Historical Documents

Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
Zoot Suit Riots
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
People v. Zamora
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
An outstanding picture of 1937 – tragedy. Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc., 1937 Dec. 15.
Miss Earhart Forced Down at Sea, Howland Isle Fears; Coast Guard Begins Search
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Articles

The Retreat at Kommando 64/VI (April 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Books Worth Reading on Modern America (November/December 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Strangest Army-Navy Game Ever Played? (Spring 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Golden Age of Advertising (April/May 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Gangster City (April 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Monument Men Hunt for Masterpieces (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Close Encounter (September 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Heartbreak at Heart Mountain (October 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Martha Gellhorn Gets Her Story on D-Day (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Oldest Marine Recruit (Spring 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Glider (May/June 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Power of Homely Detail (August/September 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Billie Holiday (December 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Lonely Eleanor Roosevelt's Visits to Our College (October 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
“The So-called Charge was Murder” (June/July 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The First Time a Plane Hit a Manhattan Skyscraper (August/September 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Another Day of Infamy (April 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Bundesführer Kuhn (September 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Were Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified? (September 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Texas' Pacific War Museum (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
FDR Declassified (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Perils of Success (May/June 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
“Let’s Face the Music and Dance ” (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Mother of Us All (February/March 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Back Story to "The Joy of Cooking" (April 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Case of the Chambermaid and the Nine Old Men (December 1986 | Volume: 38, Issue: 1)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Did a Yiddish Curse Bring Down the Hindenburg? (April/May 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Admiral Halsey and Many Others Loved the F Word. (May/June 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Who Really Was FDR? (Summer 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Unsordid (December 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Naked Truth Of Battle (Winter 2011 | Volume: 60, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
John Hersey Uncovers the Horror (August 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Creating The D-Day Museum in New Orleans (May/June 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Cagney Did "Yankee Doodle Dandy" to Prove He Wasn't a Commie (July/August 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Amateur Diplomats (April 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
FDR’s War of Words with Lindbergh (Fall 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Lady Brakemen (July/August 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Triumphs of a Tuskegee Airman (Summer 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 4)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Defense Of Wake (July/August 1987 | Volume: 38, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Hemingway and the Hooligan Navy on Patrol (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Stickball à La Parisienne (April/May 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 2)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Return to East Anglia (April 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 3)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Jeep (December 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Will Rogers Didn't Have to Die That Day (December 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 8)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Chicken Story (September 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Collections

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's America, by David Lehman
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Memphis, Place of Good Abode
The Place of Good Abode, by Shelby Foote
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras