Topic List for Projects

** Start HERE : American Cultural History, the 1950's decade -  This site is posted by the Kingwood College Library and has the most extensive links available for this project.  Here is the explanation of the website:  "The purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the fabulous fifties (1950s).   In a very small way, this is a bibliographic essay.  While there is no way we can link to everything, we have attempted to find areas of special interest and to select information that we hold dear today - movies we watch, songs we sing, events that move us, people we admire."

Offline 2003 American History, 1950-1959 - Another good listing of links in all of the areas of study from Liberty University.

American Memory - Pictures - a few for a 1950s flavor, but not many.  Check here often for new digital collections from our past - many are primary resources - probably one of the richest sites on the web.

About.Com Facts and History by Decades - A good listing of links compiled by About's seaAbout Search - Find it now!rch engine.  

AdAccess - 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. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, providing a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular advertising collection available at Duke University. Many, many ads - have fun exploring.

Clothes and Fashion - 70 years of fashion history

Civil Rights - We Shall Overcome - from the National Register.

Cold War - See U.S. War Links

Encyclopedia of Television - hunt through the archives for the sows of the decade.

Fashion - Fifties Glamour - British flair | Fashion Links

1950s from the Rural Cooperatives - An extension group posted this link - it has pictures of some of the products used in the 1950s.

Fifties Boulevard - A picture of the fifties.

The Fifties Website  

Hollywood Ten - Beginning in 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) conducted hearings that attempted to gather information on communist activities in Hollywood. This site has short biographies of the "Hollywood Ten," the first individuals who refused to testify, thereby earning a place on the blacklist. Being blacklisted meant that for many years they were unable to work in Hollywood under their real names. The 10 were Alvah Bessie, Herbert J. Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytrk, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Tumbo. From Gary Handman, a librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. - lmr Subjects: Blacklisting of authors | Motion picture industry -- History | Anti-communist movements -- United States | Biography

Hometown Favorites - Oldtime favorites and Regionally Exclusive Foods - Check out this nostalgic visit to foods from the '50s.

The Korean War

The Literature and Culture of the American 1950's - Links and information provided by Steve Schoenherr, professor of history.

Main events of the Eisenhower Presidency; 1953-1961 - A briefly annotated timeline of events during Eisenhower's presidency.

The People History - People, memories and history join together

Race for the Superbomb (1941 - 1963) see The American Experience site.

Readings in the American 1950s - An incredible listing of the literature and culture of the 50's in alphabetical order along with a research site linking many other sources.

RETRO - Super Cool Stuff from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s

Rewind the Fifties - great nostalgia site with many links and pictures.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - If you are doing anything with the culture or music of the decade, this is a Must-See!  Exhibitions, biographical info, a permanent collection and a search engine for the site makes this AT&T sponsored site  very appealing.

Rural Co-ops from USDA - some interesting agriculture info and great photos.

The People History - news, events, technology, prices, and popular culture of the 1950's

Timeline of the Decade

•  More specific links at Brainy History

Yahoo's 1950's Culture Sites on the Web

Web Generation - Fads and Styles of the '50s (Blocked by Bess)