About the Dust Bowl

Here are some books at Memorial Hall Library related to the topics covered in The Worst Hard Time:

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Here are some web sites with photographs and information about the Dust Bowl:

  • American Memory - Photographs of the Dust Bowl from the Library of Congress’, “America from the Great Depression to World War II” project
  • Drought in the Dust Bowl years - An overview of drought and the Dust Bowl from University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s National Drought Mitigation Center
  • The Dust Bowl - Photographs and history of farming in the 1930s from Wessel’s Living History Farm in York, Nebraska.  Learn about farming in the 1930s through recordings of families who experienced it.  Quicktime Player needed for audio, but transcripts are available.
  • Dust Bowl History — Links to collections of photos from the Dust Bowl era, with an emphasis on Kansas.
  • The Dust Bowl - Documents, song lyrics, and photographic collages featuring the Dust Bowl from the Library of Congress.
  • Surviving the Dust Bowl — PBS web site for the American Experience documentary, including a timeline.
  • 20th Century Drought - Information about droughts and the Dust Bowl from the National Climatic Data Center.
  • Voices from the Dust Bowl — An online collection from the Library of Congress, focusing primarily on migrant farm workers in California during 1940-41.
  • Dust Bowl Oral History Project - Interviews with survivors of Black Sunday, April 14, 1935, Dodge City, Kansas.
  • NASA Explains Dust Bowl Drought - An article from NASA scientists explaining the Dust Bowl drought.
  • Woody Guthrie — Dust Bowl Ballads - Information about Guthrie’s 1940 album that paid tribute to the survivors of the Dust Bowl.
  • Dust Bowl Days Lesson Plan - A lesson plan about the 1930s, the Great Depression, and the Dust Bowl from the National Endowment for the Humanities.