Collections

A Nation of Immigrants
A Nation of Immigrants, by Bernard Weisberger
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras
James Dean
The Rise and Decline of the Teenager, by Thomas Hine
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Found? by Tom D. Crouch
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Articles

What Were the Japanese Thinking? (August 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
News Tip from a Baron (May/June 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Secret Plans to Invade Japan (August 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Missy LeHand: FDR's Influential, but Largely Forgotten Assistant (Summer 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Cagney Did "Yankee Doodle Dandy" to Prove He Wasn't a Commie (July/August 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
What to Call It? (December 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Perfectly Simple (June/July 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Re-examining Roosevelt (April 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Secret Treason (December 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Hitler and IBM (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Why "Light in August" is Faulkner's Most Powerful Novel (September 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Debacle in 1930 (June/July 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
LaFollette and the Progressive Movement (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Father of the Forests (February/March 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Alf Makes His Pitch in a Deep Fog (September 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
How Papa Liberated Paris (April 1962 | Volume: 13, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Tragic Success of Bela Lugosi (November 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 7)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Day When We Almost Lost the Army (Spring 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Last Mission (July/August 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Asleep at the Switchboard During the Trinity Test (December 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Tokyo, 1945 (May/June 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Power of Homely Detail (August/September 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Triumph and Tragedy (December 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Martha Gellhorn Gets Her Story on D-Day (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
“You Mustn’t Let It Bother You Too Much” (June/July 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Emperor’s Pierce-Arrow (November 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 7)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Miss Dodd Found Hitler to Be So Tender (July/August 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II, by Richard Snow (Spring 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
FDR Was Hardly Indifferent to the Shoah (July/August 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Road to the Future (May/June 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Lost Mencken (December 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Navy Power: A View From The Air (October/November 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
“The So-called Charge was Murder” (June/July 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Seeking the Greatest Bluesman (July/August 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Land of the Candy Bar (October/November 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Man on the Horse (May/June 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Historical Documents

An outstanding picture of 1937 – tragedy. Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc., 1937 Dec. 15.
Miss Earhart Forced Down at Sea, Howland Isle Fears; Coast Guard Begins Search
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Making Sense of Films: Film as Social and Cultural History
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
The Original Social Security Act
Social Security Act
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
“Friends” Poem
“Friends” Poem
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras

Historical Images

Earhart's flight started in Oakland, California and made it all the way to Darwin, Australia. She was only 3 stops away from returning to Oakland when she disappeared.
Map of Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight Path
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Man waiting in the colored-waiting room bus station in Durham, NC.
Jim Crow Era: Durham NC
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Alfred Hitchcock
Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras