Resources
Great Depression Links & Resources:
New Deal Network
newdeal.feri.org
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers Project, 1936–1940
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
America In the 1930s
xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/home_1.html
Voices from the Dust Bowl
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
The women in this interview grew up in the deep South of the 1930s. All three were members of prominent southern families.
Interview of Mrs. Peacolia Barge who grew up just outside Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1930s.
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, some Michiganians bartered and traded for food, clothes, shelter and services. Sharing and "making do" became a way of life. People who lived during the Depression have interesting stories to share about how they coped with hard times. The following reminiscences were published in Michigan History Magazine, January-February, 1982 (Vol. 66, No. 1).
Federal Writer's Project: Interview Excerpts
The Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s recorded more than 10,000 life stories of men and woman from a variety of occupations and ethnic groups. This site is a sampling of these interviews.
Then and Now: Prices
This site compares 1930s prices with prices today.
The Great Depression and the New Deal
Read about the Federal Works Progress Administration started by the federal government during the Depression.
The Great Depression
Read a report written by a student on life during the Great Depression.
Student activism
Essays on Student Activism in the 1930s
FDR Presential Museum and Library - The Great Depression - Frequently asked Questions
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/depres24.html
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/
The Dewey Decimal System - How it Works:
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_books_dd.htm
How to use the Dewey Decimal System:
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/ddchow.html