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This subcategory contains 108 links Truman Library A kinescope of the John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon presidential debate. Internet Archive The Whole World Was Watching: an oral history of 1968 National Security Archives Disneyland as it was "The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955." AdViews AdViews: A Digital Archive of Vintage Television Commercials AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. These commercials were created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its successor, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B). Founded in 1929, Benton & Bowles was a New York advertising agency that merged with D'Arcy Masius McManus in 1985 to form DMB&B. Major clients included are Procter & Gamble, Kraft, Schick, Vicks, and Post, among others. Commercials will be added in phased batches over several months in 2009. The commercials are a part of the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives found at the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. "The Alger Hiss Story" Web site has been created with grants from The Alger Hiss Research and Publication Project of the Nation Institute and from a Donor Advised Fund at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona. This Web site recreates one of the most important legal cases in this country's history, often cited as a turning point in 20th century American thinking. The Web site is dedicated to students of recent American history at all levels, including high school, college, and post-graduate work; to the research community of scholars, archivists, and teachers; and to a wide general audience - to all who Search for the Truth. American Facts, History and important documents, and an all round account of america in the twentieth century The 1980s became the Me! Me! Me! generation of status seekers. During the 1980s, hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts, and mega-mergers spawned a new breed of billionaire. Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, and Ivan Boesky iconed the meteoric rise and fall of the rich and famous. If you've got it, flaunt it and You can have it all! were watchwords. Forbes' list of 400 richest people became more important than its 500 largest companies. Binge buying and credit became a way of life and 'Shop Til you Drop' was the watchword. Labels were everything, even (or especially) for our children. Tom Wolfe dubbed the baby-boomers as the 'splurge generation.' Video games, aerobics, minivans, camcorders, and talk shows became part of our lives. The decade began with double-digit inflation, Reagan declared a war on drugs, Kermit didn't find it easy to be green, hospital costs rose, we lost many, many of our finest talents to AIDS which before the decade ended spread to black and Hispanic women, and unemployment rose. On the bright side, the US Constitution had its 200th birthday, Gone with the Wind turned 50, ET phoned home, and in 1989 Americans gave $115,000,000,000 to charity. And, Internationally, at the very end of the decade the Berlin Wall was removed - making great changes for the decade to come! At the turn of the decade, many were happy to leave the spendthrift 80s for the 90s, although some thought the eighties TOTALLY AWESOME. Most of these motels hail from the Middle Era of Motorized Mobility, the 50s and 60s. There were motels in the 20s and 30s, but they were likely to be a collection of shanties and cabins with a humble sign out front. In the 50s and 60s the sign took on great prominence; it was a way of establishing identity and rank even when no other feature of the motel was unique. The sign didn’t just sell the place; it was the place. 1980s nostalgia site. Few issues in American politics are as misunderstood as the national deficit and debt. On one hand, supply-siders claim that the debt is insignificant; on the other, Ross Perot claims that it's a national disaster. The numbers say it's neither. Agency Violated Charter for 25 Years, Wiretapped Journalists and Dissidents Interesting book reviews . Scholarly book by Neil Jumonville "President Harry S. Truman relied heavily on Dean Acheson for his most significant foreign policy achievements." by Robert L. Beisner The sordid story What is classifies as national security--including a joke about Santa Claus! FBI files. Many show J. Edgar Hoover's obsessions. The Seattle Times traces the history of the atom bomb and of nuclear energy. Eisenhower, the U2 spy plane, and Francis Gary Powers. Student Protest - U.C. Berkeley, 1964-65. "From 1939 to 1953 the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of America’s foremost citadels of intellectual freedom." By Ellen Fried Graphic image showing the growth of the GNP, National Debt, and Population. PBS special on events leading to and on the Gulf War On May 8, 1970, construction workers in New York City attacked and beat anti-Vietnam War demonstrators. This site explores why and the consequences. by Mitchell Stephens Romp through the futuristic landscape of the Seattle World's Fair, centered in the Bell System pavilion. USA Today article Documents Spotlight Role of Reagan, Top Aides. Pentagon Nominee Robert Gates Among Many Prominent Figures Involved in the Scandal. Popular Culture: from Baseball to Rock and Roll Estes Kefauver, Democratic Senator from Tennessee, investigated organized crime, specifically Murder, Inc. A kinescope of the John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon presidential debate.1960 "Kent State University was placed in an international spotlight after a tragic end to a student demonstration against the Vietnam War and the National Guard on May 4, 1970. Shortly after noon on that Monday, 13 seconds of rifle fire by a contingent of 28 Ohio National Guardsmen left four students dead, one permanently paralyzed, and eight others wounded. Not every student was a demonstration participant or an observer. Some students were walking to and from class. The closest student wounded was 30 yards away from the Guard, while the farthest was nearly 250 yards." By Peter Alexander of the Totally Fun Company The Racial Politics of the 1964 Presidential Campaign By Jeremy D. Mayer Photos of the 1967 Pentagon March. How the CIA experimented with LSD.A Fascism Subtitle: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83. Book by Tim Hodgdon. From PBS. Nuclear power plant failure audio files February 20, 1962 and John Glenn orbits the earth. "In this episode of BackStory we will look at some of the most controversial monuments and memorials spattered across America’s landscape. We’ll tell you why one statue was torn down, beheaded, and turned into bullets, and how one of our favorite historical landmarks may just be the result of one man on an ego trip." By