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The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929

Introduction

The Coolidge-Consumerism collection assembles a wide array of Library of Congress primary-source materials from the 1920s, reflecting the prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass-consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. The multi-media materials include rare and hard-to-find items from the General Collections, both books and magazines, as well as documents from personal and organizational papers in the Manuscript Division, photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division, and a modest sampling of motion picture footage and radio excerpts of speeches by President Coolidge from the Motion Picture and Recorded Sound Division. The Preface by Carren Kaston provides Credits and describes access methods to the materials.

Samples from the collection

Sample Special Presentations

  1. Interactive Historical Introduction
  2. The Automobile: Consumerism on Wheels
  3. The Anxiety of Leisure and the Search for "Wholesome" Recreation
  4. Types of materials found in the Coolidge Collection

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