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SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

HENRY G. BENNETT LIBRARY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929-1940

ENG 1213 - Dr. Randy Prus

STATISTICAL SOURCES

317.3 D66h	Dodd, Don. Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census 1790-1990 Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1993. Contains state level data on population, agriculture, and manufacturing for two hundred years.
R 324.973 P92c	Presidential Elections, 1789-1992. Washington, D.C: Congressional Quarterly, 1995. Contains statistics on every national presidential election since 1789.
R 317.3 Un3h	United States. Bureau of the Census. Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

R 973.03 En1C	Encyclopedia of American Cultural Intellectual History.New York: Scribner's. 2001. This three volume set gives expression to the ever-changing character and rich variety of American thought and expression.
R 973.009173403 En1g	Encyclopedia of Rural America ; The Land and People. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1997. This set is used to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the beauty, vastness and diversity of our nation's land and its people.
R 973.003 En1k	Encyclopedia of American Studies. New York: Grolier, 2001. Describes the many diverse cultures of the United States.
R 973.003 En1	Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century.New York: Scribner's 1996. An analysis of the major topics and themes of the twentieth century.
R 973.003 En1	The Encyclopedia of Southern History. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. Contains articles dealing with all aspects of the sixteen southern states that were practicing slavery in 1860. Some of the emphases include extensive state histories, articles on slavery, entries on cities, colloquial expressions, economic and geographic arms, literature, biography, battles, and religion. Most entries contain short bibliographies.
R 973 Am7a	The Annals of America. 21 Volumes. Reproduces documents and writings written at or near the time an event occurred in American History. Very useful to get a "now" perspective of an event or issue as it was occurring. Volume 15 of this set is on the Great Depression.
R 973.089 Af8e6	The African-American Almanac 6th ed. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994. These two volumes provide coverage of all aspects of black American history and culture. There is a chronology of important dates and events in African-American History, plus significant documents in African-American history, plus a chapter on slavery in the Americas.
R 973.0496 En1	Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1996. This five volume set contains information on African-American history and culture from 1619 to present. There are 2,200 entries in this set, of which two-thirds are biographies. The other third are articles dealing with events, historical eras, legal cases, areas of cultural achievement, professions, sports, and places.
R 973.03 D56	Dictionary of American History New York: Scribner, 2nd. ed. 1976. This is a standard reference work on American History. The multi-volume set contains entries on all aspects of American history.
R 342.73 En51	Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Macmillan: Collier Macmillan, 1986. This five volume set can be used to find how the Great Depression affected the U.S. constitution. There are articles on important court cases in the depression years.
R 330.973 Enl	Porter, Glenn, ed. Encyclopedia of American Economic History New York: Scribner, 1980. This three volume set traces the economic history of the United States in the first volume. In Part III it discusses the framework of American economic growth including business cycles, panics and depressions, tariffs, taxation, money supply and agriculture. In Part IV it covers the Institutional framework for the U.S. economy discussing such things as: state and local governments, slavery, central banking, westward movement, and land policies and sales. Part V covers the social framework of the economy.
R 975.00321 En1	The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. A scholarly work that provides a convenient access to basic facts and bibliographical data about southern cultural patterns and their historical development. Twenty-four major sections focus on such themes as agriculture, education, ethnic life, law, music, mythic South, politics, recreation, social class, and women's life.
R 301.0973 En3	The Encyclopedia of Social History Contains essays on the major issues that have dominated historical writing in the past thirty to forty years.
R 973.917 H62	Historical Encyclopedia of the New Deal The focus of this encyclopedia is on the period of 1933-1940 in United States history. It provides articles on the people, agencies, legislation important to the New Deal. There is a chronological history of the important dates in New Deal history in the back.
R 973.91 O18h	Historical Dictionary of the 1920's: From World War I to the New Deal, 1919-1933 This encyclopedia contains articles on the most prominent individuals, social movements, organizations, legislation, treaties, political ideas.
R 330.9 G79	Great Events from History II Business and Commerce Series Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, This set contains the great business events of the twentieth century, including the Stock Market crash, creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Banking Act of 1933, Social Security Act of 1935, the Wagner Act, and more. Each event covered contains a summary of the event, the impact of the event, a bibliography of further resources, and a cross reference with other events.
R 031 N42ny	The New International Year Book This is an annual look at the world and "presents the developments in all major lines of human activity throughout the globe" including political, historical, science, art, religion, law, sports, agriculture, business, literature, and more. These books are a chronicle of each year as reported in newspapers, news weeklies, journals, bulletins and reports. The library has these annual year books from 1920 to 1965

