HI 427 The Age of FDR 1932-1945
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Reference Universe
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American Decades, 1930-1939, 1940-1949
Reference E169.12 A419 1994 (vols. 4-5)
Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents
Reference E173 .E54 2004
Oxford Companion to World War II
Reference D740 .O94 1995
World War II: America at War, 1941-1945
Reference D743.5 .P56 1991
World War II Almanac, 1931-1945: A Political and Military Record
Reference D743.5 .G64 1981
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Selected Digital Collections
Ad*Access (includes WWI propaganda) (Duke University Libraries)
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/
America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
From the Home Front and the Front Lines (Library of Congress)http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/homefront-home.html
Voices of World War II: Experiences from the Front and at Home (University of Missouri - Kansas City)
http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/ww2/index.htm
A Guide to World War II Materials (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/WW2/WW2bib.html
Historic Publications from World War II (Southern Methodist University)
http://worldwar2.smu.edu/
New Deal Document and Photo Library (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute)
http://newdeal.feri.org/library/index.htm
Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1928-1945
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ppotpus&cc=ppotpus&+type=bib&q1=roosevelt%2C+franklin&rgn1=author&Submit=Search
Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/126_rosi.html
World War II Poster Collection
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/wwii-posters/
World War II Records (National Archives)
http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/