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Commemorating Frances Perkins: The New Deal in Maine and the Nation
Reference Sources | Internet Resources
This web page provides titles and links to research resources that pertain to Frances Perkins and women's experiences in the New Deal. The resources chosen are selective and provide access points to additional resources.
For more information on the conference contact Eileen Eagan, Department of History, USM, 207-
780-5058 or eagan@usm.maine.edu.
The reference sources listed have call numbers attached that correspond to the University of Southern Maine libraries. These sources can also be found in other academic libraries.
American National Biography
POR and GOR Reference CT 213 .A68
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
POR and GOR Reference Z5305 .U5 B47
Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia
POR E807.1 .R4 2001
Encyclopedia of American Social History
POR and LEW Reference HN57 .E58 1992
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
POR Reference HN57 .E94 2004
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century
POR Reference E740.7 .E53 1996
From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics
POR Reference HQ1236.5 .U6S32 1999
Handbook of American Women's History
POR and LEW Reference HQ1410 .H36 1990
Milestones: A Chronology of American Women's History
POR Reference HQ1410 .W434 1997
Notable American Women
POR and GOR Reference CT3260 .N573
Women's Studies Encyclopedia
POR Reference HQ1115 .W645 1989
Women's Studies: A Recommended Bibliography
POR Reference Z7963 .F44 K75 2004
women | labor
Women
AFSCME Labor Links: Women's Labor History
(http://www.afscme.org/otherlnk/whlinks.htm )
American Memory (Library of Congress)
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html)
Digital collection of the holdings of the Library of Congress.
American Memory: American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html)
Center for New Deal Studies (Roosevelt University)
(http://www.roosevelt.edu/newdeal/)
Includes links to other related web sites.
Digital Librarian: Women's Resources
(http://www.digital-librarian.com/women.html)
Created and maintained by a librarian, this site provides links to digital women's historical collections.
History Matters: WWW History
(http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory/)
Created by the American Social History Project, a joint venture of the Center for Media and Learning (Graduate Center, CUNY) and the Center for Historical and New Media (George Mason University), this site, arranged by topic and time line, contains links to various digitized and full-text resources.
In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and Personal Narratives (Alexander Street Press)
(http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.aspx)
"...provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world."
Maine Memory
(http://www.mainememory.net/)
An online collection of digitized materials for the student of Maine history.
NARA: U. S. National Archives and Records Administration
(http://www.archives.gov/)
New Deal Network: The Great Depression, the 1930s, and the Roosevelt Administration
(http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm)
"The New Deal Network is an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s. The New Deal Network is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University. NDN is funded in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities." Included are links to documents, photographs, archives, and specialized collections.
Rosie the Riveter
(http://www.rosietheriveter.org/)
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (SUNY Binghamton)
(http://womhist.binghamton.edu/)
Created by the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender, this site offers free access to ca. one third of the primary resources available. USM subscribes to the complete database.
Labor
Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs (Wayne State University)
(http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/about.html)
"The Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs was established in 1960 to collect and preserve records of the American labor movement, with special emphasis upon industrial unionism and related social, economic and political organizations in the United States." The Research Links section provides access to other collections.
B & E Datalinks (American Statistical Association: Business and Economic Statistics)
(http://www.econ-datalinks.org/)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (U. S. Department of Labor)
(http://www.bls.gov/)
Bureau of Labor Statistics: National Longitudinal Survey (U. S. Department of Labor)
(http://www.bls.gov/nls/home.htm)
EH.Net: Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History
(http://www.eh.net/encyclopedia/)
Peer-reviewed encyclopedia. Includes a detailed article on history of labor unions.
Labor and Unemployment (Frequently Used Sites Related to U. S. Federal Government Information)
(http://lib11.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib/godort.pl?searchtext=Labor&Type=Simple&Resource=DB&Website=FDTF)
Labor Arts
(http://www.laborarts.org/)
"...a virtual museum; we gather, identify and display images of the cultural artifacts of working people and their organizations. Our mission is to present powerful images that help us understand the past and present lives of working people."
National Bureau of Economic Research
(http://www.nber.org/)
The Working Papers series, available in full-text, are excellent sources of research information. A search engine is included.
Southern Labor Archives (Georgia State University)
(http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/labor/)
"The largest accumulation of labor records in the Southeast, the Archives holdings include organizational records, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, personal papers of labor leaders, oral histories, collective bargaining agreements, constitutions and bylaws, and convention proceedings from 1888 to the present. " Also includes the national records of some organizations.
Triangle Factory Fire
(http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/)
This site, produced by The Kheel Center, Catherwood Library, ILR School at Cornell University, details this event, which occurred on March 25, 1911.
Created by: Barb Mann
Created on: 01.30.2006
Last Updated: 02.14.2006
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