OTHER SOURCES SHELVED IN NON-REFERENCE AREAS (examples)

927.8162 Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1968.

371 St2c Stanley, Jerry. Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp.New York: Crown, 1992

973.9 H35a Hearn, Charles R. The American Dream in the Great Depression. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1977.

304.8 G86a Gregory, James Noble. American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration & Okie Culture in California. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989

338.542 H21 Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr. Hard Times in Oklahoma: The Depression Years. Oklahoma City, Okla: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983

338.54 T36d Thomas, Gordon, and Max Morgan-Witts The Day the Bubble Burst : A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929

810.8 Sw1a Swados, Harvey. The American Writer and the Great Depression. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1966

791.43 B45w7 Bergman, Andrew. We're In the Money: Depression America and Its Films. New York: New York University Press, 1971

978.03 W89d Worster, Donald. Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930's. New York, Oxford University Press, 1982

332.10973 Wicker, Elmus. The Banking Panics of the Great Depression. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

338.542 H21 Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr., ed. Hard Times in Oklahoma: The Depression Years Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983

973.082 P41i Rozwenc, Edwin Charles. The New Deal, Revolution or Evolution? Boston: Heath, 1949.

361.60973 B78w Brock, William R. Welfare, Democracy, and the New Deal. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1988.

SR 1460 Brother Can You Spare a Dime? : American Song During the Great Depression. New York: New World Records, 1977.

627.1 K98b Kyle, John H. The Building of the TVA, an Illustrated History. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1958

353.09 Sa3c Salmond, John A. The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942; A New Deal Case Study. Durham, N. C. Duke University Press, 1967.

323.119 Taylor, Graham D. The New Deal and American Indian Tribalism : The Administration of the Indian Reorganization Act, 1934-45. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980

780.82 On2 100 Best Songs of the 20's and 30's. New York: Harmony Books, 1973

178.5 G65w Gordon, Ernest Barron The Wrecking of the Eighteenth Amendment Francestown, N.H. Alcohol Information Press, 1943.

973.917 Tull, Charles J. Father Coughlin and the New Deal. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1965.

U. S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS SOURCES

In storage, Basement Congressional Record (1873-present)
These volumes contain the debates and proceedings of the U. S. Congress, including any during the great depression. Each volume contains an index. Citations to the C. R. may appear in any one of several indexes or bibliographies named earlier.

In storage, basement United States Statutes at Large
Contains all public laws, acts, treaties and proclamations by the U. S. Congress. They are arranged in chronological order. Volumes for the years 1789 (first Congress) to 1936 (74th Congress) are in storage. After 1936 the volumes are in GOV DOC room, Floor 2-A.

R 348.73 Un3ca United States Reports
This is the official bound edition of the United States Supreme Court decisions. Before they are bound the official Supreme Court decisions are printed individually and are called slip opinions. The most recent years of slip opinion that have not been bound are located in the Government Documents collection on Floor 2A.

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

R 328.73 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 1774-1989.
You can find biographies of all members of the United States Congress during the depression period by using this book.

R 920.07 D56o Dictionary of American Biography
This is one of the main reference works on biographies of Americans. Contains more than 19,000 biographies of prominent Americans who died before 1980. The last volume is a comprehensive index that is divided into several sections: index by subject, birthplace, school or college attended and occupations.

