The Gilded Age & Progressive Era

The Gilded Age / Progressive Era

The "Gilded Age" : late 19th century, from aproximately 1865 to 1900

The Progressive Era : 1890-1920

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Gilded Age Time Capsule

Dictionary of American History, "Gilded Age"

An overview article from the Dictionary of American History, accesed through the VOL.

Winter, Thomas. "Gilded Age." Dictionary of American History, edited by Stanley I. Kutler, 3rd ed., vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, pp. 576-578.

Digital History. "Gilded Age."

Digital History has an overview article, plus various sub-topics, covering events and people of the Gilded Age, music and films of the era, images, and more.

Gilded Age Leisure and Recreation

An article from the Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America, accessed through the VOL and covering topics from Gilded Parlors to Burlesque, and many more.

Nadis, Fred R. "Gilded Age Leisure and Recreation." Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America, edited by Gary S. Cross, vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004, pp. 395-401.

Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1878-1920: Primary Documents in American History

“Primary Documents in American History.” Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1878-1920: Primary Documents in American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress), The Library of Congress , www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/gilded.html.

People of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Biography in Context

One of the Vermont Online Library (VOL) databases, this one is just biographies. Search for your person and you'll end up with some good, authoritative resources. Oh, and did I mention that any article on the VOL comes with a source citation already formatted for you? Even easier: export your citation directly from the VOL to EasyBib.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Another of the Vermont Online Library (VOL) databases, the GVRL is a collection of reference books. Search for the person you are researching and your results will be a list of articles from different reference sources. When you open an article, you'll see your search term highlighted everywhere it appears, making it easy to scan through the article for relevant information.

American Decades

One of the electronic reference resources in the GVRL, this is a 10-volume set, with one volume for each decade of the 1900s. It lets you search through the entire 10 volumes at once, or you can choose a decade and just search for your topic within that time period.