20th Century Memoirs

Links to
reference sources by decades:
General Twentieth Century
History Resources:
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20th Century's Greatest Engineering Achievements
- A list of the century's top 20 achievements, and perspective on how
engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
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American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
- Significant events of the twentieth century, searchable by decade;
site maintained by Kingwood College Library.
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American
Popular Music, 1900 - 1950
- Links to every American musical genre popular between 1900 and 1950;
site maintained by Kingwood College Library.
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American Memory
- Library of Congress' American Memory website, with memoirs,
journals, photographs, biographical information, and more.
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Archives of American Art
- From the Smithsonian Institution.
- Authentic
History Center
- Images of artifacts, recordings, and personal documents from
throughout American history, searchable by decades.
- Baseball Almanac
- World Series, All Star Games and more.
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Baseball Library
- Year-by-year chronological history of the game.
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Baseball Negro Leagues
- History of segregated teams, 1920 - 1962.
- Biographies
- Several searchable databases.
- CNN
- Decades.com
- Decades.com is a private venture, dedicated
to making history easily accessible.
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Famous Trials
- Government documents, articles, and opinions about some of the most
important legal cases in history, from University of Missouri - Kansas
City School of Law.
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Food Review: America’s Changing Eating Patterns
- Department of Agriculture report on the twentieth century's patterns
of food use in America, with links to articles.
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Immigration: the Changing Face of America
- Presented by the Library of Congress American Memory project.
- Maine Memory Network
- A Maine Historical Society
project, with historical photographs and documents from throughout Maine,
searchable by keyword or by town.
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Media History Project
- Detailed historical timeline of
significant events in the development of print, audio, visual, and
electronic media, searchable by decade. A project of
the
School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota.
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National Archives
- Historical documents, maps,
aerial photographs, presidential papers, genealogical information,
articles on historical events and individual, military records, Native
American documents, etc.
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This Day in History
- Presented by the History Channel.
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Twentieth Century Inventions
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White House