R 920.073 Am3g American National Biography

R 920.42 D56d Dictionary of National Biography
Contains thousands of biographies of prominent British subjects from earliest times to 1980.

R 920.073 N31c The National Cyclopedia of American Biography
This large set was begun in 1891 and continued until the 76th one was published in 1984, and contains over 66,000 biographies. Most of the volumes are green, but the last volume, which is an index to the entire set, is brown.

R 920.073 W62wa Who Was Who in America
This set contains short biographies on 122,000 persons who died before 1993.

R 923.5304 B52 Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch
This book contains biographies of all presidents, vice-presidents, an cabinet heads of the U.S. government.

R 920.72 N84A Notable American Women

353.03 Un3p Public Papers of the Presidents. Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 Washington: Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration

PERIODICAL INDEXES

Basement Humanities Index
Index/database to articles, written 1974 to the present, appearing in several hundred journals in the humanities, including history.

Online FIRSTSEARCH
FirstSearch is a service provided by OCLC. It is a collection of databases on many topics. It can be accessed through the SE Library Home Page under Electronic Resources.

Online EbscoHost
EbscoHost is a service provided by ODL. It is a collection of databases on many topics. It is accessed through the SE Library Home Page under Electronic Resources.

Basement Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (paper)
An index to over 200 general interest periodicals, including Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, The Nation, and The New Republic. Use this index to find articles written during the great depression.

Basement International Index to Periodicals (paper)
An index to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities. Articles written between 1907 and 1964 are indexed.

Basement Social Sciences and Humanities Index (paper)
Index to articles written 1965-1974 appearing in several hundred journals in the humanities and social sciences, including history.

Basement American Heritage 35-Year Cumulative Index
Index to the American Heritage magazine from 1954 to 1989.

NEWSPAPERS AND SELECTED MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS

Basement American Heritage
Well known magazine that has very readable articles of varying length that cover all aspects of United States history. This library has issues from 1954 to the present.

Basement American Historical Review
This very distinguished journal, published by the American Historical Association, contains long scholarly articles on all areas of history. The library has this journal from 1895 to the present.

Basement Pacific Historical Review
This journal is published at the University of California Press at Berkeley. It is"devoted to the history of American expansionism to the Pacific and beyond, and the post-frontier developments the twentieth-century American West." The SE library has this journal from 1972 to 1996.

Basement Journal of American History (formerly Mississippi Valley Historical Review)
Published by the Organization of American Historians. An excellent journal on all aspects of American history. This library has volumes from 1964 to the present.

Basement Journal of Southern History
An excellent journal on Southern History published by the Southern Historical Association. The library has issues from 1935 to the present.

Basement New England Quarterly
The library holds volumes from 1946 to the present. This journal says that it is "a historical review of New England Life and Letters."

Microform New York Times
This major newspaper will be useful to get day by day views of the Great Depression . The library has this newspaper from 1851 to the present on microfilm reels. The index to the newspaper during the depression years is in paper volumes in the microform room.

Storage, Basement Life
Life began publication in November 1936, so it can be useful for the latter depression years. The library has this magazine from 1936 to the present.

Basement Scribner's Magazine
The library has this magazine, with some gaps, from 1887 to 1939.

Basement Newsweek
National weekly news magazine which began in 1933. The library has from 1933 to 1984 on microfilm reels, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide

Basement Time
National weekly news magazine which began in 1923. The library has this magazine from 1923 to 1984 on microfilm reels, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.

Basement New Republic
National weekly magazine of news and opinion which began publication on November 7, 1914. The library has bound volumes of this magazine from 1923 to 1980, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.

Basement The Nation
National weekly magazine of news and opinion which began publication in July 6, 1865. The library has bound volumes from 1925 to 1981, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.

Basement Reader's Digest
A popular monthly magazine that reprints articles of significance in other magazines, with some original articles. The articles are on topics of current interest. It began publishing in 1922. The library has from 1931 to the present, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.

Basement The Chronicles of Oklahoma
Quarterly magazine published by the Oklahoma Historical Society, and began publishing in January 1921. Could be useful for finding out more about the depression in Oklahoma.

