2021 Fall Elective: American Cultural History: Popular Culture

Duke University Libraries "Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955."

University of Washington

Cigarette print ads, outdoor ads, point-of-sale and direct marketing materials published by Philip Morris USA archive dating back to the early 1900s

The Museum has preserved advertising campaigns for several familiar companies, such as Marlboro, Alka-Seltzer, Federal Express, Cover Girl, and Nike. I

"The collection includes proclamations, advertisements, blank forms, programs, election tickets, catalogs, clippings, timetables, and menus."

"Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress."

University of Wisconsin. "The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture collects and creates electronic resources for study and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America."

Michigan State University. "Online collection of some of the most important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century."

Michigan State University. Little Cookbooks contains thousands of food and cookery related publications produced primarily by companies in the United States from the late nineteenth century up to the present.

Cornell University. Progressive Era documents, 1850 and 1950

"The Collection features: hundreds of party and event flyers ca. 1977-1985; thousands of early vinyl recordings, cassettes and CDs; film and video; record label press packets and publicity; black books, photographs, magazines, books, clothing, and more."

Artist profiles and song list.

"This audio collection consists of 120 oral histories of seminal pre-Swing Era and Swing Era jazz musicians recorded between 1972 and 1983."

*Secondary and Primary: Be careful about dates! "This is a living collection of books, articles, documentaries, series, podcasts and more about the Black origins of traditional and popular music dating from the 18th century to present day."

Transcriptions and recordings of oral histories of NEA Jazz Masters.

Primary sources about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms.

Specifically dedicated to old time radio.

1926 - Present

A comprehensive index of where and how to find books online.

"The Internet Archive and Open Library offers over 10,000,000 fully accessible books and texts. There is also a collection of 300,000 modern eBooks that may be borrowed or downloaded by the print-disabled at OpenLibrary.org."

"Resources include sites on various forms of popular culture, including music, film, television, advertising, sports, fashion, toys, magazines and comic books, and the medium in which this message moves, cyberculture."

"Source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition."

This library contains digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news.

A selection of films, television and radio programs preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive online.

Contains over 14,000 records which include television and radio programs and artifacts.