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Web Sites

Title

In the 70s.com

URL

http://www.inthe70s.com/index.shtml

Description

1970's trivia that includes music, movies, television, world events, fads and fashions.

Title

Kent State University protest, May 4, 1970

URL

http://dept.kent.edu/sociology/lewis/LEWIHEN.htm

Description

President Richard Nixon's announcement of the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the need to draft more soldiers for an expansion of the Vietnam War effort provoked massive protests on campuses throughout the country. At Kent State University in Ohio, demonstrators occupied buildings and destroyed the ROTC offices. In response, the governor of Ohio dispatched hundreds of National Guardsmen to the campus. On May 4, the guardsmen open fire on a crowd of protesters, killing four students and wounding nine others.

Title

Super 70s, culture news and history

URL

http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/

Description

Find people,trends, and events associated with the culture and the history of the 1970's.

Title

Vietnam War Memorial page

URL

http://thewall-usa.com/

Description

This site is dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. Find names added to the warr in recent years, photos, a casualty summary, and more.

Title

The Watergate Scandal

URL

http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/collections/conspiracies/watergate.htm

Description

A link to articles based on facts regarding the Watergate break-in and other events that led to both President Nixon's resignation and investigations into the US intelligence agencies.

Books

Title

The 1970s from Watergate to Disco

Author

Stephen Feinstein

Call Number

Y 973.924 F327n

Description

For young adults. Traces the events, trends and important people of the 1970's, including science, technology, environmental issues, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

Title

American Decades: 1970-1979

Author

Gale Research

Call Number

973.92 A51275

Description

An overview and chronology covering the entire decade, which includes biographies, explanations of concepts, terms and events, quotations, charts, sidebars covering high-interest topics, and much more.

Title

Black Camelot : African-American culture heroes in their times, 1960-1980

Author

William L. Van Deburg

Call Number

973.0496073 V28b

Description

Examines the rise of pop icons such as Muhammad Alik James Brown, and Aretha Franklin in the wake of the Kennedy era, looking at the social and historical contexts in which they flourished and describing their powerful impact on the American scene.

Title

Day by Day, the seventies

Author

Thomas Leonard, Cynthia Crippen, and Marc Aronson

Call Number

909.820202 L553d

Description

Title

Fashions of a Decade. The 1970s

Author

Jacqueline Herald

Call Number

391.009047 H412f

Description

Looks at how the fashions of the 1970's reflected the social, historical and cultural events of that decade.

Title

Historical Dictionary of the 1970s

Author

James Olson

Call Number

973.924 H629

Description

An encyclopedic overview of the prominent people, significant events, issues and controversies, and the culture of an era that challenged the very core of traditional American convictions.

Title

How We Got Here: The Seventies, the Decade that Brought You Modern Life (For Better or Worse)

Author

David Frum

Call Number

927.924 F943h

Description

Frum argues that it was the 1970's, not the 1960's, that created modern America and altered the American personality forever. He examines the country's metamorphosis through political events, popular opinion, polls, films, music, and advertising to describe the most total social transformation the US has gone through since the age of industrialism.

Title

Platforms: A Microwaved Cultural Chronicle of the 1970's

Author

Pagan Kennedy

Call Number

973.92 K385p

Description

Title

The Seventies: From Hot Pants to Hot Tubs

Author

Andrew Edelstein & Kevin McDonough

Call Number

973.92 E21s

Description

Title

The Seventies: the great shift in American culture, society, and politics

Author

Bruce J. Schulman

Call Number

973.92 S386s

Description

Provides a real assessment of the crucial years from 1968 to 1984 and the ways in which they changed America forever.

Multimedia

Title

Meltdown at Three Mile Island

Call Number

Video

Description

Discusses the events of March 28, 1979, when a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, overheated. Employs news footage and first person interviews in relating the efforts made to avoid a catastrophic meltdown.

Title

Return with Honor

Call Number

Video

Description

Interviews and film footage of American prisoners of war in Vietnam.

Title

The Sensational 70s

Call Number

Video

Description

The seventies--the best and the worst of the decade unfolds to rekindle memories of where we were, how we felt and how we acted. Relive the sights, sounds and sensations of the '70's.

Title

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1976)

Call Number

Video & DVD

Description

The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression.

Title

Annie Hall (1978)

Call Number

Video & DV

Description

Woody Allen's semiautobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times.

Government Documents

Title

Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace

Call Number

URL

http://www.nixonfoundation.org/

Description

Find information relating to the life and times of Richard Milhous Nixon. Includes a forum, archives, Vietnam War bibliography, and Nixon's public papers.

Title

Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

Call Number

URL

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/

Description

Find information relating to the life and times of Gerald Rudolph Ford. The Library collects and preserves the archival record, and aids public access.

Title

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

Call Number

URL

http://carterlibrary.galileo.peachnet.edu/

Description

Find information relating to the life and times of James Earl Carter, Jr. The site provides links to the National Archives and Records Administration, the Carter Center, and the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.

	Title	In the 70s.com
	URL	http://www.inthe70s.com/index.shtml
	Description	1970's trivia that includes music, movies, television, world events, fads and fashions.

