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1920s

"Incomes of working women gave them freedom.". IRC. 2005.

unitedstreaming. 7 November 2007

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Introduction

This pathfinder will aid your search of books, databases and the web for information about  the "Roaring Twenties." 

 

Anything marked with a ** denotes primary source material.


 


Search Terms

Here you'll find subject terms or keywords to use as you plan your search of the catalogue, databases or the web. 
 
Subject Headings
United States--History--1919-1933; Prohibition;  Ku Klux Klan; 
 
Keyword
"flapper" "gangsters" "speakeasy" "roaring twenties" "jazz age" "harlem renaissance" 
"temperance"  "cotton club" 
 

Dewey Call Numbers

(for searching your local library. Any books we have are in the cart)
General history:  973.91
Harlem renaissance: 700.89
KKK:  322.4
Prohibition: 344

 


Reference

**American Decades: Primary Sources  REF 973

Harlem Renaissance: REF 700.89

**Eyewitness History: The Great Depression  REF 973.91  (The first chapter covers the 1920's)

**The Great Depression and the New Deal

**Roaring Twenties: REF 973.91

Women's Almanac:  REF 305.4

 


Resources

 

Primary Sources

If you haven't worked with primary sources before, it may be a bit confusing to know what to do with them.    Of course we will work with these in class, but here are a few websites that briefly discuss how to "read" primary sources.

 

Primary Sources: Nice site that briefly describes primary sources, with excellent handouts.
Interpreting Primary Sources

Secondary Source Links on how to use secondary sources, with an interactive quiz. 

 

Find online primary source material here. 

 

 

 

 

Books

(Check the cart) ** denotes primary source material.

eBOOKS:  (you'll need the password from home)

 

**American Decades: Primary Sources

Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History

Encyclopedia of Intelligence, Espionage and Security

Fashion, Costume and Culture Through the Ages


 

Databases

 

To search these from home, be sure you have a copy of the password bookmark, which gives you  log-in i nformation for all of the databases. If you lose yours, you can find a copy in the  Library Forum in First Class.

 

 

iCONN:  you have several places to look here.  The two with the best results were the Discovering Collection    and the Student Resource Center. If you need biographical information, use the Biography Resource Center,    and check **AP Images for photos. You will need a public library card to access these from home.  


** Historic Newspapers: Find articles from four major newspapers, back to 1750.
**Issues in US History:
Articles on key events in American history, with links to myriad primary sources.
**Annals of US History
Primary sources materials, both text and media.

**History Study Center : Find articles, primary source material and more.
 

Websites

 

PORTALS AND MEGASITES/PRIMARY SOURCES

**Eyewitness History

Best of History Websites

**Digital History

**Authentic History

**History Matters

**National Archives Collections of primary source material and government records

**American Memory Collections of primary source materials from the Library of Congress

Editorial Cartoons:  1900-1940

 

General:

Roaring Twenties:  A plethora (look it up!) of links to all aspects of the 20's

1920's slang: The Bee's knees and 23-Skidoo!

Jazz-Age Slang:  Even more!

Jazz-Age Culture:  An extensive collection of links on flappers, gangsters, automobiles, prohibition and more.

The Twenties:  A great video (click on the vod transcript on the left) and other links. From Annenberg.

**1920's:  From the Authentic History Center.  Information on various aspects of the 20's

Digital History: The Jazz Age    Background to the 1920s

**The Way We Worked:  Stunning photos from the National Archives.  You'll need to hunt a bit to find photos   specifically from the 20's, but if you click on one, it will give you the specifics.

**Photos from the Chicago Daily News:  1910-1930 Text gives recommendations for specific searches.

The Twenties Roar:  PBS background information with images.

The Lawless Decade:  Some great information, year by year, but you might want to turn your speakers off on   this one.  Plays rather annoying music!

Big Apple History: You won't find much in the first two links on the left, but the last four have great information, with a clickable timeline

1920's: The Decade That Changed London:  OK, so it's the UK.  A pretty cool exhibit, though.

