CHS Library Subject Guides: US History - 1920s

Free online template to create your own Playbill.

Browse digital images of Playbills from 1930 to the present.

From PBS. Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to even more resources.

Companion website to the video series, Biography of America.

Presents an expansive collection of primary sources, organized in five themes, each with six to eight sections. Includes films, newsreels, animated cartoons, comic strips, radio broadcasts, sound recordings, informational texts, fiction selections, visual art, photographs, music selections, political cartoons and contemporary commentary.

Primary source materials (cartoons, documents and photographs) from the Ohio State University History Department, topic segments include Prohibition; Immigration Restriction and the KKK; The New Woman and The Scopes Trial.

Includes videos and transcripts from an online course on the 1920s, covering topics such as urbanization, prohibition, the Harlem Renaissance, KKK, organized crime, Scopes Trial, art, literature and popular culture. Teapot Dome scandle and the rise in consumerism.

Includes essays, images and primary source documents. Creation of a free account is necessary to access some content.

Browse artworks from the 1920s from the collection of the Guggenheim Museum.

Companion website to Ken Burns' documentary, includes historical background, biographies and audio files.

From Filmsite.org, overview of the film industry during the 1920s, includes information on movie studios, actors and films of the era.