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Web Sites

Title

America From the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945

URL

http://rs6.loc.gov/fsowhome.html

Description

The American Memory collection of primary source material from the Library of Congress.

Title

Ladies’ Fashions of the 1940s

URL

http://www.murrayontravel.com/carolnolan/fashionhistory_1940ladies.html

Description

The social and historical impact on women's clothing in the 1940's.

Title

Men’s Fashions of the 1940s

URL

http://www.murrayontravel.com/carolnolan/fashionhistory_1940mens.html

Description

The beginning of the decade saw extreme social and economic conditions. According to the 1940 US census, one out of five Americans owned a car, one in seven had a telephone and only fifteen percent of the college-age population attended college. Other statistics revealed that only 75% of American households had a refrigerator or ice box, 60% lacked central heat and three out of four farmhouses were lit with kerosene lamps.

Title

Voices from the Dust Bowl

URL

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

Description

This site documents everyday life in the migrant work camps in central California in 1940-1941.

Title

Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

URL

http://www.vhf.org/

Description

Founded in 1994 by director Steven Spielberg with an urgent mission: to videotape and preserve the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses

Title

Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project

URL

http://www.densho.org/

Description

Densho's mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. This site offers these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all.

Title

Nuremberg Trials

URL

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/nuremberg.htm

Description

No trial provides a better basis for understanding the nature and causes of evil than do the Nuremberg trials from 1945 to 1949. Those who come to the trials expecting to find sadistic monsters are generally disappointed. What is shocking about Nuremberg is the ordinariness of the defendants: men who may be good fathers, kind to animals, even unassuming--yet were able to carry out the orders that resulted in unspeakable crimes.

Title

Holocaust History Project

URL

http://www.holocaust-history.org/

Description

An archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust.

Title

The United Nations

URL

http://www.un.org/

Description

The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership totals 191 countries. Preserving world peace is a central purpose of the United Nations. Under the Charter, Member States agree to settle disputes by peaceful means and refrain from threatening or using force against other States.

Title

Yale Law School Presents World War II Documents

URL

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/wwii.asp

Description

The Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library has compiled an exhaustive list of links to documents from World War II, from armistice agreements to the Yalta Conference.

Books

Title

The 1940's: Decade of Triumph and Trouble

Author

Cabell Phillips

Call Number

973.917 P54

Description

The New York Times chronicle of American life series.

Title

The 1940s from World War II to Jackie Robinson

Author

Stephen Feinstein

Call Number

Y 973.92 F327n4

Description

For young adults. Discusses the fashions, fads, politics, and advances in medicine and technology. Further discussions on people and world issues that made the 1940's a unique time in American and world history.

Title

The 1940s: a fashion sourcebook

Author

John Peacock

Call Number

391.009 P313n

Description

Fashion of the 1940's divides into two parts--pre-New Look and post-New Look. The era of the Second World War, with rationing and shortages, saw little change in clothing design. People had more important concerns. But after the war, Christian Dior's 1947 New Look ushered in a focus on fashion that remains today.

Title

40s and 50s designs and memorabilia : identification and price guide

Author

Anne Gilbert

Call Number

745.09044075 G327f

Description

Title

American decades: 1940-1949

Author

Gale Research

Call Number

Ref 973.91 A5124

Description

An overview and chronology covering the entire decade.

Title

Everyday fashions of the forties as pictured in Sears catalogs

Author

JoAnne Olian

Call Number

391 E394

Description

American clothing worn in the 1940's, shown in 122 fully illustrated and captioned pages selected from rare copies of Sears and Roebuck catalogs.

Title

From This Moment On: America in 1940

Author

Jeffery Hart

Call Number

973.917 H251f

Description

Title

The Great Plains during World War II

Author

R. Douglas Hurt

Call Number

940.5378 H946g 2008

Description

The history and social conditions of life on the Great Plains during the second World War.

Title

Furniture and interiors of the 1940s

Author

Anne Bony

Call Number

747.09 B644f 2003

Description

A decorative arts transition period documented by French Scholars.

Title

More songs of the forties : piano, vocal, guitar

Author

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Call Number

782.421630264 M813 1994

Description

Over 60 popular songs from the forties with music for piano or guitar.

Multimedia

Title

The 1940s: the singers

Call Number

Com Jazz/Band N62

Description

Jazz vocal with various artists recorded 1940-1949.

Title

Rebecca

Call Number

DVD

Description

Starring Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. She finds that the memory of his first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death. (1941)

Title

The 1940s house

Call Number

DVD 940.53 N622

Description

One modern family takes on the challenge of domestic life on Britain's home front in 1940s house, a re-creation of a World War II household.

