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1930s Great Depression Gallery, Michigan Historical Museum - Stories of Michigan during the Great Depression: Labor unions and the Flint sit-down strike, Paul Honore's Natural Resources Mural, bungalows, radio, lighthouses and the Great Lakes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs and the Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan.
A New Deal for the Arts - Site developed for the U.S. National Archives exhibit on the New Deal program which employed artists for public works. Includes numerous images.
Dust Bowl/Migrant Workers Bibliography - List of articles, books, films and other resources on American migrant farm workers during the Depression.
Great Myths of the Great Depression - Critique of some established views about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 written by the economist Lawrence W. Reed.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Depression - The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history.
Main Causes of the Great Depression - A short paper on the origins of the Great Depression. Discusses economic problems and policies that led to the American economic collapse in the 1930s. Includes bibliography.
New Deal Network: A Guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s - Educational site focused on the programs of FDR's New Deal. Sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University.
New Deal/WPA Art History - Information and photos of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. Includes biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.
Off to See the Wizard - Essay which claims the U.S. Supreme Court seized control of the U.S. economy in the 1890s and caused the Great Depression through its mismanagement.
Sliding into the Great Depression - A study of the economics of the Great Depression by J. Bradford De Long of University of California at Berkeley.
The Crash of 1929 - Argues that the Great Depression was caused by the Bank of England, the British government and the City of London.
The Depression Papers of Herbert Hoover - Read the collection of Herbert Hoover's official papers and public statements that relate to his economic policy in the Great Depression.
The Gold Standard and the Great Depression - An article by Lawrence Reed of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, arguing that the gold standard did not cause the Great Depression.
The Great Depression - Documenting America - Library of Congress records of the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection, showing rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression.
The World Depression - Academic article on the cause and effect of the Great Depression worldwide.
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