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Chapter 23: The New Deal Era, 1932-1939

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    A New Deal for the Arts, http://www.nara.gov/exhall/newdeal/newdeal.html
"An exhibit of texts and images from federal art programs during the Great Depression. Created by the National Archives, the site considers both the accomplishments of these federal programs and the controversies surrounding them. The works themselves are categorized according to the social and political messages they conveyed (e.g., Celebrating the People, Activist Artists)."*

    America in the 1930s, http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/home_1.html
"From the American Studies Department at the University of Virginia, a look at the 1930s through its film, print media, art, and radio. For each media type, the site features several segments focused on particular aspects of that media. For example, the film projects include segments on Hollywood musicals, gangster films, and 1930s newsreels and documentaries. Timelines connect the developments in these different branches of the arts to create a rich and coherent picture of the decade."*

    American Life Histories, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
"A collection of 2,900 documents from the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project, a WPA program that collected a series of American life histories during the depression. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. The documents, which are searchable by state and subject, include interview drafts and revisions and describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet, and miscellaneous observations."*

    Federal Theater Project, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html
"Over 13,000 images of objects from the Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress. The Federal Theater Project, one of the five art branches of the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. The collection focuses on three FTP productions: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, and Power by Arthur Arent. Scripts, scores, playbills, and advertisements for these productions are on display, as well as other materials from the Federal Theater Project."*

    Michigan Historical Museum,
"Online gallery tours of the Michigan Historical Museum. The museum includes several exhibitions on Michigan from settlement until the beginning of the twentieth century. Visitors can take a virtual walk through these galleries and learn about the major commercial enterprises in Michigan until 1900. The twentieth-century galleries have impressive collections of 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, and 1960s material cultural artifacts, especially domestic appliances and decorations. The Special Exhibits change periodically."*

    Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945,
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
"An archive of more than 55,000 photographs of Americans in every part of the nation from the years 1935 to 1945 from the Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information. Part of the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress, these pictures show American rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression, farm mechanization, and the mobilization effort for World War II. The site, which contains primarily black and white photographs, is searchable by keyword and indexed by subject, creator, and location."*

    The New Deal Network, http://newdeal.feri.org/
"A broad array of materials on New Deal arts and public works projects. Established by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University, the site contains a photo gallery, a document collection that includes Depression-era correspondence between Eleanor Roosevelt and citizens, and excerpts from the American Slave interviews that were conducted through the Works Progress Administration."*

    Voices from the Dust Bowl, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
"A collection of materials from the Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in California. Maintained by the Library of Congress, the site includes migrant workers' songs, correspondence, photographs, and explanatory text. It is searchable by keyword or medium."*