Title

16 most requested songs of the 1940's: Volume one

Call Number

COM Popular S625

Description

Title

Radio comedy classics

Call Number

COM 791.44 R118

Description

Presents excerpts from radio shows of the 1940s such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, the Burns and Allen Show, and more.

Title

The medals of World War II

Call Number

DVD 940.54 M466

Description

The true stories of World World II veterans, the military medals that they received, and what these medals mean to them today.

Title

BBC history of world war II. Battlefields

Call Number

DVD 940.53 B349

Description

Part of the BBC documentary series on World War II. Richard Holmes uncovers the stories of four campaigns that mark significant turning points in the war. He explores the events leading up to each attack, the difficulties faced and the sacrifices made.

Title

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Call Number

DVD 808.85 R677

Description

Through his "fireside chats," Roosevelt honestly communicated the brutal realities that the country faced and laid out his plans to get the United States back on its feet. Students will understand how Roosevelt gave Americans a glimmer of hope during this difficult time by declaring that the only thing they had to fear was fear itself.

Title

I'm still here: real diaries of young people who lived during the Holocaust

Call Number

DVD 940.53 I31

Description

Brings to life the diaries of young people who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust. Through an emotional montage of sound and image, the film salutes this group of brave, young writers who refused to quietly disappear. The stories of the young Holocaust victims come to life by weaving together personal photos, handwritten pages and drawings from the diaries, and archival films. Diaries read by Elijah Wood, Amber Tamblyn, Joaquin Phoenix, Ryan Gosling, Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, Brittany Murphy.

Title

Primo Levi's journey

Call Number

DVD 940.54 L578p

Description

Follows the writer Primo Levi on his thousand-mile journey to his home in Turin, Italy after being liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper.

Vertical Files

File Name

Tulsa - World War, 1939-1945

Location

Central Library Research Center

Description

The WWII experience as reported in local Tulsa newspapers.

File Name

Okahoma - World War, 1939-1945

Location

Central Library Research Center

Description

Contains articles pertaining to the World War II experience in Greater Oklahoma.

Government Documents

Title

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library

Call Number

URL

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/

Description

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is America's first presidential library -- and the only one used by a sitting president. It was conceived and built under President Roosevelt's direction and opened to the public in 1941. The Library's mission is to foster research and education on the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and their continuing impact on contemporary life.

Title

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library

Call Number

URL

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/

Description

The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of thirteen Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. Learn more about President Truman on their website.

	Title	America From the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
	URL	http://rs6.loc.gov/fsowhome.html
	Description	The American Memory collection of primary source material from the Library of Congress.

	Title	Ladies’ Fashions of the 1940s
	URL	http://www.murrayontravel.com/carolnolan/fashionhistory_1940ladies.html
	Description	The social and historical impact on women's clothing in the 1940's.

	Title	Men’s Fashions of the 1940s
	URL	http://www.murrayontravel.com/carolnolan/fashionhistory_1940mens.html
	Description	The beginning of the decade saw extreme social and economic conditions. According to the 1940 US census, one out of five Americans owned a car, one in seven had a telephone and only fifteen percent of the college-age population attended college. Other statistics revealed that only 75% of American households had a refrigerator or ice box, 60% lacked central heat and three out of four farmhouses were lit with kerosene lamps.

	Title	Voices from the Dust Bowl
	URL	http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
	Description	This site documents everyday life in the migrant work camps in central California in 1940-1941.

	Title	Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
	URL	http://www.vhf.org/
	Description	Founded in 1994 by director Steven Spielberg with an urgent mission: to videotape and preserve the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses

	Title	Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
	URL	http://www.densho.org/
	Description	Densho's mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. This site offers these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all.

	Title	Nuremberg Trials
	URL	http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/nuremberg.htm
	Description	No trial provides a better basis for understanding the nature and causes of evil than do the Nuremberg trials from 1945 to 1949. Those who come to the trials expecting to find sadistic monsters are generally disappointed. What is shocking about Nuremberg is the ordinariness of the defendants: men who may be good fathers, kind to animals, even unassuming--yet were able to carry out the orders that resulted in unspeakable crimes.

	Title	Holocaust History Project
	URL	http://www.holocaust-history.org/
	Description	An archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust.

	Title	The United Nations
	URL	http://www.un.org/
	Description	The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership totals 191 countries. Preserving world peace is a central purpose of the United Nations. Under the Charter, Member States agree to settle disputes by peaceful means and refrain from threatening or using force against other States.

