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Resource Catalogue

General Resource	Timelines	Primary Documents	F. D. Roosevelt	Secondary Sources
Life Stories	Maps and Statistical Data	Images and Videos	Music and Literature	About Ben Shahn

General Resource
	The New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/ This site is a devoted to provided researchers, professors, and students with resources and documents to work around the Great Depression and the New Deal. The site also supports and mantains listserves for people to share their experiencies in teaching and learning these topics. This is one of the most comprehensives and well develped sites on the New Deal for teaching and learning.
Timelines	[Top]
	New Deal for the Arts - The New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/ndart/ This is a narrative timeline covering the main art - related projects developed under the Work Progress Administration, Roosevelt Presidency. This site is supported and mainteined by the New Deal Network (Institute of Learning Technologies, Columbia University), a research and teaching resource on the World Wide Web devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal.
	University of Virginia 1930's Project http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/frames.htm This timeline provides detailed information about the thirties. It is organized in a way that it is possible to visualize the relations among political, technological, scientific, cultural and international events. The site is supported and mantained by the American Studies Program at the University of Virginia.
Primary Documents	[Top]
	The problem of Unemployment by Aubrey Williams http://newdeal.feri.org/works/aw02.htm An address by Aubrey W. Williams, Assistant Works Progress Administrator and executive Director of the National Youth Administration, before the Buffalo Council of Social Agencies, January 15, 1935.
	Tennesse Valley Authority Act ( http://newdeal.feri.org/acts/us07.htm The act passed by the Congress on May 18, 1993.
	Wagner-Peyser Act http://www.doleta.gov/regs/statutes/wag-peys.asp Compilation by the Employment and Training Administration of the Wagner-Peyser Act of June 6, 1933.
	Letter from Nicola Sacco http://www.courttv.com/greatesttrials/sacco.vanzetti/sacco_letter.html Sacco's letter written to his son nine days before his death.
	Letter from Bartolomeo Vanzetti http://www.courttv.com/greatesttrials/sacco.vanzetti/vanzetti_letter.html Letter written by from Bartolomeo Vanzetti, seven months before his death, to Alice Stone Blackwell, an early pioneer for womens' rights.
F. D. Roosevelt	[Top]
	Three Essentials for Unemployment Relief by F. D. Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/speeches/1933c.htm Speech delivered by F. D. Roosevelt on March 21, 1933
	A Message to the Congress on Social Security by F. D. Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/speeches/1935b.htm Speech delivered to the Congress by F. D. Roosevelt on January 17, 1935
	Creation of the First National Labor Relations Board. http://newdeal.feri.org/speeches/1934d.htm The text of the Executive Order No. 6763 - June 29, 1934
	The First Inaugural Address by F. D. Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/speeches/1933a.htm March 4, 1933
	The Second Inaugural Address by F. D. Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/speeches/1937a.htm January 20, 1937
	The Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery by F.D. Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/chat/chat03.htm Fireside Chats, July 24, 1933
	Outlining the New Deal Program by F.D. Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/chat/chat02.htm Fireside Chats, May 7, 1933
	Presidential Statement on National Industrial Recovery Act http://newdeal.feri.org/speeches/1933d.htm Speech delivered by F. D. Roosevelt on June 16, 1933
	"Roosevelt, America's Original Man From Hope" by E.J. Dionne Jr. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/fdr/legacy.htm This article, published on The Washington Post on May1, 1997, addresses the social meaning of F.D.Roosevelt memorial in Washington DC.
	The Washington Post - Remembering Franklin Delano Roosevelt http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/fdr/remembrances.htm This site contains an article published on The Washington Post in which people from the region and across the country share their stories of the Depression and World War II and of how FDR's presidency affected their lives or the lives of loved ones.
	F.D. Roosevelt Biography http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/32proos.html
Images and Videos	[Top]
	A New Deal for the arts http://www.nara.gov/exhall/newdeal/ This is an online exhibit about the New Deal for the Arts. It explains what the New Deal Art was and shows examples organized by areas.
	Roosevelt Mural http://www.music.columbia.edu/roosevelt/mural.html Information on Roosevelt, New Jersey, mural created by Ben Shahn.
	Jewish Museum exhibit of the work of Ben Shahn http://www.jewishmuseum.org/Pages/Exhibitions/Special_Exhibits/shahn/shahn_zoom/shahnL2.html Common man, mythic vision: The paintings of Ben Shahn. (INCLUIRLA EN LA CATEGORIA IMAGENES)
	"By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA" - 1936-1943. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html A collection of original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal Art Work Projects.
	WPA Film Library http://www.wpafilmlibrary.com/ This site contains the world's leading commercial film archive with more than 60,000 hours of high-quality historical images covering the entire 20th century.
	F.D. Roosevelt in Wheelchair ( http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail362.html A photograph of Franklin Roosevelt with Ruthie Bie and Fala at Hilltop Cottage in Hyde Park, 1941.
	F.D. Roosevelt Declares War. http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail363.html Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan, December 8, 1941.
	F.D. Roosevelt Signing the Social Security Act of 1935 http://www.ssa.gov/history/fdrsign.html A photograph of President Roosevelt signing Social Security Act into law, 8/14/35.
	Sacco & Vanzetti videos http://www.courttv.com/video/saccovanzetti_index.html This site has important information about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, the battles to save them, and interesting video clips.
	FDR Cartoons http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/FDRcartoons.html This site contains several cartoons published in different newspapers during the New Deal time. They refer to many different topics of F.D. Roosevelt presidency such as foreign relations, economical decisions, the war, among others.
	Photograph of a Group of People at an Employment Agency During the Great Depression. http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blygd7.htm Typical picture capturing the number of people who were unemployed and looking for a job.
	Photograph of a Group of People Outside a Bank During the Great Depression http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blygd17.htm
	Photograph of a Farm Foreclosure Sale in Iowa During the Great Depression http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blygd47.htm
	Ben Shahn's photographs at Harvard Fogg are Museum http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/Shahn/ Searchable database that makes available images (mainly photographs)and textual information relating to the American artist Ben Shahn
	Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/shahn_ben.html Catalogue of links to Ben Shahn works in museums and other institutions.
Music and Literature	[Top]
	Brother can you spare a dime http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/427sound/Crashsound/brother.html This site provides the song with little preview as well as the opportunity to play it.
	'Strange Fruit,' by Billie Holiday. http://www.theconnection.org/archive/2000/05/0526b.shtml This site has a version of 'Strange Fruit' by Billy Holliday to listen on line.
	The Cradle Will Rock http://www.hapka.com/usopera/composers/blitzstein/cradle/ Synopsis, performance history, and discography of the opera to listen online.
	The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck http://www.ac.wwu.edu/%7Estephan/Steinbeck/grapes.html Character list, maps, context and summary of The Grapes of Wrath: The story of Oklahoma tenant farmers who, unable to earn a living from the land, moved to California where they became migratory workers.
	The Memorial Day Massacre - 1937 http://uswa1011.org/history/republicmassacre/republic-massacre.htm Description of the Memorial Day Massacre from the United Steelworkers of America. The site contains photographs, testimonies, and other references from then and now.
	The Memorial Day Massacre http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/memorialday_strike.html Summary given by the U.S. Senate Committee reporting on the Memorial Day incident. Chicago Public Library site.
	May Day Parades http://students.washington.edu/ruckus/vol-2/issue-6/mayday.html A brief overview of May Day parades since 1880
	Walt Whitman - Books and Writers Page http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wwhitman.htm A biographical note on Walt Whitman.
	Walt Whitman at the Lieye page http://www.liglobal.com/walt/waltbio.shtml This site provides an overview of Whitman life and work and many additional resources related to Walt Whitman.
	"Reminiscences of Walt Whitman" by John Townsend Trowbridge http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/whitman/walt.htm An article originally published in The Atlantic Monthly February 1902.
Life Stories	[Top]
	"Voice from the thirties" Life stories from the Federal Writers' Project (FWP)http://rs6.loc.gov/wpaintro/intro01.html Photographs from1936 to1961 with brief history Who were the Federal Writers and what did they do?
	Life narratives by the staff of the Folklore Project of the WPA from 1936-1940 http://rs6.loc.gov/wpaintro/wpahome.html Photographs with brief history
	America's History - Library of Congress http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_0408_wpa_1.html This site describes and explains the Works Progress Administration at its approval by Congress.
