Welcome to the 1920's Patfinder! Many of the things you will need for your research will be available in the virtual library. Please start there. I have provided some outside links as well. Remember Historical Newspaper is source materials meaning that it was written in the exact time period you are studying.
General Sites EXTREMELY useful: From the Virtual Library: Historical Newspapers available through the virtual library. ABC-Clio American History Grolier Online Encyclopedia (passwords available from teacher) WorldBook Encyclopedia General Sites from the Web: 1920-30.com – Source material from the time Class of Cultures – Contains links for Prohibition, Scopes Trial, Flappers, and KKK Jazz Age – A little difficult to see, but great information Calvin Coolidge Inaugural Address, 1925 Price of the Presidency – Excellent biography on Coolidge’s character IPL links Miss America 1920’s Pagents Answers.com Atlantic City Steamboat Willie Answers.com Disney Archives Slang Brunswickin Dinner and Murder.com (pdf format, but tons of words!) Flagpole Sitting Bad Fads Kentucky Post Speakeasies Pictures of Speakeasies PBS	Sacco and Vanzetti Case Historical Newspapers – tons of stuff on this. Overview of the Case Court TV background and source documents of the Sacco/Vanzetti Case Speeches of Sacco and Vanzetti upon being sentenced. Stock Market Crash – Overview from PBS Stock Market Crash Chart – don’t forget to check out the info links at the bottom of the page Scopes Trial Scopes Trial in detail from University of Missouri/ Kansas City PBS – Scopes Trial NPR – Podcast about the trial Flapper Fashion History of Flapper Flappers and Culture Babe Ruth 1920-30.com/sport Baberuth.com Bobby Jones Master’s Tournament Bio Answers.com bio Jack Dempsey Official Jack Dempsey site PBS American Experience – The fight Red Grange Pro football hall of fame Obit – Lots of good info here! Bill Tilden ESPN Ezine	Prohibition Ohio State – Source quotes from the 1920’s and prohibition Digital History Al Capone Chicago History Museum – Great stuff…don’t forget to look at “more” at the bottom of the pages Court TV Crime Library – Don’t forget to look at the “chapters” to the right for the full story. Film Movies and Studios of 1920’s Silent film stars – contains source material from star “blue book” of the day as well as many pictures Radio 1920’s radio (best listened to in itunes) – live stream on the upper right hand corner Impact of Radio in 1920’s Jazz American Jazz Culture of 1920’s - great info here! Jazz Musicians of the 1920’s – you will need real media to listen to the music but the bios are great. Bessie Smith CUNY Bio Bessie Smith Bio – Follow the “forward” button at the bottom of each page. Duke Ellington NPR Duke Ellington Bio – (not able to listen to music here, but should be fine at home.) Red Hot Jazz Bio Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding – Good site, but remember it is written by one of his relatives. 1920-30.com – Problems that faced Harding upon being elected (cont’d onto a second page. From source material (Literary Digest 1921)

Welcome to the 1920's Patfinder! Many of the things you will need for your research will be available in the virtual library. Please start there. I have provided some outside links as well. Remember Historical Newspaper is source materials meaning that it was written in the exact time period you are studying.

General Sites EXTREMELY useful:

From the Virtual Library:
Historical Newspapers available through the virtual library.
ABC-Clio American History
Grolier Online Encyclopedia (passwords available from teacher)
WorldBook Encyclopedia

General Sites from the Web:
1920-30.com – Source material from the time
Class of Cultures – Contains links for Prohibition, Scopes Trial, Flappers, and KKK
Jazz Age – A little difficult to see, but great information

Calvin Coolidge

Inaugural Address, 1925
Price of the Presidency – Excellent biography on Coolidge’s character
IPL links

Miss America

1920’s Pagents
Answers.com

Atlantic City

Steamboat Willie

Answers.com
Disney Archives

Slang

Brunswickin
Dinner and Murder.com (pdf format, but tons of words!)

Flagpole Sitting

Bad Fads
Kentucky Post

Speakeasies

Pictures of Speakeasies
PBS

Sacco and Vanzetti Case

Historical Newspapers – tons of stuff on this.
Overview of the Case
Court TV background and source documents of the Sacco/Vanzetti Case
Speeches of Sacco and Vanzetti upon being sentenced.

Stock Market Crash –

Overview from PBS
Stock Market Crash Chart – don’t forget to check out the info links at the bottom of the page

Scopes Trial

Scopes Trial in detail from University of Missouri/ Kansas City
PBS – Scopes Trial
NPR – Podcast about the trial

Flapper
Fashion History of Flapper
Flappers and Culture

Babe Ruth
1920-30.com/sport
Baberuth.com

Bobby Jones

Master’s Tournament Bio
Answers.com bio

Jack Dempsey

Official Jack Dempsey site
PBS American Experience – The fight

Red Grange

Pro football hall of fame
Obit – Lots of good info here!

Bill Tilden

ESPN

Ezine

Prohibition

Ohio State – Source quotes from the 1920’s and prohibition
Digital History

Al Capone

Chicago History Museum – Great stuff…don’t forget to look at “more” at the bottom of the pages
Court TV Crime Library – Don’t forget to look at the “chapters” to the right for the full story.

Film

Movies and Studios of 1920’s
Silent film stars – contains source material from star “blue book” of the day as well as many pictures

Radio
1920’s radio (best listened to in itunes) – live stream on the upper right hand corner

Impact of Radio in 1920’s

Jazz

American Jazz Culture of 1920’s - great info here!
Jazz Musicians of the 1920’s – you will need real media to listen to the music but the bios are great.

Bessie Smith

CUNY Bio
Bessie Smith Bio – Follow the “forward” button at the bottom of each page.

Duke Ellington

NPR Duke Ellington Bio – (not able to listen to music here, but should be fine at home.)
Red Hot Jazz Bio

Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding – Good site, but remember it is written by one of his relatives.

1920-30.com – Problems that faced Harding upon being elected (cont’d onto a second page. From source material (Literary Digest 1921)