Walker Library: HIST 2020: Survey of US History, 1877-Present: 1950s

Presidential Libraries and Collections

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Select the "Research" tab for the Truman Papers, oral histories, selected audio recordings, and a large photograph collection.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library: Online Documents
Key documents related to many of the major events and developments in the 1950s: Brown vs. Board of Education, the Emmett Till Case, the interstate highway system, the Salk polio vaccine, and many others.

Digital Collections

Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
Documents the 1957 Little Rock Central High School integration crisis and other events related to the struggle for civil rights in Arkansas.
Letters of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
(Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University)
This collection includes more than 500 letters written between Julius and Ethel Rosenberg during their incarceration.
Senator Joe McCarthy Audio Excerpts, 1950-1954
Listen to public remarks made by McCarthy during his campaign to remove Communists and Communist sympathizers from government.
Vital Speeches of the Day

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."

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AdViews
Thousands of television commercials created or collected by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency, dated 1950s - 1980s.