	New Deal and the Arts Oral History Interviews conducted by the Archives of American Art, 1963-1965 http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/oralhist/transnda.htm Provides over 400 names of the interviewers and interviewees and the dates interviewed. Some of the names have direct links to interviews.
	The depression years - 1930 TO 1942 by Vincent Palazzo http://www.bronxboard.com/diary/palazzo.html Palazzo's autobiography on the experiences during great depression.
Maps and Statistical Data	[Top]
	AMERISTAT - Population Reference Bureau and Social Science Data Analysis Network http://www.ameristat.org/ AmeriStat gives the viewer instant summaries in graphics and text of the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population.
	U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ Updated information about Census 2000 data is available in this site.
	Map of the Presidential Election of 1932 http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail348.html
	Map of the Presidential Election of 1936 http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail355.html The map depicts vote percentages by state.
	Map to New York State Public Works of Art http://newdeal.feri.org/ndart/map.htm Extant murals and sculpture from the government art project.
	Discovering the Bronx http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/depts/polisci/discover/bxtext.htm Site offering demographic statistical analysis of the Bronx. Compiled by Prof. William Bosworth, Lehman College, CUNY. It contains graphics, explanations, and statistical analysis of major social and economical issues of the current Bronx and its population.
Secondary Sources	[Top]
	"The New Deal for Sharecroppers" by William R. Amberson - The Nation, February 13, 1934 http://newdeal.feri.org/nation/na34185.htm An article addressing the problems faced by the agriculture sector during the New Deal administration.
	"Black Cotton Farmers and the AAA" by E. E. Lewis http://newdeal.feri.org/opp/opp3572.htm An article published in Opportunity, Journal of Negro Life - March, 1935. It addresses the problems and challenges of the relief program implemented by the New Deal regarding the Black Cotton Farmers.
	"Southern Farm Tenancy.The Way Out of Its Evils." By Edwin R. Embree http://newdeal.feri.org/survey/36149.htm An article published in the Survey Graphic, March 1936. It addresses the problems of African American workers in the southern farms.
	"This Business of Relief" - The Nation, November 20, 1935 http://newdeal.feri.org/nation/na35581.htm An article addressing the problem of unemployment and the WPA program.
	"The Negro Joins the Picket Line" By Lester B. Granger http://newdeal.feri.org/opp/opp34248.htm An article published in Opportunity, Journal of Negro Life - August, 1934. It addresses "The real story of the Bridgeton strike and the part played there in by Negroes employed in the farming and canning industry of New Jersey."
	"An Open Letter to Rex Tugwell" By Tom Burke http://newdeal.feri.org/nation/na36106.htm An article published in The Nation - January, 1936. It refers to case that depicts some of the problems faced by the Sharecroppers during the Great Depression.
	"A Program for Relief" - The Nation, January 16, 1937 http://newdeal.feri.org/nation/na37144p061.htm This Editorial from The Nation addresses the social problems still undergoing by 1937 and the meassures developed by the New Deal to solve them.
	"SECTION 7-A: The Clash Over the Most Disputed Clause in the Recovery Act" by Beulah Amidon http://newdeal.feri.org/survey/34213.htm An article published on the Survey Graphic: Magazine of Social Interpretation, May, 1934, regarding the implication od Section 7-A for labor organizationand recovery.
	"Workers Should Join Trade Unions" by Eleanor Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/er/er27.htm An article by E. Roosevelt regarding labor unionism and recovery. It was originally published in American Federationist, March 1941. Address to Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at Leviton Manufacturing Company strike headquarters.
	Labor Unions during the Great depression and the New Deal http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/unions/unions.html This site provides explanations, documents, a additional resources related to the labor movements during the Great Depression.
	Spring marches on Washington - History News Service http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~hns/articles/archives/2000/041400a.html Article about the history and purpose of different marches related to social and political movements in the United States. It refers to the political labor movements of the Great Depression and New Deal time.
	TVA: Electricity for All http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/index.htm This site contains explanations and documents regarding the Tennessee Valley Authority project.
	Tennessee Valley Authority Site http://152.85.3.14/abouttva/history.htm An illustrated short history of TVA.
	Tennessee Valley Authority Site http://152.85.3.14/power/index.htm TVA as a power source today.
	Adam Clayton Powell Jr. / Political leader http://www.hometoharlem.com/harlem/hthcult.nsf/notables/adamclaytonpowelljr A biographical note on A. C. Powell, Jr.
	Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church http://www.abyssinian.org/html/history_3.htm A brief reference to A. C. Powell Jr. work and role in the history of the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
	Cooperatives Help Farmers Survive the Great Depression, Position Themselves for New Marketing Opportunities http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/jan99/1930s.html An article published in the Rural Cooperative Magazine, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.
	The hunger marches and mass demonstrations demanding work or relief organized by the Unemployed Leagues http://www.realchangenews.org/pastarticles/features/articles/fea_rt_towork.html An article about the rise and fall of Seattle's unemployed citizen's league during 1930's.
	The organization of the workers into the Congress of Industrial Organizations http://www.bartleby.com/65/am/AmerFL-CIO.html Article on the history of AFL and CIO and their merger to the present.
	Unions and worker organizations http://www.umwa.org/history/cio1.shtml This site provides information about the history, purpose, activities of The Congress of Industrial Organization.
	American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization http://www.aflcio.org/front/about.htm This is the official homepage of the AFLCIO. It provides relevant information about its history and its present tasks.
	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation site http://www.fdic.gov/about/index.html This site contains information about the FDIC today and about its history.
	Security Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov/about/whatwedo.shtml This site contains information about the SEC today and about its history.
	Civilian Conservation Corps Museum http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/museccc/
	The Democratic Party http://www.democrats.org/hq/history/ History of the Democratic party at its homepage
	The American Presidency http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/dparty.html History of the Democratic Party and its main leaders.
	Communist Party U.S.A. http://www.cpusa.org/cp-usa/index.html This is the official site of the US Communist Party. It provides information about its ideological principles and its mission.
	Jersey Homesteads http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/homesteads/jersey.htm This page provides an article about the history of Jersey Homesteads, a cooperative project opened in 1936 with the assistance of the New Deal's subsistence program.
	The Bronx Diary http://bronxboard.com/ This site provides valuable information about the Bronx from the perspective of the people who live or lived there.
	Walt Whitman and Ben Shahn's Murals http://newdeal.feri.org/ndart/art05.htm This article addresses the social, political,ans artistic meaning of the mural movement during the New Deal. It also contains a reference to Ben Shahn murals at the Bronx Post Office and the Walt Whitman quotation they include.
	The Bronx Mural and a Fight over Walt Whitman http://www.randomhouse.com/atrandom/howardgreenfeld/benshahn.html An excerpt of the book "Ben Shahn: An Artist's Life" by Howard Greenfeld. This excerpt refers to Ben and Bernarda Shahn's work for the Bronx Post Office murals and its quotation of Walt Whitman.
	Art Of Europe Federico Garcia Lorca http://www.artofeurope.com/lorca/lor1.htm Poem written by Federico Garcia Lorca - Ode to Walt Whitman
	Sacco and Vanzetti trial http://www.courttv.com/greatesttrials/sacco.vanzetti/trial.html This site contains information about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. It provides some video clips regarding the trial.
	English Department at the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sacvan.html An article addressing the Sacco and Vanzetti case written by Robert D'Attilio
	The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/oj/frankff.htm Atlantic's article covering aspects of this famous case from the crime, to the arrest, trial, appeals, and the defendants anarchist beliefs.
	The Memorial Day Massacre - 1937 http://uswa1011.org/history/republicmassacre/republic-massacre.htm Description of the Memorial Day Massacre from the United Steelworkers of America. The site contains photographs, testimonies, and other references from then and now.
	The Memorial Day Massacre http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/memorialday_strike.html Summary given by the U.S. Senate Committee reporting on the Memorial Day incident. Chicago Public Library site.
	May Day Parades http://students.washington.edu/ruckus/vol-2/issue-6/mayday.html A brief overview of May Day parades since 1880

About Ben Shahn	[top]
	Ben Shahn's biography http://www.xrefer.com/entry/145476 A brief history of Ben Shahn's life from the Oxford Dictionary of Arts.
	Ben Shahn's biography http://www.planetcartoonist.com/artyo/masterpainters.asp A brief biography of Ben Shahn.
	Ben Shahn's biography http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/culture/shahn.htm Detailed research about Ben Shahn's life done by a Columbia University student.
	Ben Shahn's photograph http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/CAPTIONS/20007295_P.html