MCHS Library

The Great Depression

• America from the Great Depression to World War II
  Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945, from the Library of Congress American Memory Website.
• We Made Do - Recalling the Great Depression
  "We Made Do" is on-going project of the students in Mooresville High School in Mooresville, Indiana. The project's focus is on the 1930's, the era of the Great Depression.  It contains oral histories, period photographs and e-mailed contributions of viewers who have taken time to share their memories of living in this period of economic upheaval.
• The Main Causes of the Great Depression
  The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually all of the
  industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in
  bringing about the depression.
• The Depression News
  1930s Great Depression Gallery, Michigan Historical Museum.
• Archival Resources on the Great Depression
  Broad subject areas on the Great Depression (1929-1941) are listed below, with entries describing specific materials contained in individual collections at the Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives.

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