Finding Primary Sources: Postwar United States
A guide to finding primary source accounts of United States history at the Valley Cottage Library.
Civil Rights Movement
- Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American IdentityCall Number: 973.0496 SAYISBN: 9781595581136
- Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights MovementCall Number: 323.1196073 HamISBN: 9780553057348
- Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights MovementCall Number: 973.0496073 VOIISBN: 9780679462965
Business
The 60s
The Cold War
- The Postwar Years: The Cold War and the Atomic Age, 1950-1959 (First Person America)Call Number: J 973.92 STEISBN: 9780805025873
Postwar Society
- Understanding Death of a Salesman: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical DocumentsCall Number: 812 MILLERISBN: 9780313304026
Korean and Vietnam Wars
- War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars byCall Number: 355.0092 WARISBN: 9780743202947
Presidents
- John F. Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio: History as Told through the Collection of the John F. Kennedy Library and MuseumCall Number: 973.922 KENISBN: 9781891620362
Websites
- Lydon Baines Johnson Library and MuseumA selection of audio and video recordings from LBJ's presidency.