MHS Library: US History: 1920s

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.

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

Searchable digital archive of America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963.

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.