Stories of Michigan during the Great Depression: Labor unions and the Flint sit-down strike, Paul Honore's Natural Resources Mural, bungalows, radio, lighthouses and the Great Lakes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs and the Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan.

Site developed for the U.S. National Archives exhibit on the New Deal program which employed artists for public works. Includes numerous images.

List of articles, books, films and other resources on American migrant farm workers during the Depression.

Critique of some established views about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 written by the economist Lawrence W. Reed.

The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history.

A short paper on the origins of the Great Depression. Discusses economic problems and policies that led to the American economic collapse in the 1930s. Includes bibliography.

Educational site focused on the programs of FDR's New Deal. Sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University.

Information and photos of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. Includes biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.

Essay which claims the U.S. Supreme Court seized control of the U.S. economy in the 1890s and caused the Great Depression through its mismanagement.

A study of the economics of the Great Depression by J. Bradford De Long of University of California at Berkeley.

Argues that the Great Depression was caused by the Bank of England, the British government and the City of London.

Read the collection of Herbert Hoover's official papers and public statements that relate to his economic policy in the Great Depression.

An article by Lawrence Reed of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, arguing that the gold standard did not cause the Great Depression.

Library of Congress records of the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection, showing rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression.

Information about the stock market crash and how it lead to the Great Depression. Includes chart, glossary and links.

Academic article on the cause and effect of the Great Depression worldwide.