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St. Louis citizens suffered through the Great Depression much like everyone else throughout the country. It was a time of sacrifice and suffering, hardships and handouts. To examine more closely the effects of the Great Depression and the optimism of the New Deal read, Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel (New York: Pantheon, 1970), and The Coming of the New Deal by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958). For more information on St. Louis during the Great Depression read, Lion of the Valley by James Neal Primm (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1998). Information on relief efforts and the W.P.A. in St. Louis can be found in the Globe-Democrat press clippings collection, housed at the Mercantile Library on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The Western Historical Manuscript Collection, also located at UM-St. Louis, is home to the Paul Preisler Photograph Collection, which depicts St. Louis during the Great Depression through the lens of a camera. The following websites also give a good account of life in the United States during the Great Depression. Please note that due to the instability of the World Wide Web the websites may no longer be available. The Depression Era Project within the Western Historical Manuscript Collection ** Hard Times ** American Life Histories-Manuscripts from the Federal Writers Project 1936-1940 **
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