Introduction
United States and Soviet Union/Russia Relations in the 20thCentury This exhibition will review the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia during the 20thcentury. The project will mainly… Read more »
Category: Spring 2019
Russian Revolution of 1917
Woodrow Wilson, Address at Des Moines, Iowa, 1919 Woodrow Wilson was president at the time the Russian Revolution of 1917 was under full swing. He gave this speech on September… Read more »
Introduction
Between the 1870s and 1945, the US economy has undergone ups and downs. Several events have impacted on the US economy both positively and negatively. The period witnessed several significant… Read more »
Second Industrial Revolution
Ford Assembly Line, 1902 Companies in the second industrial revolution started to build assembly lines to maximize production. Ford Motor Company, which was one… Read more »
The Great Depression
A photograph of the 1931 “unemployed march” in St. Louis. Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California 2 In October 1929, the crash of… Read more »
The World War 2
The Transformative Power of WW2 World War 2 took place during the Great Depression. The first Photo shows one of the abandoned navy yard facility in 1928. The U.S…. Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Source: 1, Photo Taker Unknown. Ford Assembly line, https://corporate.ford.com/articles/history/100-years-moving-assembly-line.html 2, Photo from the collections of The Henry Ford. July 4,1917 3, Jacob Riis, Ludlow Street tenement apartment circa, 1905. Cited on https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/the-cloth-cutters-of-ludlow-street/ 4,… Read more »
Cold War
Speech Delivered at a Meeting of Voters of the Stalin Electoral District, Moscow, 1946 Stalin gave his “election” speech on February 9, 1946 and spoke about coming out victorious in… Read more »
WWII
George Orwell “You and the Atomic Bomb” In George Orwell’s essay “You and the Atomic Bomb”, Orwell warns people that the atomic bomb will not only lead to the destruction… Read more »
Bibliography
Beardsley, E. H. “Secrets between Friends: Applied Science Exchange between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union during World War II.” The SHAFR Guide Online7, no. 4 (1977): 447-73. doi:10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim130100002. Brick,… Read more »
Introduction – Black Women in the Entertainment Industry
This exhibition will examine the ways in which African American women within the entertainment industry have utilized their platforms to reclaim their agency and sexual freedom as a result of… Read more »
World War I
“Why the German Army is Such a Fighting Machine” This article was published in October of 1914 and explains the success of Germany and its impressive army. Germany’s use of… Read more »
World War II
16,000,000 TO ENROLL TODAY Published in 1940, this article informs the public of the enactment of the first peacetime draft as well as further details on the process of enrollment… Read more »
The Cold War & The Vietnam War
The Code of Comics of 1954 The Code of Comics was issued in 1954 as set of restrictions for comics commenting on war with a set of guidelines including nudity,… Read more »
United States Conscription Over the Years
US Conscription during the 20th Century This exhibition will delve into the use of conscription in the United States throughout pivotal periods of history. Specifically, it will examine the different… Read more »
1920s-1950s
“Prove it on me Blues” was written in 1928 by Ma Rainey. It was also performed and recorded in 1928. Her music was recorded in Chicago by the Chicago Music… Read more »
1960s-1970s
Nina Simone’s song Mississippi Goddam was written in 1963 after a horrible church bombing in Alabama. Her live performance video was recorded in New York City at Carnegie Hall in… Read more »
1980s-1990s
In 1979, New York’s Cosmopolitan Magazine highlighted Donna Summer’s new studio album “Bad Girls”. The magazine cover consists of Donna Summer wearing a revealing black laced dress. In the background… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources “An Assertive Song of Lesbian Self-affirmation. · Jonathan Ned Katz: Ma Rainey’s “Prove It On Me Blues,” 1928 · OutHistory.org: It’s About Time.” Outhistory.org. Accessed April 25, 2019…. Read more »