Culture of the 1930s Workshop – Wed 10/9
by Dr. H - October 9th, 2013
Links for Class Discussion
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (NPR)
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” (Bing Crosby)
“Pennies from Heaven” (Billie Holliday)
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (Wizard of Oz, 1939)
“Remember My Forgotten Man” from the film Gold Diggers of 1933
Links for Group Work
1) New Deal Network
2) Hoovervilles in Washington State
3) Hoovervilles: Primary Sources & Other Resources from Gilder Lehrman Institute
4) New Deal: Library of Congress Primary Source Set
5) Bonus Army: “Occupying” Washington, 1932
6) WPA Posters: Colorful Messages in Dark Economic Times (Library of Congress)
7) Voices from the Dust Bowl: Migrant Worker Collection (Library of Congress)
8) Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1937 (HistoricalVoices.org)
9) Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
10) My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt
11) Documents regarding migrant labor and “Okies”
12) Voices from the Thirties: Life Histories from the Federal Writers’ Project
