Of Mice and Men

Includes primary source documents and photographs as well as secondary source information about the Great Depression time period.

From the Library of Congress, this collection of primary sources includes photographs, recorded music, and song lyrics document the daily ordeals of rural migrant families from the Great Plains during a decade marked by both the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Also includes a free eBook for use on an iOS device.

Overview of the Great Depression from History.com featuring a variety of primary source media.

Includes six photo exhibitions from the University of California Digital Library: Dust Bowl Migration, Hard Times, Help and the New Deal, San Francisco General Strike, Building Bridges, Dams, and Power Plants, Everyday Life and Hard Times.

PBS's Crash Course offers quick-paced, imaginative videos aimed at learners of all ages. This course investigates how the Depression started, what Herbert Hoover tried to do to fix it, and why those efforts failed.

San Jose State University's article provides an overview of the criticism regarding Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

Carl Bailey analyzes the character of Lennie Small, offering insight into how Steinbeck portrays Lennie in the novel and whether Lennie is truly mentally ill.

Nate Brown offers a historical overview of the novel as well as the novel's impact on our culture and society, including Texas' "Lennie Standard" used for determining if a criminal should receive the death penalty.

This collection of primary sources available through the Digital Public Library of America is specific to The Grapes of Wrath, including several resources about the Great Depression, the time period for Of Mice and Men.

A gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.

Direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents.

Discover 30,290,696 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States

History through the eyes of those who lived it.

Access to digital images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.

Collection of historical primary sources available through the Library of Congress

Includes American Originals, World War II posters, American documents such as the Constitution and others.

The official White House site.