Murray N. Rothbard. Published by the conservative Ludwig von Mises Institute NBC News Room Chicago - Clifton Utley The News on March 17, 1949 included: - Willis-Overland Cuts Car Prices By 10%, - New Rent Bill Increase Prices 10%, - Italian Communists Riot To Block The Atlantic Pact, - Truman To Give News Conference, - Pullman Strike Set For March 31st, - Sports News, ... A kinescope of the John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon presidential debate. "This Web site is based on an exhibition, Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970 – 1974, of 121 photographs by Washington, D.C., freelance photographer Fred J. Maroon. " A graphic showing Reagan's increase of spending and of the national debt. Natural Gas Pipelines and Northeastern Markets, 1938–1954. Christopher James Castaneda Lots of links for 1950s nostalgia. FBI files by Meryl Justin Chertoff, Director of the Sandra Day O'Connor Project on the State of the Judiciary at Georgetown Law "Science and technology were an integral part of the arms races during the cold war period. They were both an engine for new weapons developments, such as new generation nuclear warheads and laser technology, as well as an instrument in the hand of strategists requiring additional capabilities." It came from the 1971 Sears Catalog! Some images of a bygone time. American Cultural History: 1960 - 1969 "'Snitch' investigates how a fundamental shift in the country's anti-drug laws -- including federal mandatory minimum sentencing and conspiracy provisions--has bred a culture of snitching that is in many cases rewarding the guiltiest and punishing the less guilty." Diet changes and acquisition of appliances. Brief, thoughtful essay. Conversations The Semi-Daily Journal of Economist J. Bradford DeLong: Fair, Balanced, Reality-Based, and Even-Handed "This site represents one of the largest collections of '80s television history on the internet. More than anything, it is a place for the nitty gritty...like an obscure advertising jingle that has more sap than a Vermont tree, but is a priceless reflection of the zeitgeist. It is a favorite among many in "the business" not because of the usual primetime themes, but because of the mundane you'll find in the Potpourri, Promos, and Commercials sections. " The Super70s.com Web site offers info about music, mnvies, culture, science, sports, etc. Two massive blackouts in the New York City metropolitan area, one in 1965, the other in 1977. This site allows people to tell of their personal experiences of the blackout as well as offering traditional historical accounts. A.E. Dick Howard is the White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Virginia School of Law. He analyses the changes in the Supreme Court from the Warren Court of the 1960s to the Rehnquist era. After WWII, over 2 million former armed forces personnel received goverment benefits. By John McAdams. "This web site is dedicated to debunking the mass of misinformation and disinformation surrounding the murder of JFK. If you are believer in Oswald as a lone gunman, you are likely to enjoy this web site, since most of that misinformation and disinformation has come from conspiracists. But if you are a sophisticated conspiracist, you likely understand that the mass of silly nonsense in conspiracy books and documentaries does no service to the cause of truth in the assassination, and simply buries the "case for conspiracy" under layers of bunk." A history of presidential campaign commercials, 1952-2000 Literary tradition and social change. Variety of items for the 1960s, many not historical. "The Sixties Project began as a collective of humanities scholars working together on the Internet to use electronic resources to provide routes of collaboration and make available primary and secondary sources for researchers, students, teachers, writers and librarians interested in the Sixties." # Historian James T. Patterson discusses his book Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore. He looks at the United States during the final quarter of the twentieth century, from the 1970s to the election of 2000. This is part one of a two-part lecture. An oral history of 1968. The Whole World Was Watching: an oral history of 1968 is a joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University's Scholarly Technology Group. The project was sponsored by the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities and NetTech: the Northeast Regional Technology in Education Consortium. The resource contains transcripts, audio recordings, and edited stories of a series of interviews conducted in the spring of 1998. Members of the Sophomore Class at SKHS interviewed Rhode Islanders about their recollections of the year 1968. Their stories, which include references to the Vietnam War, the struggle for Civil Rights, the Assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy as well as many more personal memories are a living history of one of the most tumultuous years in United States history. "TIME CAPSULE objects in history By Margaret Fortier Although today's travelers and commuters may pass them on a regular basis, few among the post-World War II generation are aware of the remarkable display of friendship between the United States and her oldest ally, France, that is represented by the strange-looking little boxcars that can be seen in such diverse places as the Montana state capitol grounds in Helena; outside the American Legion Post in Helms, Arkansas; and at Pennsylvania's Fort Indiantown Gap." 'Subtitle: The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. Book by Kirsten S. Rambo " The collection consists of almost 1.2 million original 35mm and 2 1/4 inch negatives (primarily black & white) and 45,000 contact sheets donated by the U.S. News & World Report, Inc. The collection is primarily photographs taken by staff of the U.S. News & World Report Magazine between 1952 and 1986" Apollo 11 moon landing with audio and photos By Joseph A. Califano Jr. From the mid 1950s through the early 1980s, William Gedney (1932-1989) photographed throughout the United States, in India, and in Europe. From the commerce of the street outside his Brooklyn apartment to the daily chores of unemployed coal miners, from the indolent lifestyle of hippies in Haight-Ashbury to the sacred rituals of Hindu worshippers, Gedney was able to record the lives of others with remarkable clarity and poignancy. Documents show Ford White House embraced wiretap law instead of claiming "inherent" Presidential authority in 1976 despite objections from Rumsfeld, G.H.W. Bush, Kissinger Web posting includes Justice report on criminal liability for 1970s warrantless wiretapping, 1990s directives on US surveillance. American Folklife Center Video The series of the 1950s |
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