California during the Great Depression and World War II. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lange_dorothea.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Mar 6, 2004 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
"More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves" collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression. It was originally published as the seventeen-volume "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves" (1941). Search by keyword or browse the narratives and photographs. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 18, 2008 Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Teenie Harris' "40-year career with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the largest and most influential Black newspapers in the country, began as the nation emerged from the Depression and ended with the Civil Rights Movement. Numbering upwards of 80,000 images [over 45,000 shown here], this archive represents the largest single collection of photographic images of any Black community in the United States -- or the world, for that matter." From the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/info.asp Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 2, 2009 The Dust Bowl
An exhibit "featuring Documentary Photographs from the Farm Security Administration file and Companion Photographs taken in the late 1970s by Bill Ganzel," with "texts adapted from oral history interviews with Dust Bowl Survivors." Includes learning activities for students and lesson guides for teachers. http://www.humanities-interactive.org/texas/dustbowl/ Topics: Agriculture, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, Weather Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Dust Bowl Days
Lesson plans for teaching students about the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression "through photographs, songs and interviews with people who lived through the Dust Bowl." Designed for grades three to six. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=300 Topics: Agriculture, History, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History, United States History, Weather Last updated Dec 19, 2008 The Hoover Dam: Lonely Lands Made Fruitful
The construction of the dam is presented in the context of the Great Depression, its enormity a metaphor for strength and modernity in a time of hardship. The site has social commentary about the creation of Boulder City, maps and plans, Franklin D. Roosevelt's dedication speech, and photographs taken throughout the project, including several of the Colorado River diversion process. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/haven/hoover/front2.html Topics: Architecture, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Presidents by Name, Technology, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 21, 2006 Hoover Online!
"The goal of this site is to furnish high school students with direct access to materials held at the Hoover Presidential Library." The site features biographical overviews of Herbert Hoover and his wife, and lesson plans about important episodes in their lives. These include their Chinese tour, Belgian relief, building of Hoover Dam, "440 historical documents pertaining to President Hoover and the Depression," and Hoover and Harry Truman. All pages include scanned photographs, letters, and documents. http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hooveronline/ Topics: Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Hoovervilles in Seattle
An online exhibit devoted to the clusters of makeshift packing box shacks erected in Seattle after the stock market crash of 1929. Features images of documents such as fliers distributed by the homeless, petitions, reports, excerpts from articles, and the inaugural addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Includes explanatory notes about the documents, photographs, and a bibliography. From the Seattle Municipal Archives. http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Exhibits/Hoover/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Presidents by Name, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Sep 3, 2008 James Patrick Lee Photographs
A collection of photographs taken by James P. Lee during the first half of the 20th century. "This collection contains 270 images ... that illustrate the architectural and engineering history of Seattle." Includes information about Lee and his photographs. Searchable, and browsable by topic or location. From University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/leeweb/ Topics: Architecture by Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Aug 18, 2005 LearnCalifornia.org
Homework and curriculum resources for students and teachers of California history. The site features documents and photographs contained in the California State Archives presented alongside thematically arranged collections of Internet links. Sample topics include the California Gold Rush, hydraulic mining, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Progressive era, and the Great Depression. Also includes lesson plans. Searchable and browsable by topic. From the California Secretary of State. http://www.learncalifornia.org Topics: History, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History Last updated May 25, 2005 Migrant Workers Photographer: Dorothea Lange
Photographs documenting conditions in migrant labor camps in California's Imperial Valley, taken in February and March of 1937 under the auspices of the Resettlement Administration. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Dec 19, 2008 New Deal Network
A research and teaching resource devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal. At the core of the NDN is a database of more than 20,000 photographs, political cartoons, and texts (speeches, letters, and other historic documents). Features an annotated list of online resources for teachers and students. Searchable. Note: the site is being maintained, but "additional content is no longer being developed at this time." http://newdeal.feri.org/ Topics: Agriculture, Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Photographing the Representative American: Margaret Bourke-White in the Depression
A brief biography of the photographer and a discussion of her work photographing the American South. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am485_98/coe/photofrnt.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, United States History Last updated May 9, 2002 Picturing California's Migrant Children: Orville Goldner's Photographic Trek of 1940
An online photography exhibit with an accompanying essay about the "children, their schools, and the living conditions [of] the 350,000 impoverished migrant workers who came to California during the mid to late 1930's." From Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. http://www.csuchico.edu/lspr/migrant/splash.html Topics: Agriculture, Emigration & Immigration, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Picturing the Century: Portfolio: Dorothea Lange
Several photographs by Dorothea Lange, documenting conditions in California during the Great Depression and World War II. Includes a short biography of Lange. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/portfolios/port_lange.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Jul 28, 2005 Unemployment and the WPA in Seattle
Presents information about the 1935 Works Progress Administration (later known as the Works Projects Administration) and its implementation in Seattle. Features background information and images of WPA documents such as petitions, reports, letters, and materials from the Downtown Local Unemployed Council's protest against forced labor. Includes a bibliography. From the Seattle Municipal Archives. http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Exhibits/WPA/ Topics: Labor, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Aug 21, 2008 Walker Evans Revolutionizes Documentary Photography
This is a "study of the great American photographer, Walker Evans, with comparison with other Farm Security Administration photographers, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, and Arnold Rothstein." http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/welcome.html Topics: Agriculture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Technology Last updated Jan 2, 2009 |
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