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Images from the 1950s
Douglass students in the Orchesis Modern Dance Group. Quair 1957.
Dean Mary Bunting and her family. Bunting became the third Dean of Douglass College in 1955. She was a widow with four children. Quair 1957
Douglass students in the WRSU Rutgers Radio Station. Quair 1959.
Douglass College graduation. Students and their dates (1950s).
First-year Douglass College students in the early 1950s were still required to wear “dinks” during the first weeks of classes.
Selman Waksman. Rutgers graduate and faculty. He was the recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
New Jersey Digital Highway. Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center Collection Beauty Shop (1950s).
New Jersey Digital Highway. Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center Collection. Marathon Line (1950s).
Advertising of new homes in Piscataway, NJ (1950s).
Advertising for new homes in Piscataway, NJ (1950s).
Cooper Hall, Douglass Campus. Situated at the corner of George Street and Nichols Avenue, Cooper housed student dining, classrooms and administrative offices. It was demolished in the 1970s (1950s).
The commuter cafeteria at Douglass College, also known as “beehive” had the best food on campus(1950s).
Books
The 1950s: key themes and documents by
This volume serves as an invaluable guide to key political, social, and cultural concepts of the 1950s.This volume covers the entire decade of the 1950s, from the uneasy peace following World War II to the beginnings of cultural discontent that would explode in the 1960s. It highlights key historical, social, and cultural elements of the period, including the Cold War and perceived communist threat; the birth of the middle class and establishment of consumer culture; the emergence of the civil rights movement; and the normalization of youth rebellion and rock and roll. An introduction presents the historical themes of the period, and an alphabetical encyclopedic entries relating to period-specific themes comprises the core reference material in the book. The book also contains a range of primary documents with introductions and a sample Documents Based Essay Question. Other features are a list of "Top Tips" for answering Documents Based Essay Questions, a thematically tagged chronology, and a list of specific learning objectives readers can use to gauge their working knowledge and understanding of the period.
Call Number: RUonlineISBN: 1440861323Publication Date: 2018-10-01
