Riding the Rails--
Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression - links to a dozen letters from teenagers who took to the rails during the Depression. Compare to kids who took off for Woodstock in 1969?
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Statistical Abstracts of the United States
The largest collection of statistical data from the United States Census. Current information already formatted into excel spreadsheets.
Resource List - The Depression and New Deal America
Links site that is a directory of 1930's America Resources
Surviving the Dust Bowl PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary with articles, timeline and links to resources
America in the 1930s -U Virginia
Extensive primary document resource including the 1930s in film, on the air, and in print
The Great Depression and the New Deal - Notes
Section for online textbook, geared for straightforward explanations
Documenting America:America from the Great Depression to World War II
Over 160,000 color and B&W images from the Depression and mobilization for WWII. From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress
Dorothea Lange Photos
24 pre-World War II photographs, taken for the U.S. Farm Security Administration (FSA), investigating living conditions of families hired to work in cotton fields and farms in Arizona and California
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Overview of the plan from Social Security agency with links to primary documents and other articles about the plan
Dr. Francis E. Townsend's autobiography
Excerpts from his autobiography, called "New Horizons", from Social Security site. In these excerpts he describes the plan and explains how it could gain support among the American public
Transcript of National Labor Relations Act (1935)
"Dear Mrs. Roosevelt" Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan fro the New Deal Network
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Second Inaugural Address. 1937
Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address. 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fourth Inaugural Address. 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Third Inaugural Address. 1941
Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)
This act of May 18, 1933, created the Tennessee Valley Authority to oversee the construction of dams to control flooding, improve navigation, and create cheap electric power in the Tennessee Valley basin. The TVA is a Federal public power corporation that happens to be the largest public power company in the United States. It serves 80,000 square miles in the southeastern United States and runs the nation’s fifth-largest river system in order to control flooding, make rivers easier to travel, provide recreation, and protect water quality. It runs facilities for generating electric power including 29 hydroelectric dams, 11 coal-fired plants, and 3 nuclear power plants. The TVA is another exception to generally held beliefs concerning capitalism and communism.
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
On June 16, 1933, this act established the National Recovery Administration, which supervised fair trade codes and guaranteed laborers a right to collective bargaining.
The Crash of 1929 - NYTimes Coverage
Links to different sections of the paper and selected articles from October 1929
Social Security Act (1935)
On August 14, 1935, the Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped.
The Shrinking Value of the Dollar
Chart showing the equivalent of $1 in 1913 through 2008
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Home Page
FDR and the New Deal: The Roosevelt Reconstruction - Article
FDR- American Heritage Center
Franklin Roosevelt audio recordings
Recordings gathered and organized b the Miller Center at the University of Virginia
Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Text from each of FDRs Fireside Chats
FDR and the Depression
Companion site to documentary, be sure to check out maps, transcripts and "Webography" links to primary documents
The Bonus March (May-July, 1932)
Companion site for American Experience documentary with articles, timeline and links to resources
Herbert Hoover Rugged Individualism
The Flint Sit-Down Strike Audio Gallery
Article, audio and images from the Historical Voices project