No More "Blue Skies": Social Life, Politics and Finances on the Ursinus College Campus During the 1920s and 1930s

Authors

Colleen Becker, Ursinus CollegeFollow
Harrison Cade, Ursinus CollegeFollow
Carl Christoph, Ursinus CollegeFollow
William Peiffer, Ursinus CollegeFollow

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Project Description

This project focuses on the history of Ursinus College during the 1920s and the early 1930s; aimed at showing how the student body reacted and responded to the sudden shift from the exuberance and wealth that defined the Roaring Twenties to the extreme poverty and immense misery that came to define the Great Depression.

Faculty Mentor

Kara McShane

Faculty Mentor

Susanna Throop

Publication Date

Fall 2017

Keywords

digital humanities, history, Ursinus College, 1920s, 1930s, Great Depression, Roaring Twenties, fundraising campaigns, social life, politics

Disciplines

Digital Humanities | Finance | Political History | Social History | United States History

Comments

Students involved in this project maintained blogs throughout the course of the semester. The following are links to the blog entries:

Colleen Becker

Harrison Cade

Carl Christoph

William Peiffer

Recommended Citation

Becker, Colleen; Cade, Harrison; Christoph, Carl; and Peiffer, William, "No More "Blue Skies": Social Life, Politics and Finances on the Ursinus College Campus During the 1920s and 1930s" (2017). Digital History Projects. 6.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/digital_history_projects/6