Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Ingram Brookes Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0182
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. The correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Jean Ingram Brookes from her immediate family, friends, and academic associates. The letters contain family news, discussions of international affairs, and some discussions of current affairs such as the Great Depression, World War II, and the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
The letters give insight into the family's...
Dates:
1928-1975
Francis P. Douglas Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0956
Scope and Contents
The Francis P. Douglas Collection contains 12 photographs from the 1930s taken by staff photographers at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The photographs are from the files of Francis P. Douglas, who was the paper's City Editor during the 1930s. The photographs document the effects of the Great Depression, as well as campaign stops made by the major party candidates and by third party candidates running in the 1932 presidential election. Photographs documenting the Great...
Dates:
1931-1933
Unemployed Citizens League Local No. 4 (Saint Louis, Mo.) Record Books
Collection
Identifier: A3143
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of blank letterhead and three bound notebooks containing records relating to the Unemployed Citizens League of St. Louis Local No. 4, some records for Local No. 1 and No. 11, and a blank application for the St. Louis Housewives’ League. The records are arranged alphabetically by title and date from 1933 to 1938. There are no records for 1936.
The three notebooks provide lists of children and families who received aid during the Great Depression in St....
Dates:
1933-1938