Internet Resources
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
From the Kingwood College Library, a terrific compendium of timelines and sites. Great overview of our
times.
http://learning.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
From the Library of Congress, this must-see site grows daily. Click on the time-line for the appropriate era.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/home_1.html
University of Virginia's 1930s Project
Examines the years between Black Tuesday (1929) and the bombing of Pearl Harbor (1941), through the film, print, radio, and design of the era.
http://newdeal.feri.org/
New Deal Network
Covers the era of people who lived during the Great Depression into the early 1940s. Stories, radio broadcasts, and more.
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fifties.htm
Fifties Web
Recommended by the History Channel, with good links to music and television of the '50s.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/
The Psychedelic ‘60s
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