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  Literature and Songs of the Great Depression

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20033 pages Topic overview 1210LSongs of the Great Depression …239 Woody Guthrie …249 Every period of U.S. history has produced unique varieties of American literature. The Great Depression (1929–41), the most severe economic crisis the nation...
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  Youth Riding the Rails

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20033 pages Topic overview 1100LJohn E. Fawcett …183 By 1932 an army of 250,000 boys and a scattering of girls were wandering about the United States on the railways. The hardships of the Great Depression pushed ever-increasing numbers of young...
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  Perkins, Frances

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20037 pages Speech, Excerpt 1000LExcerpt from "The Roots of Social Security" Reprinted from the Social Security Administration Web site, available at http://www.ssa.gov/history/perkins5.html "The total economy had gone to pieces; just shook to...
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  Everyday Living

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20033 pages Topic overview 1140LRita Van Amber …97 Kingsley Davis …111 Federal Writers' Project …117 The Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in U.S. history, affected almost all Americans and their families to some degree. Only the...
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  Lorena Hickok

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20039 pages Nonfiction work, Exc... 1090LExcerpt from "The Unsung Heroes of the Depression" Reprinted from One Third of a Nation: Lorena Hickok Reports on the Great Depression Edited by Richard Lowitt and Maurine Beasley Published in 1981 "People, with...
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  Lange, Dorothea

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20039 pages Essay, Excerpt 1060LExcerpt from "The Assignment I'll Never Forget: Migrant Mother" Published in Popular Photography, February 1960 "I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet. I do not remember how I...
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  Henderson, Caroline A.

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  200310 pages Collection, Excerpt,... 1160LExcerpts from "Letters from the Dust Bowl" Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly, May 1936 Reprinted from Reader's Digest Published in July 1936 "We can't hold out indefinitely without some income, however...
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  Bethune, Mary McLeod

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20039 pages Speech, Excerpt 1200LExcerpt from "National Youth Administration: Proceedings of the Second National Youth Administration Advisory Committee Meeting" Delivered by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1936 Reprinted from Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a...
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  On the Farm

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20034 pages Topic overview 1190LOscar Heline …129 For much of U.S. history, farming had been the most important means of earning a living for Americans. A healthy agricultural economy was essential to the nation's overall economic health. Yet...
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  Hoover, Herbert

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20038 pages Speech, Excerpt 1220LExcerpt from "Public vs. Private Financing of Relief Efforts" Delivered in a press conference on February 3, 1931 Reprinted from Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Herbert Hoover, 1931 Published in...
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  Sampling of Key New Deal Legislation

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20034 pages Topic overview 1270LFrances Perkins …77 Upon his first inauguration in March 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) and his close advisers and cabinet members immediately began to develop and write legislation designed to help...
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  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20036 pages Speech, Excerpt 1180LExcerpt from "Annual Message to the Congress, January 3, 1938" Reprinted from The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1938 Volume Published in 1941 "We are seeking only legislation to end starvation...
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  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  200310 pages Speech, Excerpt 1170LExcerpt from "The First 'Fireside Chat': An Intimate Talk with the People of the United States on Banking, March 12, 1933" Reprinted from The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Volume Two, 1933...
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  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20039 pages Speech, Excerpt 980LExcerpt from "Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wednesday, January 20, 1937" Reprinted from The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Volume Two, 1937 Published in 1941 "I see a great...
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  A New Deal for Americans

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20033 pages Topic overview 1300LFrances Perkins …45 By the time Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) was inaugurated as the thirty-second president of the United States on March 4, 1933, the U.S. banking system had ceased to function. Roosevelt's first...
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  Women's Voices

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20033 pages Topic overview 1270LEleanor Roosevelt …197 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) was sworn in as president of the United States in March 1933. He and his advisers immediately began to introduce legislation designed to address the severe...
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  Crisis of the Great Depression

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20035 pages Topic overview 1170LExciting, fascinating, entertaining, prosperous—all these terms describe the decade of the 1920s, commonly known as the Roaring Twenties. The U.S. population was entering a new era and enjoying a new lifestyle. U.S....
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  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20036 pages Speech, Excerpt 1150LExcerpt from "Recommendation for Legislation to Provide Assistance for Repairing and Construction of Homes, May 14, 1934" Reprinted from The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Volume Three, 1934...
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  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  20038 pages Speech, Excerpt 1060LExcerpt from "Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933" Reprinted from The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Volume Two, 1933 Published in 1938 "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the...
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  Steinbeck, John

  Editors:Allison McNeill, Richard C. Hanes, and Sharon M. HanesFrom:Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library (Vol. 3: Primary Sources. )

  200310 pages Novel, Excerpt 1030LExcerpt from The Grapes of Wrath Published in 1939; excerpt taken from 1955 reprint "They streamed over the mountains, hungry and restless—restless as ants, scurrying to find work to do—to lift, to push, to pull, to...