The Bryn Mawr School Library

Edith Hamilton Library

U.S. HISTORY - DECADES

Mr. Lancaster

General Information

American Cultural History - The Twentieth Century The main page has links to all the decades of the twentieth century, but beware of other pages-- a number of the links are not active.

Important Reference Resources

Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and Nineties in America (Salem Press) This is also available is print and can be located on Mr. Lancaster's reserve shelf in the library.

Books

In addition to the books that are on the reserve shelf in the Library, check the online catalog to locate books on your topic. If you don't find anything, think about how you can broaden your search.

Websites

THE FIFTIES hula hoop

The 50's literature and culture

Brown v. Board of Education

Civil Rights Movement Timeline

Civil Rights Events

Dwight D. Eisenhower

McCarthy, Joseph

McCarthy: Congressional bioguide

Harry S. Truman

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks: My story

miniskirts THE SIXTIES

14 Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- A student-produced ThinkQuest site.

1968: The Whole World Was Watching
Includes audio files, transcripts, and edited stories from 30 interviews conducted by high school students around recollections of the events of 1968

Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Useful annotated timeline from CNN. Use as beginning for research; is not all-inclusive; for example, does not mention the initial Freedom Rides of the 40s.

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
AudioFiles from the History Outloud site, Northwestern University.

The Kennedy Assassination
Site produced by John McAdams. See his "Best of Kennedy Assassination Web Sites" for other views and for readily obtainable official documents.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project

The Real Thirteen Days: The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Incomparable primary sources, documents, photographs and audiotapes from the National Security Agency's files.

THE SEVENTIES disco ball

Kent State Collection

Kent State, May 4, 1970: America Kills Its Children

Intriguing: A Kent State survivor

Terrorists turn '72 Munich Olympics into bloodbath Olympic team murdered Statistics about the Vietnam War

The Myth of the Media's Role in Vietnam

The Watergate Affair provided by the Washington Post

watergate.info - The Scandal That Destroyed President Richard Nixon

Jonestown Massacre: A 'Reason' to Die, by Fiona Steele, The Official Story.

madonna THE EIGHTIES

MIRACLE ON ICE

CNN Interactive: Video Almanac - 1980

The Assassination Of John Lennon

Presidential Inaugurations: Ronald Reagan

Iran Hostage Crisis

Reagan's Lucky Day, Iranian Hostage Crisis

History of Iran: Ayatollah Khomeini

Ronald Reagan... Assassination Attempt

BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1981: Charles and Diana marry

National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall Sandra Day O'Connor

BBC ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1981: Egypt's President Sadat assassinated

Dr. Sally RideBiography of the first American woman to orbit the earth.

washingtonpost.com: Barry Arrested on Cocaine Charges

BBC ON THIS DAY | 11 | 1990: Freedom for Nelson Mandela

Facts about Germany: 1990: Reunification

frontline: the gulf war | PBS

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Flashback: Rodney King and the LA riots

Otzi, the 5300 year old Iceman from the Alps

Collapse of the Soviet Union--1991

August 19	Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is put under house arrest while vacationing in the Crimea during a coup.
August 20	Estonia declares its independence from the Soviet Union,
August 21	Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
August 24	Ukraine declares independence from Soviet Union
August 25	Belarus declares independence from Soviet Union.
August 27	Moldova declares independence from the Soviet Union.
August 30	Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union
August 31	Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan declare independence from the Soviet Union.
December 25	Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union, from which most republics have already disbanded; the 73-year-old state is now expected to dissolve completely.
December 26	The Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
December 31	The Soviet Union officially ceases to exist.