Basement Living Age
The library has this magazine from 1923-1927 and 1928 to 1941

Basement Harper's Magazine
The Library has this magazine, with some gaps, from 1850 to the present.

Basement Good Housekeeping
The library has this magazine, with some gaps, from 1925 to the present.

Last Updated: June 23, 2008

927.8162	Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1968.
371 St2c	Stanley, Jerry. Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp.New York: Crown, 1992
973.9 H35a	Hearn, Charles R. The American Dream in the Great Depression. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1977.
304.8 G86a	Gregory, James Noble. American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration & Okie Culture in California. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989
338.542 H21	Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr. Hard Times in Oklahoma: The Depression Years. Oklahoma City, Okla: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983
338.54 T36d	Thomas, Gordon, and Max Morgan-Witts The Day the Bubble Burst : A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929
810.8 Sw1a	Swados, Harvey. The American Writer and the Great Depression. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1966
791.43 B45w7	Bergman, Andrew. We're In the Money: Depression America and Its Films. New York: New York University Press, 1971
978.03 W89d	Worster, Donald. Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930's. New York, Oxford University Press, 1982
332.10973	Wicker, Elmus. The Banking Panics of the Great Depression. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
338.542 H21	Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr., ed. Hard Times in Oklahoma: The Depression Years Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983
973.082 P41i	Rozwenc, Edwin Charles. The New Deal, Revolution or Evolution? Boston: Heath, 1949.
361.60973 B78w	Brock, William R. Welfare, Democracy, and the New Deal. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1988.
SR 1460	Brother Can You Spare a Dime? : American Song During the Great Depression. New York: New World Records, 1977.
627.1 K98b	Kyle, John H. The Building of the TVA, an Illustrated History. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1958
353.09 Sa3c	Salmond, John A. The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942; A New Deal Case Study. Durham, N. C. Duke University Press, 1967.
323.119	Taylor, Graham D. The New Deal and American Indian Tribalism : The Administration of the Indian Reorganization Act, 1934-45. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980
780.82 On2	100 Best Songs of the 20's and 30's. New York: Harmony Books, 1973
178.5 G65w	Gordon, Ernest Barron The Wrecking of the Eighteenth Amendment Francestown, N.H. Alcohol Information Press, 1943.
973.917	Tull, Charles J. Father Coughlin and the New Deal. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1965.

In storage, Basement	Congressional Record (1873-present) These volumes contain the debates and proceedings of the U. S. Congress, including any during the great depression. Each volume contains an index. Citations to the C. R. may appear in any one of several indexes or bibliographies named earlier.
In storage, basement	United States Statutes at Large Contains all public laws, acts, treaties and proclamations by the U. S. Congress. They are arranged in chronological order. Volumes for the years 1789 (first Congress) to 1936 (74th Congress) are in storage. After 1936 the volumes are in GOV DOC room, Floor 2-A.
R 348.73 Un3ca	United States Reports This is the official bound edition of the United States Supreme Court decisions. Before they are bound the official Supreme Court decisions are printed individually and are called slip opinions. The most recent years of slip opinion that have not been bound are located in the Government Documents collection on Floor 2A.

R 328.73	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 1774-1989. You can find biographies of all members of the United States Congress during the depression period by using this book.
R 920.07 D56o	Dictionary of American Biography This is one of the main reference works on biographies of Americans. Contains more than 19,000 biographies of prominent Americans who died before 1980. The last volume is a comprehensive index that is divided into several sections: index by subject, birthplace, school or college attended and occupations.
R 920.073 Am3g	American National Biography
R 920.42 D56d	Dictionary of National Biography Contains thousands of biographies of prominent British subjects from earliest times to 1980.
R 920.073 N31c	The National Cyclopedia of American Biography This large set was begun in 1891 and continued until the 76th one was published in 1984, and contains over 66,000 biographies. Most of the volumes are green, but the last volume, which is an index to the entire set, is brown.
R 920.073 W62wa	Who Was Who in America This set contains short biographies on 122,000 persons who died before 1993.
R 923.5304 B52	Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch This book contains biographies of all presidents, vice-presidents, an cabinet heads of the U.S. government.
R 920.72 N84A	Notable American Women
353.03 Un3p	Public Papers of the Presidents. Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 Washington: Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration

Basement	Humanities Index Index/database to articles, written 1974 to the present, appearing in several hundred journals in the humanities, including history.
Online	FIRSTSEARCH FirstSearch is a service provided by OCLC. It is a collection of databases on many topics. It can be accessed through the SE Library Home Page under Electronic Resources.
Online	EbscoHost EbscoHost is a service provided by ODL. It is a collection of databases on many topics. It is accessed through the SE Library Home Page under Electronic Resources.
Basement	Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (paper) An index to over 200 general interest periodicals, including Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, The Nation, and The New Republic. Use this index to find articles written during the great depression.
Basement	International Index to Periodicals (paper) An index to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities. Articles written between 1907 and 1964 are indexed.
Basement	Social Sciences and Humanities Index (paper) Index to articles written 1965-1974 appearing in several hundred journals in the humanities and social sciences, including history.
Basement	American Heritage 35-Year Cumulative Index Index to the American Heritage magazine from 1954 to 1989.

Basement	American Heritage Well known magazine that has very readable articles of varying length that cover all aspects of United States history. This library has issues from 1954 to the present.
Basement	American Historical Review This very distinguished journal, published by the American Historical Association, contains long scholarly articles on all areas of history. The library has this journal from 1895 to the present.
Basement	Pacific Historical Review This journal is published at the University of California Press at Berkeley. It is"devoted to the history of American expansionism to the Pacific and beyond, and the post-frontier developments the twentieth-century American West." The SE library has this journal from 1972 to 1996.
Basement	Journal of American History (formerly Mississippi Valley Historical Review) Published by the Organization of American Historians. An excellent journal on all aspects of American history. This library has volumes from 1964 to the present.
Basement	Journal of Southern History An excellent journal on Southern History published by the Southern Historical Association. The library has issues from 1935 to the present.
Basement	New England Quarterly The library holds volumes from 1946 to the present. This journal says that it is "a historical review of New England Life and Letters."
Microform	New York Times This major newspaper will be useful to get day by day views of the Great Depression . The library has this newspaper from 1851 to the present on microfilm reels. The index to the newspaper during the depression years is in paper volumes in the microform room.
Storage, Basement	Life Life began publication in November 1936, so it can be useful for the latter depression years. The library has this magazine from 1936 to the present.
Basement	Scribner's Magazine The library has this magazine, with some gaps, from 1887 to 1939.
Basement	Newsweek National weekly news magazine which began in 1933. The library has from 1933 to 1984 on microfilm reels, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide
Basement	Time National weekly news magazine which began in 1923. The library has this magazine from 1923 to 1984 on microfilm reels, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.
Basement	New Republic National weekly magazine of news and opinion which began publication on November 7, 1914. The library has bound volumes of this magazine from 1923 to 1980, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.
Basement	The Nation National weekly magazine of news and opinion which began publication in July 6, 1865. The library has bound volumes from 1925 to 1981, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.
Basement	Reader's Digest A popular monthly magazine that reprints articles of significance in other magazines, with some original articles. The articles are on topics of current interest. It began publishing in 1922. The library has from 1931 to the present, and it is indexed in Reader's Guide.
Basement	The Chronicles of Oklahoma Quarterly magazine published by the Oklahoma Historical Society, and began publishing in January 1921. Could be useful for finding out more about the depression in Oklahoma.
Basement	Living Age The library has this magazine from 1923-1927 and 1928 to 1941
Basement	Harper's Magazine The Library has this magazine, with some gaps, from 1850 to the present.
Basement	Good Housekeeping The library has this magazine, with some gaps, from 1925 to the present.