1920's HISTORY RESOURCES

     created by Peggy Beck Haines

See also ONLINE RESOURCES for database subscriptions. 

   **** Search GALENET's History Resource Center -U.S. for AMERICAN DECADES article. Search 1920s and specific topic. (e.g., 1920s fashion, 1920s music, 1920s fads,...)

 You can also search GALENET's Student Resource Center Gold, Biography Resource Center, & Literature Resource Center.   Search Gale's Virtual Reference Library Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library 4v, 2003.  Search FACTS ON FILE Landmark Documents in American History, American Historical Images.

NOTE: WE HAVE AN EBOOK AVAILABLE. GO TO ONLINE RESOURCES. ENTER YOUR CHCLC USER NAME AND PASSWORD. SELECT GALE. SCROLL TO GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY. SELECT HISTORY--.Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America. Sara Pendergast and Tom  Pendergast, Eds.  Detroit: U*X*L, 2002.  1330 pp. 5 vols. 

ALSO SEARCH HISTORY 1920s RESOURCES FOR ALL TOPICS.

A. PHILIP RANDOLPH RESOURCES

            A. PHILIP RANDOLPH EXHIBIT
            A PHILIP PULLMAN PULLMAN PORTER MUSEUM
            BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON A. PHILIP RANDOLPH

AMERICAN LITERATURE RESOURCES

ARCHITECTURE RESOURCES

AUTOMOBILES (SEE GALENET'S HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER: US, THE AFFAIR WITH THE AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN THE 1920S.)

"BOOM" TIME (SEE ECONOMICS RESOURCES.)

DANCE  RESOURCES (SEE ALSO FLAPPER RESOURCES, JAZZ RESOURCES, & MUSIC RESOURCES.)

                    DANCE MARATHONS OF THE 19230s AND 1930s
                    THE GREAT GATSBY: DANCE IN THE 1920s
                    TYPES OF DANCES
                        CHARLESTON
                            CHARLESTON
                            THE CHARLESTON (ARTSEDGE LESSON)
                            DEFINITION OF THE CHARLESTON DANCE
                            HOW TO DANCE THE CHARLESTON (LESSON)
                            SINGLE-TIME BASIC CHARLESTON
                        JAZZ DANCING HISTORY
                        LINDY HOP
                            ARCHIVE OF EARLY LINDY HOP
                            LINDY CIRCLE: LINDY HOP HISTORY
                             LINDY HOP HISTORY
                            THE LINDY HOP, THE ORIGINAL SWING DANCE    
                            WHAT IS THE LINDY HOP?

ECONOMICS (BOOM) RESOURCES

                THE ADVERTISING OF INSTALLMENT PLANS
                 AMERICA'S ECONOMY IN THE 1920'S
                THE ECONOMICS OF THE 1920s
                 HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES IN THE 1920S
         LAND BOOM
                    FLORIDA REAL ESTATE BUBBLE
                    THE GREAT FLORIDA LAND BOOM
                  PARALLELS WITH THE 1920s (DISCUSSES BOOM AND BUST.)
                 THE POLITICS OF PROSPERITY, THE 1920s  (LECTURE NOTES)
                 PRICES IN THE 1920S
                         BECKER HISTORY 1920-1930
                        CHICAGO: ROARIN' 20S (SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR COSTS OF THE 1920S.)
                        THE FOOD TIMELINE: RESEARCHING HISTORIC FOOD PRICES
                        PETERSON'S GROCERY STORE PRICES, 1881-1920
                   PROSPERITY AND THRIFT: THE COOLIDGE ERA AND THE CONSUMER ECONOMY 1921-1929
                   THE U.S. ECONOMY IN THE 1920s

ENTERTAINMENT RESOURCES (SEE ALSO FILM RESOURCES, RADIO RESOURCES, MUSIC RESOURCES.)

                    ENTERTAINMENT (BRIEF DISCUSSION OF IMPACT OF RADIO, FILM , TELEVISION)

FASHION RESOURCES

                FADS AND FASHIONS
                FASHIONS OF THE 1920S (THE COSTUMER'S MANIFESTO)
                FLAPPER FASHION
                FLAPPER FASHION 1920s
                LADIES' FASHIONS OF THE 1920s
                1920s AND 1930s PHOTOS
                20TH CENTURY WESTERN COSTUME: 1920-1930
                 A YEAR IN FASHION: 1921--FASHION DESIGNERS OF THE TIME

FILM/MOVIE RESOURCES

                FILM HISTORY OF THE 1920s
                GREATEST FILMS OF THE 1920'S

FLAPPER RESOURCES

                 THE FLAP OVER FLAPPERS
                 FLAPPER CULTURE & STYLE
                 FLAPPER FASHION
                 FLAPPER FASHION 1920s
                 FLAPPERS
                FLAPPERS IN THE ROARING TWENTIES

HARLEM RENAISSANCE RESOURCES

HISTORY 1920s RESOURCES

                AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY: 1920-1929 (KINGSWOOD COLLEGE LIBRARY)
                AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE 1920'S
                AMERICAN MEMORY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY
                AMERICAN TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
                A BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA: THE TWENTIES
                DIGITAL LIBRARIAN
                ENGLISH SERVER'S HISTORY & HISTORIOGRAPHY
                EVENTS OF THE 1920S (SACCO AND VANZETTI, STOCK MARKET CRASH, SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL)
                HISTORY CHANNEL
                HISTORY MATTERS
                ILLINOIS TRAILS WELCOMES YOU TO THE 1920'S
                JAZZ AGE CULTURE, PART 1
                THE LAWLESS DECADE: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
                LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
                NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION: THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM
                NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY (SMITHSONIAN)
                THE 1920'S EXPERIENCE
                1920'S TRENDS
                  THE ROARING 1920'S WEBQUEST
                THE ROARING TWENTIES
                WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY: HISTORY: UNITED STATES: 1920'S

JAZZ  RESOURCES (SEE ALSO MUSIC RESOURCES, DANCE RESOURCES.)

                DUKE ELLINGTON: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC
                JAZZ AGE BIOGRAPHIES
                JAZZ AGE CULTURE
                JAZZ ROOTS
                JAZZING IT UP: THE 1920S
                JELLY ROLL MORTON (1890-1941)

"LOST GENERATION" RESOURCES

                    FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT (SEE F. SCOTT FITZGERALD RESOURCES.)
                    HEMINGWAY, ERNEST (SEE ERNEST HEMINGWAY RESOURCES.)
                    EXPLANATION OF PHRASE "THE LOST GENERATION" (SCROLL DOWN TO "THE LOST GENERATION.")
                    THE LOST GENERATION AND AFTER
                    THE LOST GENERATION OF 1914

MUSIC RESOURCES (SEE ALSO JAZZ RESOURCES, DANCE RESOURCES.)

                    AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC FROM 1900 TO 1950
                    FLAPPER MUSIC
                    1922 DANCE MUSIC
                    RAGTIME
                    THE ROARING 1920'S CONCERT EXTRAVAGANZA
                    SONGS OF THE 1920S AND 1930S: THE DEPRESSION & THE NEW DEAL
                    SOUTHERN MUSIC IN THE 1920s
                    SPEAKEASIES, FLAPPERS, & RED HOT JAZZ: MUSIC OF THE PROHIBITION

PRICES IN THE 1920S

                BECKER HISTORY 1920-1930
                THE FOOD TIMELINE: RESEARCHING HISTORIC FOOD PRICES
                PETERSON'S GROCERY STORE PRICES, 1881-1920

PRIMARY SOURCE RESOURCES

                THE AUTHENTIC HISTORY CENTER: PRIMARY SOURCES FROM AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE
                DON MABRY'S HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVE   
                INTERNET MODERN HISTORY SOURCEBOOK (HALSALL)

