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20th Century

19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Collection Essays

United States Expansion, Migrants, and Transportation Technologies, ca. 1810-1930

Colored map showing roads and bodies of water. Surrounded by a border of black-and-white photos advertising the local area, including photos of forests, lakes, Native people, moose and bear, and homes,

Gabrielle Guillerm, PhD
September 14, 2022

18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Maps as Heritage: Commemoration and Travel in American Cartography

Hand-drawn map, showing the country from Lake Superior and the Mississippi in the east to Pacific Ocean in the west and the Kansas River in the south to the northern boundary of the Louisiana Territory in the north. The map shows the locations of many Indigenous groups along with natural features like rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges.

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
August 31, 2022

20th Century, Classroom Materials, Full Lesson Plan, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Visual Literacy

Women’s Suffrage

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
April 6, 2022

20th Century, Class Warm Up/Unit Opener, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Visual Literacy

World War II and US Visual Culture

Painting of a white woman wearing blue work overalls and goggles on her forehead. She sits on a box while eating a sandwich. A riveter tool lays across her lap, and her feet rest on a copy of Mein Kampf. The background is in American flag.

Mark Pohlad, PhD
February 28, 2022

20th Century, Classroom Materials, Full Lesson Plan, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Visual Literacy

All Together in World War I

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
July 7, 2021

20th Century, Class Warm Up/Unit Opener, Classroom Materials, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up

The Narrative of Sarah Graves

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
June 25, 2021

20th Century, Class Warm Up/Unit Opener, Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades K-3

Who Was Mother Jones?

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
June 23, 2021

20th Century, Class Warm Up/Unit Opener, Classroom Materials, Grades K-3, Visual Literacy

The Clarke-Hanneford Family

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
June 23, 2021

20th Century, Collection Essays

Leisure and Entertainment in the Early Twentieth Century

Color photograph of "The Bobs" ride sign. "Bobs" is written in white in all capitals, which an oranage line curving up and down between each letter. The letters and line have lightbulbs in them to illuminate them at night.

Jo Ellen McKillop Dickie, Newberry Library
January 27, 2021

20th Century, Collection Essays

Decision 1920

Dr. Paul Durica
December 2, 2020

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Riots and Protest: Chicago’s Legacy of Conflict

Dr. Rachel Boyle, Omnia History
December 2, 2020

20th Century, Collection Essays

Women in the Workforce in the United States

Two-page spread entitled "Her Day Begins with a Frantic Race Against the Clock." Photos of Filling at a lunch counter, in a office with a man, walking on the sidewalk, in her bedroom, and reading in the bathroom (clockwise from top right).

Lisa Schoblasky, Newberry Library
October 18, 2019