1950'S HISTORY RESOURCES

     created by Peggy Beck Haines & Julie Rion

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(Search GALENET's History Resource Center - U.S. for AMERICAN DECADES article. Search 1950s and specific topic. (e.g., 1950s fashion, 1950s music, 1950s fads,...)
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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. 

ART & ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1950s RESOURCES   

                ARCHITECTURE IN THE 1950s, 1950-1959. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
            REBELS: PAINTERS AND POETS OF THE 1950s

AUTOMOBILES OF THE 1950s RESOURCES   

                AUTOMOBILES OF THE 1950s
                CARS OF THE 1950s
                REWIND THE FIFTIES CARS

FASHION OF THE 1950s RESOURCES

                MEN'S FASHION IN THE  1950s, 1950-1959. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
               WOMEN'S FASHION IN THE 1950s, 1950-1959. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
            WOMEN'S FASHIONS: 1950s

FILMS OF THE 1950s RESOURCES

                AT A GLANCE FILM REVIEWS
                CLASSIC MOVIES
                FIFTIES: ALIEN INVASIONS AND CREATURE FEATURES
                FILM HISTORY OF THE 1950s
                INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE: 1950s
                MOVIES IN THE 1950s. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003.
            1950s & 1960s ROCK N ROLL MOVIES: THE VIDEO BEAT

HISTORY OF THE 1950s RESOURCES

                AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY 1950s (KINGSWOOD COLLEGE)
                BRINGING BACK THE FIFTIES (LINKS)
                COLD WAR RESOURCES
                THE CRUCIBLE, MCCARTHYISM, COLD WAR, HOLLYWOOD 10 BLACKLIST RESOURCES      
                THE FIFTIES
                THE FIFTIES: A BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA
                THE FIFTIES ARE NIFTY 
                FIFTIES BOULEVARD
                FIFTIES WEB
                THE LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN 1950s (UPENN)
                MR. POP HISTORY
                THE 1950s: ERA OVERVIEW. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
            **1950-1959 DECADE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (CHICO HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY)   
                PAUL'S FIFTIES MEMORIES
                REWIND THE FIFTIES
                (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
            TIMELINE

HOLLYWOOD 10 BLACKLIST (SEE THE CRUCIBLE, MCCARTHYISM, COLD WAR, HOLLYWOOD 10 BLACKLIST RESOURCES.)   

LITERATURE OF THE 1950s RESOURCES   

                THE LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN 1950s (UPENN)
                REBELS: PAINTERS AND POETS OF THE 1950s

MCCARTHYISM (SEE THE CRUCIBLE, MCCARTHYISM, COLD WAR, HOLLYWOOD 10 BLACKLIST RESOURCES.)       

MUSIC OF THE 1950s RESOURCES

                AMERICAN MUSIC FROM 1950-2000
                ELVIS PRESLEY
                (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
            THE GOLDEN DECADE: 1954-1963
                LOST IN THE 50s: OLDIES JUKEBOX
               45 RPM RECORDS POPULARIZED IN THE 1950s. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003 (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
            1950s & 1960s ROCK N ROLL MOVIES: THE VIDEO BEAT
                OLDIES MUSIC
                OLDIES MUSIC

PRIMARY SOURCES OF THE EIGHTIES RESOURCES

                THE AUTHENTIC HISTORY CENTER: PRIMARY SOURCES FROM AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE

RADIO & TELEVISION OF THE 1950s RESOURCES

                CLASSIC TV
                MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
                SKY KING
                TV FAMILIES OF THE FIFTIES

SPORTS IN THE 1950s RESOURCES

               SPORTS IN THE 1950s: OVERVIEW. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)

TOYS OF THE 1950s RESOURCES

                DOLLS OF THE FIFTIES
                DOLLS OF THE 1950s
                THE GOLDEN AGE OF COOL TOYS: THE 1950s AND 1960s
                1950s TOYS AND GAMES (WOOLWORTH'S VIRTUAL MUSEUM)
                TIMEWARP VINTAGE TOYS

WOMEN & FAMILIES OF THE 1950s RESOURCES

               SUBURBIA IN THE 1950s, 1950-1959. DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. (GALE'S STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD)
             WOMEN IN THE 1950s

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