Weed-Wolnick: Of Mice and Men / The Great Depression
The Great Depression
See Encyclopedia Britannica for full information on the Great Depression with primary sources, videos, and images.
Multiple Topics
Calisphere (University of California) Exhibit
Ken Burns Video Clip Collection
Dorothy Lange Digital Archive Use the links next to each image to see more in that collection.
JSTOR Daily Farm Security Administration photos
History.com: Great Depression History
American Experience: the Crash of 1929
Society
Amistad Digital Resource: African Americans
LOC Primary Source Set: Americans React ...
New York Historical Society: Women & the American Story Scroll for a multitude of resources.
The Dust Bowl
LOC Primary Source Set: Dust Bowl Migration
PBS Surviving the Dust Bowl articles under video
The New Deal
Of Mice and Men
Geographical Context: The Salinas Valley
Photos of Salinas Valley (SJSU King Library Digital Collections): search "Salinas valley" and browse through the photos to see the settings that inspired the setting in Of Mice and Men.