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World War II Resources

Selected resources about World War II

Find primary sources about life on the home front

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs
Color photographs of the United States during the Great Depression and the WWII home front. These pictures have been digitized by the Library of Congress.
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Photos
Black and White photographs of the United States during the Great Depression and the WWII home front. These pictures have been digitized by the Library of Congress.
Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium
WWII political cartoons from the online Library of Congress Exhibition Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium
War Posters
Find posters from WWI & WWII at the University of Minnesota

Design for Victory: World War II Posters on the American Home Front by William L. Bird; Harry R. Rubenstein
Call Number: 940.53022 B618d

ISBN: 1568981406

Publication Date: 1998

This book displays posters used by the government to inspire people on the home front to help the war effort.

Powers of Persuasion
This is a collection of poster created by the US government during WWII to encourage citizens to help the war effort.

Walt Disney on the Front Lines: The War Years
Call Number: 791.4375 W231

ISBN: 9780788850707

Publication Date: 2003

This item is a DVD.

Find secondary sources about life on the home front

Americans at War by John Phillips Resch
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 002865806X

Publication Date: 2004

A 4volume book about life in the United States during wartime from 1500-present. Volume 3 covers both WWI and WWII
Don't You Know There's a War On? by Richard R. Lingeman
Call Number: 917.303 L755d

ISBN: 1560254653

Publication Date: 2003

This book describes life in the United States during WWII
Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity by Amy Bentley
Call Number: 940.53082 B477e

ISBN: 0252067274

Publication Date: 1998

A book that talks about how people at home were impacted by food rationing.
Days of Sadness, Years of Triumph: The American People, 1939-1945 by Geoffrey Perret
Call Number: 309.173 P455d

ISBN: 0299103943

Publication Date: 1985

Life in the United States during the Great Depression and WWII.
The Home-Front War: World War II and American Society by Kenneth P. O'Brien (Editor); Lynn H. Parsons (Editor)
Call Number: 973.91 H767

ISBN: 0313292116

Publication Date: 1995

This book is a collection of essays from scholars about life in the United States during WWII.

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Subjects: History

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