Radical Responses to the Great Depression

The Great Depression conjusrs up one of the profound American twentieth-century experiences. It was a time of breadlines, soup kitchens, and shanty settlements, punctuated by large-scale industrial strife as labor organizations received a strong impetus. Drawing on the Labadie Collection of social protest materials, the U-M Special Collections Library presents a range of manuscripts and books, as well as posters, pamphlets, newspapers, buttons, and stamps demonstrating radical responses to this uniquely American crucible.