	Title	Yale Law School Presents World War II Documents
	URL	http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/wwii.asp
	Description	The Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library has compiled an exhaustive list of links to documents from World War II, from armistice agreements to the Yalta Conference.

	Title	The 1940's: Decade of Triumph and Trouble
	Author	Cabell Phillips
	Call Number	973.917 P54
	Description	The New York Times chronicle of American life series.

	Title	The 1940s from World War II to Jackie Robinson
	Author	Stephen Feinstein
	Call Number	Y 973.92 F327n4
	Description	For young adults. Discusses the fashions, fads, politics, and advances in medicine and technology. Further discussions on people and world issues that made the 1940's a unique time in American and world history.

	Title	The 1940s: a fashion sourcebook
	Author	John Peacock
	Call Number	391.009 P313n
	Description	Fashion of the 1940's divides into two parts--pre-New Look and post-New Look. The era of the Second World War, with rationing and shortages, saw little change in clothing design. People had more important concerns. But after the war, Christian Dior's 1947 New Look ushered in a focus on fashion that remains today.

	Title	40s and 50s designs and memorabilia : identification and price guide
	Author	Anne Gilbert
	Call Number	745.09044075 G327f
	Description

	Title	American decades: 1940-1949
	Author	Gale Research
	Call Number	Ref 973.91 A5124
	Description	An overview and chronology covering the entire decade.

	Title	Everyday fashions of the forties as pictured in Sears catalogs
	Author	JoAnne Olian
	Call Number	391 E394
	Description	American clothing worn in the 1940's, shown in 122 fully illustrated and captioned pages selected from rare copies of Sears and Roebuck catalogs.

	Title	From This Moment On: America in 1940
	Author	Jeffery Hart
	Call Number	973.917 H251f
	Description

	Title	The Great Plains during World War II
	Author	R. Douglas Hurt
	Call Number	940.5378 H946g 2008
	Description	The history and social conditions of life on the Great Plains during the second World War.

	Title	Furniture and interiors of the 1940s
	Author	Anne Bony
	Call Number	747.09 B644f 2003
	Description	A decorative arts transition period documented by French Scholars.

	Title	More songs of the forties : piano, vocal, guitar
	Author	Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
	Call Number	782.421630264 M813 1994
	Description	Over 60 popular songs from the forties with music for piano or guitar.

	Title	The 1940s: the singers
	Call Number	Com Jazz/Band N62
	Description	Jazz vocal with various artists recorded 1940-1949.

	Title	Rebecca
	Call Number	DVD
	Description	Starring Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. She finds that the memory of his first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death. (1941)

	Title	The 1940s house
	Call Number	DVD 940.53 N622
	Description	One modern family takes on the challenge of domestic life on Britain's home front in 1940s house, a re-creation of a World War II household.

	Title	16 most requested songs of the 1940's: Volume one
	Call Number	COM Popular S625
	Description

	Title	Radio comedy classics
	Call Number	COM 791.44 R118
	Description	Presents excerpts from radio shows of the 1940s such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, the Burns and Allen Show, and more.

	Title	The medals of World War II
	Call Number	DVD 940.54 M466
	Description	The true stories of World World II veterans, the military medals that they received, and what these medals mean to them today.

	Title	BBC history of world war II. Battlefields
	Call Number	DVD 940.53 B349
	Description	Part of the BBC documentary series on World War II. Richard Holmes uncovers the stories of four campaigns that mark significant turning points in the war. He explores the events leading up to each attack, the difficulties faced and the sacrifices made.

	Title	Franklin D. Roosevelt
	Call Number	DVD 808.85 R677
	Description	Through his "fireside chats," Roosevelt honestly communicated the brutal realities that the country faced and laid out his plans to get the United States back on its feet. Students will understand how Roosevelt gave Americans a glimmer of hope during this difficult time by declaring that the only thing they had to fear was fear itself.

	Title	I'm still here: real diaries of young people who lived during the Holocaust
	Call Number	DVD 940.53 I31
	Description	Brings to life the diaries of young people who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust. Through an emotional montage of sound and image, the film salutes this group of brave, young writers who refused to quietly disappear. The stories of the young Holocaust victims come to life by weaving together personal photos, handwritten pages and drawings from the diaries, and archival films. Diaries read by Elijah Wood, Amber Tamblyn, Joaquin Phoenix, Ryan Gosling, Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, Brittany Murphy.

	Title	Primo Levi's journey
	Call Number	DVD 940.54 L578p
	Description	Follows the writer Primo Levi on his thousand-mile journey to his home in Turin, Italy after being liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper.