Great Gatsby Research
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1919 World Series: Chicago Tribune
The primary source photographs are the best part of this Chicago Tribune newspaper site about the Black Sox scandal.
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1919 World Series: Court documents
Primary source court documents from the Black Sox Scandal trial
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1919 World Series: from a baseball encyclopedia
Good details in this one
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This is a real baseball fan's version of the story--a little hard to understand if you don't know baseball.
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1919 World Series: Shoeless Joe's side of the story!
This is Shoeless Joe Jackson's response that he gave at the time regarding the Black Sox Scandal. Interesting primary source!
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1919 World Series: Univ. of Missouri
A law professor at University of Missouri, Kansas City did this whole project about the 1919 World Series and this is his website. Great level of detail about the scandal.
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A huge Library of Congress site with many primary sources, including images, from all periods of American History. A little hard to search but worth it.
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All Groups: Chronicling America: Primary source newspapers from 1836-1922
The Library of Congress is digitizing newspapers from 1836 onward. Currently they are up to 1922. Great way to find primary sources! Try looking for a topic like "Black Sox scandal" in the search box.
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Audio, video, and text of famous speeches throughout history
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American Dream: Library of Congress
A brief definition of the American Dream and a description of the different ways it has been interpreted. Does it mean the ability to "pursue happiness" and make a better life for your children, or does it mean bigger houses, bigger cars...?
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American Dream: Palmer and the Red Scare
One of the questions to ask about the American Dream is whether or not everyone was able to share in this dream. What were the 1920s like in America for Communists or those who were believed to be Communists?
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An interesting modern article from TIME about what has become of the American Dream today. The article asks, "Is it withering or just changing?"
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Business and Technology: Auto Industry 1920s
University of Michigan site
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Business and Technology: JC Penney
Influential in the 1920s, and earlier in history also
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Business and Technology: Video about Henry Ford
History Channel
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Click on the arrows in this slideshow to view photos from the 1929 stock market crash.
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Fitzgerald Life and Works: Biography in Context
This is awesome for biographical information about famous individuals from history. You need a library card to access this resource. You can get one here
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Fitzgerald Life and Works: Literature Resource Center
In-depth information and criticism on the lives and writings of over 12,000 authors. You need a library card to access this resource.
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Fitzgerald Life and Works: PBS
This site attempts to show how Fitzgerald's life and that of his wife Zelda show the bright and dark sides of the American Dream.
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Jazz Age: Ken Burns documentary site
Try clicking on "Biographies" and "Jazz in Time" on the left.
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Other Authors of the Times: Ernest Hemingway
A very brief introduction to Hemingway from the Nobel Prize site
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Other Authors of the Times: Langston Hughes
Click on the titles to the left and you can actually hear and download clips of Langston Hughes reading his own poems!
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Prohibition: Ken Burns documentary
Click on tabs along the top, "Roots of Prohibition," etc.
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Good images and primary sources
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A good brief description that also ties the Scopes Trial to today's issues
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From a publisher of history magazines
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Visual and Musical Arts: Film in 20s-30s
These are primary sources about the film industry in the 1920s and 1930s. Because it pulls from both decades, pay attention to the date
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Visual and Musical Arts: Harlem Renaissance
People doing this topic (Visual and Musical Arts) should also look at all the "Jazz Age" links.
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Visual and Musical Arts: Harlem Renaissance, History channel
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Visual and Musical Arts: Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes
This site has audio of Langston Hughes reading his own poetry. It also lets you download the audio clips!
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Visual and Musical Arts: Harlem Renaissance, Library of Congress
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Visual and Musical Arts: Timeline of Art Education in 1920s
