1920's |
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| Link | Description |
| Decades_1920-1929 | 1920's site compiled by local librarians |
| Warren G. Harding | |
| Biography of Warren G. Harding | Biography from the White House. |
| American Presidents Life Portraits | Biographical information and resources from C-SPAN, developed to support their TV Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits. |
| Internet Public Library POTUS | Presidents of the United States biography, good place to find links to further information |
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Warren
Harding The Harding Administration |
US_History.com articles on the Harding Administration, provides a good overview of what happened during his Presidency. |
| Teapot Dome | Infoplease information on the Teapot Dome Scandal, includes links to other sources. |
| What Was Teapot Dome | Article from George Mason University's History News Network, provides a nice overview. |
| Calvin Coolidge | |
| Biography of Calvin Coolidge | Biography from the White House. |
| American Presidents Life Portraits | Biographical information and resources from C-SPAN, developed to support their TV Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits. |
| Internet Public Library POTUS | Presidents of the United States biography, good place to find links to further information |
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Calvin
Coolidge The Coolidge Administration |
US_History.com articles on the Coolidge Administration, provides a good overview of what happened during his Presidency |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | Infoplease information on the Kellogg-Briand Pact, includes links to other resources. |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 | This Nation.com provides the actual wording of the Pact, the site is authored and maintained by a political science professor. |
| Technology | |
| People and Discoveries Ford installs first moving assembly line | Short article and pictures on Ford's assembly line. Provided by PBS show Science Odyssey. |
| The Life of Henry Ford | Biography and information on Henry Ford's contribution to technology changes of the 20's. Site is from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan. |
| EAA - Emergence of Advertising in America 1850 - 1920 | Duke University site on advertising, includes a timeline and database of advertisements. |
| The Advertising of Installment Plans During the 1920s | Essay that talks about the new Installment Plans of the 1920's. |
| Air Age | |
| The Clipper Heritage | Historic information on Pan American Airways |
| Pan American The History of America's “Chosen Instrument” for Overseas Air Transport | Essay on Pan Am from the Centennial of Flight Commission. |
| Chasing the Sun - Timeline 1920 to 1929 | PBS series on the history of commercial aviation, this section provides a linked timeline. |
| Airmail 1918 to 1924 The Postal Service Flies the Mail | Essay on Air Mail from the Centennial of Flight Commission. |
| History of the United States Postal Service 1775-1993 | Includes a section on Air Mail. |
| AvStop Magazine Online | Online Magazine devoted to Aviation, includes lots of history. |
| Charles A. Lindbergh | |
| Charles Augustus Lindbergh | Biographical site designed and maintained by a Lindbergh Fan and trained historian. |
| Lindbergh History | Biography from the Lindbergh Foundation. |
| Amelia Earhart | |
| Official Amelia Earhart Web site | Includes a biography, pictures, and list of other sites. |
| Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum | Includes a biography, pictures, and information about other women aviators. |
| Youth | |
| StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Dance Marathons | Provides a history of Dance Marathons and highlights several from the 1920's. |
| HistoryLink Essay Dance Marathons of the 1920s and 1930s -- A Snapshot History | An overview of Dance Marathons from Washington state historical site. |
| The Fashion of The Roaring Twenties | Authentic History's selection of photos of 1920's fashion. |
| Welcome to the 1920s | |
| New Roles for Women | |
| Modern History Sourcebook Passage of the 19th Amendment 1919-20 | Copies of New York Times articles dealing with the 19th Amendment. |
| 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Women's Right to Vote | Provides an actually copy of the 19th Amendment from the National Archives. |
| The Jazz Age Flapper Culture & Style | Site includes pictures, and links to several articles from 1920's magazines and newspapers. (Links at bottom are broken but article links still work) |
| The Flapper | Provides insight into what the 1920's was about including changes to domestic life. Also includes a section on music. |
| Flappers and Fashion | Fashion site about 1920's. Great pictures! |
| Prohibition and Lawlessness | |
| Al Capone, the Brutal Chicago Gangster and the Capone Family | Biography of Al Capone from the Crime Library by CourtTV. |
| The Lawless Decade By Paul Sann | THIS SITE IS EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK, THE LAWLESS DECADE PICTURE COLLATION BY GEORGE HORNBY |
| Changes for African Americans | |
| Negro League Baseball | Official site of Negro League Baseball, includes player and team information. |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Official site of the NAACP, includes a history section |
| Divided Society | |
| Clash of Cultures | Ohio State University History website, looks at the differences between 1910's and 1920's culture in the US. Includes information on prohibition, KKK, Scopes trial, and the new woman. |
| Red Scare (1918-1921) | College library site that includes lots of images on the Red Scare. |
| Scopes Trial | School of Law site on the Scopes Trial. |
| The Greatest Trials of All Time | Court TV site on the Scopes Trial. |
| The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial | School of Law site on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. |
| Greatest Trials of All Time | Court TV site on the Sacco & Vanzetti trial. |
| Mass Media and Popular Culture | |
| Jazz All About Jazz | About Jazz, includes a timeline of events from history. |
| Heroes | |
| TIME Magazine TIME 100 - People of the Century | Includes biographies of many 1920's heroes. |
| Harlem Renaissance | |
| Harlem Renaissance A Brief Introduction | A wealth of information on the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes multiple biographies and outside links. |
| The Harlem Renaissance | |
| Biographies of the Harlem Renaissance | A linked biography list of people important to the Harlem Renaissance. |
| African American Odyssey World War I and Postwar Society (Part 2) | From the Library of Congress, includes several pictures. |
| Harlem Renaissance | California State University professor's site on literature. Includes a great introduction to the Harlem Renaissance as well as information about the authors and artists. |
| Lost Generation | |
| F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary | Site on F. Scott Fitzgerald launched in 1996, 100 years after his birth. The materials mostly come from a F. Scott Fitzgerald collection housed in the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina. |
| 1920's Resources | |
| Digital History | Selected readings on the 1920's, includes articles on prohibition, KKK, Women, Sacco and Vanzetti, as well as Scopes. |
| American Cultural History - Decade 1920-1929 | Kingwood College Library resources page on the 1920's includes, Art and Architecture as well as Fashion. Note: Kingwood's Library uses Library of Congress not The Dewey Decimal System you are used to. |
| The Roaring Twenties | Economics of the 1920's by an Economics professor at Berkley. |
| roaring~1 | Joint site of students and history department at Montgomery College on the 1920's. |
| Constitution Resources | |
| Annotated Constitution | Provides all parts to the Constitution through the Law School at Cornell University |