Cold War

Topic Guides created by Western Libraries' staff

Developed by Michael Reese, Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest (University of Washington Department of History). Includes historical essays and selections/excerpts of primary documents for use in teaching.

Access to information and digitized primary sources including oral histories and newspaper articles. Project sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects (University of Washington)

Online resources from Lehigh University Digital Library about a controversial exhibit.

Extracts of testimony from three witnesses to the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings on Communist activity in Hollywood (1947). Web resources provided through "History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web" (American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning, City University of New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University).

Based at the University of Washington in Seattle. Website includes links to online oral histories and other resources about student activism and draft resistance.

A rich variety of online resources and links relating to civil rights issues.

Major collection documenting peace movement activities in the US and beyond from the 19th century through the present.

Guide to state-wide primary and secondary source holdings on a variety of topics, including "the Canwell Committee" and "Cold War and Loyalty".