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Mr. Rose's 1920's Research Paper
Books
- Use the HSC online catalog, Hamilton MS/HS OPAC.
- Use the CIDER OPAC link to locate books in our nearby school libraries, Morrisville, Oneida, VVS, Camden, Clinton, Utica, Rome and more. Ask the Library Media Specialist for help.
- MidYork will access the online catalog for the public libraries in our area including Hamilton, Earlville, Morrisville, Cazenovia, Rome, Oneida, and others.
- Colgate University Libraries are open to high school students registered for a Colgate course and any person in a 25 mile radius of Colgate and 18 years or older wishing to obtain a visiting borrower's card for $5.00 per year.
Short bibliography of titles available in the Hamilton MS/HS Library:
Allen, Frederick Lewis. Only Yesterday : an informal history of the 1920's. NY : Perennial Classics, 2000. Kallen, Stuart A. The Roaring Twenties. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 2002. King, David C. Al Capone and the roaring twenties. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch Press, 1999. Streissguth, Thomas. The Roaring Twenties : an eyewitness history. NY: Facts on File, 2001. U.S.A. twenties. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2005. Zeitz, Joshua. Flapper : the notorious life and scandalous times of the first thoroughly modern woman. NY : Crown Publishers, c2006.
Magazines and Newspaper Articles These can be accessed from the library home page. If you wish to use these from home, get the password sheet from Mrs. Jerome. Concentrate on using the following databases: Internet Sites
- Life in the 1920s
- MOM - BOCES streaming video – this links you to BOCES video streaming, audio clips and images. Ask Mrs. Jerome for help in accessing these streaming sites.
- American Cultural History (1920-1929) – this site is hosted by the Kingwood College library and includes some great information about fashion, fads, and cultural oddities.
- American Experience: Monkey Trial – Hosted by PBS, this site gives good background information about the Scopes trial. It includes speeches, timelines and links you can follow.
- Jazz Age Chicago – This site includes an overview of the architecture, cultural history, and commercial activity of the era.
- The Coolidge Era and Consumer Economy 1921-1929 – this contains information from the American Memory Collection, see below.
- Sports in the 1920s
- American Memory Collections 1900-1929 – description from the website: ”American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.”
- Facts on File - this has some great history databases. Ask Mrs. Jerome for temporary passwords. We have a trial until March 1, 2010.
Amy Jerome's Site
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