CCC - Civilian Conservation Corp
WPA - (Workers Progress administration)
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
REA - Rural Electrical Administration
Gangs including Machine Gun Kelly, Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Baker (and her sons), John Dillinger,"Baby Face" Nelson, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and Alvin Karpis.
By 1938, nearly 80% of American households own a radio.
Databases
the main Academic database is ProQuest
Accessing Databases from Off Campus:
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PJC owns the following DVDs over the era 1930s including the great depression
Dust Bowl
Bonnie & Clyde
O' brother where art thou
of mice and men
Seabiscuit
Grapes of Wrath
The Sting
The catalog has many different resources and materials available to help you.
PJC has physical books on the following subjects concerning the Great Depression - FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt), When the new deal was young, Dancing in the dark, Hoover Administration, Huey Long, Age of the the Great Depression, 1930s, 30's in America encyclopedia set, Grapes of Wrath, Worst hard times, New Deal at home
E-BOOKS concerning the Great depression include