Is there anyone out there who knows of any links that could tell me about the great depression in Alabama?

I am mainly looking for info about the depression in Calhoun County or in the Gadsen area.
Is there anyone out there who knows of any links that could tell me about the great depression in Alabama?
The Library of Congress is the place to start. In particular, the WPA, or Works Progress Administration, sent writers, artists, photographers, and scholars of all sorts into the states to document the Depression. Here's one link


http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/a...





A famous collaboration produced a book with photographs, Let Us Now Praise Men by James Agee and Walker Evans.


You can see an archive of the photos here


http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/gal...
Is there anyone out there who knows of any links that could tell me about the great depression in Alabama?
I have problems enough just finding information about the Great Depression let alone finding information about one county in Alabama.





Wheww!! Where to start? Do you live in that county? If yes, I'd start by researching into your local newspapers. They are usually on microfilm at your local library. Stories in the newspapers should lead you to State or Federal actions that affected this county.





Then, you could investigate the State and Federal programs (probably the WPA or CCC) that had impact on your area of investigation. There probably aren't many websites that would deal with this county. On the State or Federal level, you might find a few.





I have been researching the social history of the Great Depression for about 5 years.