Walker Library: HIST 2020: Survey of US History, 1877-Present: 1980s / 1990s

Presidential Libraries and Collections

United States Congress

Legal Sources

Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
Business and legal resources, including state and federal laws and court cases.

Supreme Court Justices: Confirmed

Historical Newspapers

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - searches the Atlanta Constitution, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and three African American newspapers: the Chicago Defender, New Amsterdam News, and the Norfolk Journal and Guide. Users can limit a search to a specific date or date range under "Search Options."

Magazines

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Full text, primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, 1880-2015. Provides complete runs of major trade and consumer magazines.
Digital copies of complete runs of major trade and consumer magazines, from their inception to 2015. Subject coverage includes film industry, music business, rock and pop, jazz and blues, theater, television, and radio.
Content Description
Links to Title Lists
Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
Full contents of Vogue magazine (US edition) in full color page image, from 1892 to the present.
See About for more information.

Speeches and Historic Documents

Vital Speeches of the Day

Historic Documents (Reference R909.82 H62) A wide range of documents covering the most significant events of a single year.

Documentaries

Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Watch streaming films, documentaries, and training videos from Criterion Collection, Women Make Movies, First Run Features, and other leading producers. The library owns some titles on this platform, but most content is leased solely for classroom use; see https://library.mtsu.edu/mediaresources/policy
Kanopy Troubleshooting Guide
Kanopy Accessibility Statement
Creating playlists and/or clips (Must first create a Kanopy account)

C-SPAN Video Library

Digital Collections Related to Key Events

1991 Persian Gulf War - see Veterans History Project

1992 Hurricane Andrew Digital Collection

1993 The Ashes of Waco

1993 Don't Ask, Don't Tell - See Don't: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue

1994 Violence Against Women Act (Women and Social Movements)

1995 Million Man March

1996 Defense of Marriage Act (Clinton Library)

1999 WTO Seattle (protests during the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting.

Topical Digital Collections

Duke Chapel Recordings
Audio and video recordings made at Duke Chapel in Durham, North Carolina, between 1955 and 1995.
Gary Monroe Photographs, 1980-1998
Duke University Libraries
Photographs in n Haiti, in Haitian neighborhoods in Florida, and in Krome Camp, Florida, where Haitian refugees were detained by the U.S. government.
Katrina Thomas Ethnic Wedding Photograph Collection
More than 800 photographs document how immigrant groups maintained and adapted wedding practices in the United States from 1965 to 2001.
Minnesota Immigrant Oral Histories
Includes interviews with recent immigrants from Asia, East Africa, and Latin America.
NOLA Hip Hop and Bounce Archive
Tulane University
Audio and video interviews with leading hiphop and bounce artists in New Orleans.
Ralph W. Hood and W. Paul Williamson Holiness Churches of Appalachia Recordings and Interviews
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
Videos of church services and interviews documenting contemporary serpent handlers of Southern Appalachia.
Veterans History Project
Oral history interviews, photos, and other sources. Includes more than 600 records with digital content about the Persian Gulf War (1991).

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HIST 2020: Survey of US History, 1877-Present: 1980s / 1990s