CHS Pathfinder:
The Great Depression & the New Deal

Terms to use in searching the CHS Catalog

1930s, nineteen thirties, depression, New Deal, Dust Bowl, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Call numbers: Go "browse" the shelves in these areas

973.9

Some books which may be borrowed

• The Depression and the New Deal: A History in Documents 973.91 MCE
• The Dust Bowl and the Depression 978 MCA
• Great Depression 338.5 GRE
• Hard Times: An Oral History 973.91 TER

Some Reference books - to be used in the library

• American Decades R 973.92 AME
• American Decades: Primary Sources R 973.91 AME
• Depression America R 330.973
• The Great Depression 1929-1939 R 973.9 TWE
• Hard Times: The 30s  R 973.92 TIM

Magazine databases and other eResources

Gale Virtual Reference Library
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Multicultural Reference Center
SIRS
TOPICsearch

Web sites

America in the 1930's  
Brief History of Social Security  excellent - from the Social Security Administration
The Great Depression - The Stock Market Crash and Beyond  Many Great Depression links
The Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash of 1929   and more Great Depression links
New Deal Cultural Programs  an essay  
New Deal for the Arts    An exhibit of artwork sponsored by the New Deal
New Deal Network  http://newdeal.feri.org
New Deal Programs    simply a list of programs

AV - Videos, DVDs

The Grapes of Wrath VID F GRA

Biography

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Freedman  B ROO
• Restless Spirit: The Life and Works of Dorothea Lange B LAN

Fiction

• The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck F STE
• Out of the Dust by Hesse F HES
• Roll of Thunder by Taylor F TAY
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee F LEE

T Dakubu 2006