PROHIBITION RESOURCES

                   AMERICAN PROHIBITION IN THE 1920S
                    PROHIBITION AND THE GANGSTERS
                    SPEAKEASIES, FLAPPERS, & RED HOT JAZZ: MUSIC OF THE PROHIBITION
                   TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION

RADIO RESOURCES

                "A GODLIKE PRESENCE": THE IMPACT OF RADIO ON THE 1920s AND 1930s
                THE 1920s RADIO NETWORK
                THE 1920s RADIO NETWORK LIVE STREAM
                 RADIO (SEE ALSO SPORTS: BOXING RADIO BROADCAST BELOW.)
                 RADIO IN THE 1920S
                 RADIO MUSEUM: 1922-1929
                RADIO SHOP OF THE 1920s AND 1930s
                SOUTHERN MUSIC IN THE 1920s
                UNITED STATES EARLY RADIO HISTORY

RANDOLPH, A. PHILIP (SEE A. PHILIP RANDOLPH RESOURCES.)

RECREATION RESOURCES (SEE GALENET'S HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER: US, FADS AND CRAZES, MOVIE PALACES,  TALKIES, TELEVISION, SILENT FILMS, RADIO, DANCE, ETC., AND SELECT FOR 1920S.)

RED SCARE (1919-1920) RESOURCES

                AMERICA OR ANARCHY? AN APPEAL TO RED-BLOODED AMERICANS TO STRIKE AN EFFECTIVE BLOW FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY WE LOVE FROM THE RED MENACE WHICH SHOWS ITS UGLY HEAD ON EVERY HAND
                THE CASE AGAINST THE REDS
                THE PALMER RAIDS
                THE POSTWAR RED SCARE
                RED SCARE
                THE RED SCARE (FACULTY PROJECT)
                RED SCARE: AN IMAGE DATABASE
                SEEING RED: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE LAW (ACLU, 1920)
                SOCIAL ISSUES: THE RED SCARE, 1919-1920

SACCO AND VANZETTI RESOURCES

                1916-1921: THE EXECUTION OF SACCO AND VANZETTI (ARTICLE WRITTEN BY THE WORKERS' SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT)
                THE LEGACY OF SACCO AND VANZETTI
                THE SACCO-VANZETTI CONTROVERSY (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' SITE)
                THE TRIAL OF SACCO AND VANZETTI (COURT TV)
                THE TRIAL OF SACCO AND VANZETTI 1921

SCOPES TRIAL RESOURCES

                    "INHERIT THE WIND": A HOLLYWOOD HISTORY OF THE SCOPES TRIAL
                    THE MONKEY TRIAL (PBS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE)
                    THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL (COURT TV)
                    THE SCOPES 'MONKEY TRIAL'- JULY 10-25, 1925
                    THE SCOPES 'MONKEY TRIAL'- JULY 10-JULY 25, 1925
                    STATE VS. JOHN SCOPES ("THE MONKEY TRIAL")
                    TENNESSEE VS. JOHN SCOPES, "THE MONKEY TRIAL," 1925
                    TRIAL OF THE CENTURY: HOW THE SCOPES TRIAL FRAMED THE MODERN DEBATE OVER SCIENCE AND RELIGION

SPORTS RESOURCES

                THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPORTS: A ROARING REPLAY OF THE 1920s
                MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS OF THE 1920S
                SPORTS: BOXING RADIO BROADCAST (BATTLE OF THE CENTURY) (SEE ALSO BOXING (1920S) & DEMPSEY, WILLIAM HARRISON UNDER GALENET'S HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER: US. ALSO CLICK ON THE PERIODICALS & PRIMARY SOURCES TABS FOR MORE RESOURCES. SEE ALSO SPORTS IN THE 1920S: OVERVIEW.)

TOYS OF THE 1920S

                GOOGLE: VINTAGE TOYS
                THE HISTORY OF TOYS AND GAMES
                MR. PUNCH'S OLD TOYS
                NEBRASKA TOY STORES: PLAYROOM
                NEBRASKA TOY STORES: TOYS FOR GIRLS
                PICTURE HISTORY: TOYS

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