**America in the 20's:  Eyewitness history. Photographs on different topics.  Use arrows or links at the top to   navigate.

**Video:  Streaming video of different historical events from the 20's

 

 Prohibition

Prohibition: The Noble Experiment  Good background info

**Anti-Saloon League:  Primary sources

**Clash of Cultures: Prohibition.  Primary source material

**Volstead Act:  Background on prohibition with link to primary documents

**Prohibition:  PBS site of general information, with images.

**Temperance and Prohibition: OSU site with good general info, great prohibition cartoons, etc.

**Alchol, Temperance and Prohibition: Archive of pamphlets, sheet music and government publications from   Brown University. Click on 'Browse,' then 'Browse by Thumbnails' to get images of everything in the collection.

 

LINDBERGH

**Lindbergh Radio Broadcast:  listen to Lindbergh's comments after his historic flight

**Lucky Lindy:  Background info from PBS, with images
**Lindbergh:  PBS site with general info and links to primary sources.

 

 

 FLAPPERS

**Flapper Station:  Links to all aspects of being a flapper!

Flapper Style:  The 20's had a fashion sense all its own!

**The Jazz Age: Flapper Jane.  An article printed in the Atlantic Monthly in 1925

The Jazz Age:  Flapper Culture

",**Votes for Women: 1850-1920":  Photographic archive from Library of Congress.  This page is a guide   for how to search the archive

**New Woman: great collection of primary sources showing flapper controversy

 

 

MEDIA:

**1920s radio ads:  Listen to actual radio ads

**Radio ads-Beauty and Hygiene    More radio ads--choose the ones for the 20's

In This Year:  Internet Movie Database

Time Magazine:  Search the various covers by year

Silent Movies:  Great website with downloads of some important silent movies, and information on the stars, directors and more.

 

Capitalism and the Automobile

**Prosperity and Thrift  The Coolidge Era. Advertising, pamphlets, videos and more from the library of Congress.

Slouching Towards Utopia: Economics and the Roaring 20s

**Classic car ads:  VERY cool!  Scroll down a bit to the 1920's timeline.  You'll find a list of original advertisements.  How were the cars described? What were the ads selling, besides the cars? (i.e. what kind of lifestyle?)   How does this fit in with the values of the 20's?

**Classic cars from the 1920's:  No info, just photos from the classic car museum

Henry Ford:  Brief biography from PBS

Henry Ford and the American Vacation

Early Adventures with the Automobile

 

Harlem Renaissance 

**Harlem 1900-1940:  Primary source material

**Drop Me Off In Harlem: Music, text and images of the Harlem Renaissance. From the Kennedy Center.

Langston Hughes,

Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance:  Excellent site with useful links.

**Web Guides: Harlem Renaissance:  LOADS of links from the Library of Congress

 

Music

**Roaring 20's Concert Extravaganza:  Links to several audio recordings

Duke Ellington:  Fantastic interactive tutorial covering Ellington's career

**Top Hits from the 20's:  Click on "track list"   Highlighted songs can be previewed

The Devil's Music:  PBS site on 1920's jazz

**Speakeasies,Flappers and Red Hot Jazz:  Music of the Prohibition. Links to audio and video

**Flapper Music:  more audio links

All That Jazz:  Background info with focus on Louis Armstrong, from PBS

 

 

Law and Gangsters

Gangster Era:  Background to key gangsters, from the FBI

Al Capone:  From the Crime Library

St. Valentine's Day Massacre:  Crime Library

Public Enemy #1:  PBS site about John Dillinger

Bonnie and Clyde:  Crime Library site

John Dillinger

Bugsy Siegel

Famous Trials:  Links to excellent information on the Scopes trial, Sacco-Vanzetti trial and others.   (Look about the third row down)

**Sacco-Vanzetti:  Archive of documents from the trial

Scopes Monkey Trial: Background info

 

KKK 

**Ku Klux Klan: A collection of 1920's documents from Michigan State

**Clash of Cultures:  Images and documents relating to immigration and the KKK

Digital History: KKK

KKK--Good general background, along with some specifics relevant to the Dakotas.


 

 

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