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Primary source documents from 1870-1920, which most historians agree as the time span of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, with some personal collections continuing later into the twentieth century. Collections range from papers of key industrial corporations, charities, influential families and cultural institutions, to rich visual content in the form of political cartoons, photographs and ephemera.
Additional Information:
The period after the Civil War in America became known as the Gilded Age, coined by Mark Twain in his seminal novelĀ The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, playing on the failure of the expected 'golden era' of Reconstruction. This resource tracks the transformation of America into a modern, urban, industrial global power through business, legal and personal papers. Technological progress and extreme wealth for the few, contrasted with stark inequality and endemic poverty for much of America's population.
Coverage: 1870-1920
Vendor: Adam Matthew
Producer: Various
Interlibrary Loan Type: Secure Electronic Transmission Permitted
Simultaneous User Limit: Unlimited simultaneous users