Library Resources for Information about the 1950's

 
 

 


MSU Library Web Site:  http://web.mnstate.edu/library/

WebPALS --   http://www.pals.msus.edu/

·         To locate BOOKS and other circulating items:  Online Catalog

·         To locate JOURNAL and NEWSPAPER articles:  WebPALS Periodicals Databases, such as:

à        Expanded Academic Index (EAI)

à        Health Index

à        Business Index

 

Reference Books

 

American Decades. REF. E169.12 .A419 1994

 

American Eras. REF. E169.1 .A471979 1997

 

American Chronicle: Year by Year Through the Twentieth Century.  REF. E169.1 .G664 1999

 

Chronicle of the Twentieth Century. REF. D422 .C57 1987

 

Day by Day: The Fifties.  Chronicles each day in the 1950s, including what happened in Education; Politics; etc.  REF. D842.5 .M47 1979

 

Newspapers and Periodicals Indexes

 

The New York Times.  Newspaper Index/Microfilm Room. Year by year index.

 

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature.  Indexes. Year by year index.

 

Selected Books in Our Collection

 

Brown v. the Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents.  KF228.B76 B76 1998

 

This Was Harlem: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950.  F128.68.H3 A65 1982

 

The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-1950.  OVERSIZE N6512 .H355 1999

 

When the Going Was Good: American Life in the Fifties.  HN58 .H26 1982b

 

Video

 

David Halberstam's, The Fifties. Video.  CURRIC. VIDEO CASSETTE 973.92 F469

 

Internet

 

The Literature and Culture of the American 1950s

http://dept.english.upenn.edu/%7Eafilreis/50s/home.html

 

TV in the Fifties

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv50.htm

 

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