The Great Depression in the Yahoo! Directory

America from the Great Depression to World War II [read review]
Archive of photographs from the U.S. Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) which span the years 1935-45.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
Depression Papers of Herbert Hoover, The
Extensive collection of Hoover's official papers and public statements that relate directly or indirectly to his economic policy in the Great Depression.
www.geocities.com/mb_williams/hooverpapers
America's Great Depression
With an overview of the Great Depression, as well as timeline, causes, and cures.
www.amatecon.com/greatdepression.html
Crashing Hopes: The Great Depression
Facts, questions, and images from the Great Depression of the 1930s, from a lecture series at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Examines the causes of the 1929 stock market crash and the effects of the Depression on the American public.
us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture18.html
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Depression
Resources about The Great Depression include notes on economic problems in the United States and Europe.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook41.html
Wikipedia: The Great Depression
Read about the Great Depression, the worldwide economic decline that started in 1929 and lasted into the 1930s and early 1940s. Covers Depression life in the U.S., international effects, and political perspectives on the causes of the crisis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Modern American Poetry: The Great Depression
Learn about the Great Depression of the 1930s, in the U.S. and around the world. Includes background and an overview of the crisis, a Depression photo essay, art from the era, and information about the Dust Bowl tragedy.
www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/depression.htm
Musée McCord Museum: The Dirty Thirties
Online exhibit of photos of the Great Depression in 1930s Canada. With historical information about the context of each photo, as well as a movie clip. By Michiel Horn.
www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/webtours/GE_P4_1_EN.html
Bonus March (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Great_Depression/Bonus_March
Great World Depression
mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/depression.html
PBS: Timeline of the Great Depression
Chronology of the Great Depression, tracing the worldwide economic crisis from the U.S. stock market crash of 1929 to recovery in 1942. With photos and facts about Depression life in the U.S. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/timeline/index.html
Great Myths of the Great Depression
Argues that poor government policy rather than free-market capitalism produced the hardships of the Great Depression.
www.mackinac.org/SP1998-01
American History - Great Depression
Includes overviews of events, people, art, fashion, literature, music, science, and fads as well as book citations for further reading.
www.geocities.com/bettye_sutton/greatdepression.html
1929 Stock Market Crash (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Great_Depression/1929_Stock_Market_Crash
Sliding into the Great Depression
J. Bradford DeLong attempts to analyze the economic events surrounding the downturn.
econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Crash14.html
Herbert Hoover Library: The Great Depression
Read about the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the reaction of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. Explores the causes of the crisis, the stock market crash of 1929, and the government strategy to help the poor.
www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery06/gallery06.html
EH.Net Encyclopedia: An Overview of the Great Depression
Learn about the major events and issues of the Great Depression, the economic disaster that struck the Western world after the stock market crash of 1929. By Randall Parker, East Carolina University.
eh.net/encyclopedia/article/parker.depression
Causes and Effects of the Great Depression
Mike Noble briefly discusses world events and federal financial policy at the time of the disaster.
oasis.bellevue.k12.wa.us/sammamish/sstudies.dir/hist_docs.dir/grtdepression...
Michigan Historical Museum: 1930s Great Depression Gallery
Covering issues and events central to Michigan in the 1930s.
www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/...
Every Picture Tells A Story
Demonstrates some of the ways FSA documentary photographers created dramatic and accessible images of the Great Depression.
chnm.gmu.edu/fsa