History 4130     Utah History Spring 2002    MacKay
Weeks 11-13 

   readings: Alexander chapters 9, 11, 12, 14, 15

Internet resources:

From About Mormons, a brief description of LDS Church history 1898-1945: http://a-a-mormons.tripod.com/daily/history/

From the Utah Division of State History a list of 10 persons who most influenced Utah history in the 20th century: http://www.history.utah.org/HistoryFacts/uhinfluentialpeople.html

Progressivism

The United States in the Progressive Era, a Guide to Resources: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/Progs/

From History 102 Web Site, Lecture 11: The Dawn of Progressivism: http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture11.html

Labor Issues

Joe Hill, PBS film web page: http://www.pbs.org/joehill/about/index.html

Short history of the Western Federation of Miners: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/haywood/HAY_WFM.HTM

Short biography of "Big Bill" Haywood: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823069.html

The Haywood Trial, 1907: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/haywood/haywood.htm

From Howard Zinn's History of the American People, a short history of the IWW: http://iww.org/history/iww.html

Socialist Party in Utah: http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/s/SOCIALISTPARTY.html

Reed Smoot

Biography from the Utah History Encyclopedia: http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/s/SMOOT,REED.html

Simon Bamberger

A short biography from the Utah History Encyclopedia: http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/b/BAMBERGER.html

Daniel Jackling

A short biography from the Jackling Institute: http://www.umr.edu/~somm/jackling/daniel_jackling_bio.html

The Great War

A huge internet site World War I - Trenches on the Web: http://www.worldwar1.com/index.html

The Utah section of a 1918 publication describing women's activities in World War I: http://www.ukans.edu/~libsite/wwi-www/Clarke/Clarke27.htm

The Great Depression

From the American Local History Network,  a great list of links: http://members.nbci.com/smithwil/grdepression.htm

A short biography of Heber J. Grant: http://a-a-mormons.tripod.com/daily/history/people/grant_heber_j_eom.htm

A short biography of Marriner Eccles: http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/e/ECCLES,MARINER.html

World War II

Hill Air Force Base: http://www.hill.af.mil/

Topaz Japanese Relocation Camp: http://www.millardcounty.com/topazcamp.html

From the University of Utah, a series of photographs of Japanese in relocation: http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/9066/9066.htm

Immigrants

The Peoples of Utah is on-line from USHS: http://www.utahhistorytogo.org/tocpeopleut.html

Utah's Greek Americans: http://www.kued.org/greeks/history/encyclopedia.html

From the Utah Encyclopedia, a short description of Polynesian immigration: http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/s/SOUTHSEAILANDERS.html

Utah Population and Immigration Estimates from U.S. Census: http://www.npg.org/states/ut.htm

Mining

Coal is Utah's state rock: http://pioneer.lib.ut.us/coal.html

Downwinders Organization: http://www.downwinders.org/

Utah Energy Office: http://www.nr.utah.gov/energy/home.htm

Recreation/Tourism

A short overview of Utah national Parks with maps and links: http://gosouthwest.about.com/travel/gosouthwest/library/weekly/aa111299a.htm

A fun site, with lots of advice is Utah Highways: http://members.aol.com/utahhwys/index.htm

A preview of the Alf Engen Museum: http://www.engenmuseum.org/museum.html

Several reports on tourism are available from the Utah Travel Council: http://www.dced.state.ut.us/travel/

Consult The Utah Economic and Business Review for articles about Utah's economy, including tourism and mining: http://www.business.utah.edu/BEBR/busreview.html

From the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget: http://www.governor.state.ut.us/dea/