Research Guides: Great Depression and the New Deal: Articles & Books

Chicago Newspapers on Microfilm

Chicago has had many newspapers over the years - including eight newspapers between 1930 and 1939. The Chicago Public Library has archival collections of many of these newspapers on microfilm. The Microfilm Newspaper Collection is located on the 3rd floor of the Harold Washington Library Center (400 S. State St).

1930-1932	Chicago American Chicago Daily News Chicago Daily Times Chicago Defender Chicago Evening Post Chicago Herald-Examiner Chicago Tribune
1933-1936	Chicago American Chicago Daily News Chicago Daily Times Chicago Herald-Examiner Chicago Tribune
1937-1939	Chicago American (to July 31, 1939) Chicago Daily News Chicago Daily Times Chicago Defender Chicago Herald-American (from August 28, 1939) Chicago Herald-Examiner (to August 26, 1939) Chicago Tribune

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Quick Links to Historic Newspapers

Chicago Defender Historical Archive (1909-2010) This link opens in a new window
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Full text articles from this prominent Black newspaper. Includes page images of the entire contents, such as classified ads, advertisements, obituaries, and comics.
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (1849-1997) This link opens in a new window
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Contains full text and page images of the entire contents of the Chicago Tribune, including classified ads, advertisements, obituaries, and comics.
New York Times Historical Archive (1851-2013) This link opens in a new window
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Contains full text and page images of the entire contents of the New York Times, including ads, reviews, obituaries, and comics.
Illinois Sanborn Insurance Maps (1867-1970) This link opens in a new window
These fire insurance maps not only provide a snapshot of an Illinois city or town during a certain time period, but may also provide detailed information for individual buildings. Maps also provide street names, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. (NOTE: May not be available from off campus.)

Quick Links to Current Newspaper Sources

Chicago Defender (1999-2019) This link opens in a new window
Chicago's nationally recognized African American newspaper.
Chicago Tribune (1989-present) This link opens in a new window
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Founded in 1847, it remains the most-read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region.
New York Times (Proquest) (1980-present) This link opens in a new window
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An American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide influence and readership. Nicknamed "the Gray Lady," the Times has long been regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record."
New York Times Magazine (1985-present) This link opens in a new window
A magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper.

E-Books

Women, Art and the New Deal
Surveys how in 1935, the United States Congress began employing large numbers of American artists through the Works Progress Administration--fiction writers, photographers, poster artists, dramatists, painters, sculptors, muralists, wood carvers, composers and choreographers, as well as journalists, historians and researchers.
Sounds of the New Deal: The Federal Music Project in the West
At its peak, the Federal Music Project (FMP) employed nearly 16,000 people who reached millions of Americans through performances, composing, teaching, and folksong collection and transcription. The author explores how the FMP's activities in the West shaped a new national appreciation for the diversity of American musical expression.
Black Culture and the New Deal: : The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era
Call Number: >>> E-Book + Book 323.1196073 S628b (Third Floor)
Shows how in the 1930s, the administration recognized and celebrated African Americans by offering federal support to notable black intellectuals, celebrities, and artists. Offers a fresh perspective on the New Deal's racial progressivism and provides a new framework for understanding black culture and politics in the Roosevelt era.
The Great Depression and the New Deal: : Key Themes and Documents - (Unlocking American History)
Both a quick reference source and study guide on the Great Depression and New Deal in America, covering the key themes, events, people, legislation, economics, and policies.
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression | 2 Volume Set
Encompasses nearly two decades of American history, beginning with the farm crisis of the mid-1920s, through the 1929 stock market crash, the gradual recovery during the 1930s with Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and World War II.
Picturing Migrants: The Grapes of Wrath and New Deal Documentary Photography
A new perspective on an era whose hardships and lessons resonate to this day, Picturing Migrants lets us see as never before how a novel and a series of documentary photographs have kept the Great Depression unforgettably real for generation after generation.