20th Century Memoirs

Links to reference sources by decades:

• 1900-1919
• 1920's
• 1930's & '40's
• 1950's
• 1960's
• 1970's
• 1980's
• 1990's

General Twentieth Century History Resources:

• 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.
• American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
  • Significant events of the twentieth century, searchable by decade; site maintained by Kingwood College Library.
• American Popular Music, 1900 - 1950
  • Links to every American musical genre popular between 1900 and 1950; site maintained by Kingwood College Library.
• American Memory
  • Library of Congress' American Memory website, with memoirs, journals, photographs, biographical information, and more.

• 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.
• Baseball Library
  • Year-by-year chronological history of the game.
• Baseball Negro Leagues
  • History of segregated teams, 1920 - 1962.
• Biographies
  • Several searchable databases.
• CNN
  • 20th Century in-depth.
• Decades.com
  • Decades.com is a private venture, dedicated to making history easily accessible.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• National Archives
  • Historical documents, maps, aerial photographs, presidential papers, genealogical information, articles on historical events and individual, military records, Native American documents, etc.
• This Day in History
  • Presented by the History Channel.
• Twentieth Century Inventions
• White House
  • The Presidential biographies presented here are from the book The Presidents of the United States of America written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey (contributing author), published by the White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society