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Hard Times in Illinois Introduction. Letter from Chicago Public Bath Attendants Concerning the City's Budget. January 13, 1930. Telegram from the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Concerning Unemployment in Illinois. April 28, 1930. Telegram from Governor Emmerson Requesting Emergency Supplies. November 6, 1930.
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Use of Documents
- Historical Background
- Selected Bibliography
The use of local events to enhance the study of American history in the classroom has received considerable attention for the past several years. Teachers have recognized that their students often are not excited by traditional instruction in American history. Chief criticisms have been that textbook treatments consist of dry narratives of imperson...
The primary objective of this study packet is to introduce students to local history in a meaningful manner and thereby increase interest in history in general. Taken together, the fifty document images offer a kaleidoscopic picture of Illinois over 1930-1940. Individual documents describe very real historical occurrences, but each leaves unanswere...
The fifty documents in this packet were selected from the holdings of the Illinois State Archives. Most came from record group 101.000, the Office of the Governor. Louis Lincoln Emmerson (record series 101.029) served from January 14, 1929 to January 9, 1933. Henry Horner (records series 101.030) occupied the office from January 9, 1933 to October ...
The onset of the Great Depression has been linked to the collapse of the American stock market in late 1929. This has been the case despite the fact that no single event or specific combination of events empirically have been shown to have set off the decade of depression which followed. What can be explained are economic conditions as they existed...
T. H. Watkins's The Hungry Years: A Narrative History of the Great Depression in America (New York: Owl Books, 2000) is one of the more recent scholarly contributions. It presents vivid glimpses of people whose lives were upturned by their times. Frederick Lewis Allen's Since Yesterday: the Nineteen-Thirties in America, September 3, 1929-September ...
Mar 12, 2019 · Depressions -- 1929 -- Illinois, Illinois -- History -- Study and teaching, Illinois -- History -- Sources Publisher Springfield : Illinois State Archives Collection university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign; americana Contributor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Language English Item Size 234050574
In responding to this inquiry Governor Emmerson reported abnormally high unemployment in Illinois with a significant increase since mid-January, no increase for the period March 15-April 15, and a slight decrease for April 1-26. As of April 29, 1930 approximately 400,000 wage or salary earners were without jobs in Illinois. Points to Consider
Jul 22, 2015 · The insane asylum department housed an additional 500–1,000 persons. The Cook County commissioners allocated all almshouse funds and appointed the county agent, who not only determined admission to the almshouse but also distributed any county “outdoor” relief to “deserving” paupers. The commissioners also selected the staffs of the ...
For a small-medium town of about 85,000 in the midwest (Illinois) in the early 1940s: Was it common for women to walk alone at night? Did people often live close to their place of work? If so, did they tend to live within walking distance of their workplace or was it more common to drive to work?
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Apr 20, 2012 · The year 1940 was one of great change. The nation was trying to lift itself out of the Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were putting people back to work and the ...