	Title	Kent State University protest, May 4, 1970
	URL	http://dept.kent.edu/sociology/lewis/LEWIHEN.htm
	Description	President Richard Nixon's announcement of the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the need to draft more soldiers for an expansion of the Vietnam War effort provoked massive protests on campuses throughout the country. At Kent State University in Ohio, demonstrators occupied buildings and destroyed the ROTC offices. In response, the governor of Ohio dispatched hundreds of National Guardsmen to the campus. On May 4, the guardsmen open fire on a crowd of protesters, killing four students and wounding nine others.

	Title	Super 70s, culture news and history
	URL	http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/
	Description	Find people,trends, and events associated with the culture and the history of the 1970's.

	Title	Vietnam War Memorial page
	URL	http://thewall-usa.com/
	Description	This site is dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. Find names added to the warr in recent years, photos, a casualty summary, and more.

	Title	The Watergate Scandal
	URL	http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/collections/conspiracies/watergate.htm
	Description	A link to articles based on facts regarding the Watergate break-in and other events that led to both President Nixon's resignation and investigations into the US intelligence agencies.

	Title	The 1970s from Watergate to Disco
	Author	Stephen Feinstein
	Call Number	Y 973.924 F327n
	Description	For young adults. Traces the events, trends and important people of the 1970's, including science, technology, environmental issues, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

	Title	American Decades: 1970-1979
	Author	Gale Research
	Call Number	973.92 A51275
	Description	An overview and chronology covering the entire decade, which includes biographies, explanations of concepts, terms and events, quotations, charts, sidebars covering high-interest topics, and much more.

	Title	Black Camelot : African-American culture heroes in their times, 1960-1980
	Author	William L. Van Deburg
	Call Number	973.0496073 V28b
	Description	Examines the rise of pop icons such as Muhammad Alik James Brown, and Aretha Franklin in the wake of the Kennedy era, looking at the social and historical contexts in which they flourished and describing their powerful impact on the American scene.

	Title	Day by Day, the seventies
	Author	Thomas Leonard, Cynthia Crippen, and Marc Aronson
	Call Number	909.820202 L553d
	Description

	Title	Fashions of a Decade. The 1970s
	Author	Jacqueline Herald
	Call Number	391.009047 H412f
	Description	Looks at how the fashions of the 1970's reflected the social, historical and cultural events of that decade.

	Title	Historical Dictionary of the 1970s
	Author	James Olson
	Call Number	973.924 H629
	Description	An encyclopedic overview of the prominent people, significant events, issues and controversies, and the culture of an era that challenged the very core of traditional American convictions.

	Title	How We Got Here: The Seventies, the Decade that Brought You Modern Life (For Better or Worse)
	Author	David Frum
	Call Number	927.924 F943h
	Description	Frum argues that it was the 1970's, not the 1960's, that created modern America and altered the American personality forever. He examines the country's metamorphosis through political events, popular opinion, polls, films, music, and advertising to describe the most total social transformation the US has gone through since the age of industrialism.

	Title	Platforms: A Microwaved Cultural Chronicle of the 1970's
	Author	Pagan Kennedy
	Call Number	973.92 K385p
	Description

	Title	The Seventies: From Hot Pants to Hot Tubs
	Author	Andrew Edelstein & Kevin McDonough
	Call Number	973.92 E21s
	Description

	Title	The Seventies: the great shift in American culture, society, and politics
	Author	Bruce J. Schulman
	Call Number	973.92 S386s
	Description	Provides a real assessment of the crucial years from 1968 to 1984 and the ways in which they changed America forever.

	Title	Meltdown at Three Mile Island
	Call Number	Video
	Description	Discusses the events of March 28, 1979, when a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, overheated. Employs news footage and first person interviews in relating the efforts made to avoid a catastrophic meltdown.

	Title	Return with Honor
	Call Number	Video
	Description	Interviews and film footage of American prisoners of war in Vietnam.

	Title	The Sensational 70s
	Call Number	Video
	Description	The seventies--the best and the worst of the decade unfolds to rekindle memories of where we were, how we felt and how we acted. Relive the sights, sounds and sensations of the '70's.

	Title	One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1976)
	Call Number	Video & DVD
	Description	The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression.

	Title	Annie Hall (1978)
	Call Number	Video & DV
	Description	Woody Allen's semiautobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times.

	Title	Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace
	Call Number
	URL	http://www.nixonfoundation.org/
	Description	Find information relating to the life and times of Richard Milhous Nixon. Includes a forum, archives, Vietnam War bibliography, and Nixon's public papers.

	Title	Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
	Call Number
	URL	http://www.ford.utexas.edu/
	Description	Find information relating to the life and times of Gerald Rudolph Ford. The Library collects and preserves the archival record, and aids public access.

	Title	Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
	Call Number
	URL	http://carterlibrary.galileo.peachnet.edu/
	Description	Find information relating to the life and times of James Earl Carter, Jr. The site provides links to the National Archives and Records Administration, the Carter Center, and the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.