Social Sciences & Humanities Librarian
Marcia Whitehead
Contact:
Boatwright Library
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Book Reviews, Citing Sources, Classical Studies, E-Books, English & Literature, First Year Seminar, French, German, Humanities, International Education, Language and Linguistics, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Master of Liberal Arts, Primary Resources, Reference Sources, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Richmond Area , Russian, Scholarly Publications, Spanish, Special Topics
Help Menu
- Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowSearch our library catalog (aka OneSearch) for all types of sources. It combines results from many of our databases. (Ex Libris)
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowUse this discovery tool to search most of the University Libraries' collections, including books, journal articles, newspapers, dissertations, music, and video recordings. (Ex Libris)
RHCS 361: Rhetoric, Media and the 1960s
Finding 1960s art, photography, posters & advertisements
These library resources will help find famous photos and art, as well as advertisements from the 1960s.
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Artstor This link opens in a new window
Access thousands of images from art, architecture, archaeology, decorative arts and design, and visual culture in general. The content comes from museums, individual photographers, scholars, special collections at libraries, and photo archives. (ITHAKA)
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New York Times Historical Newspaper & Index This link opens in a new windowAccess the archives of the New York Times from 1851-2019. (ProQuest)
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UR Library CatalogFind images and critiques of famous photos, ads, posters and art from the 1960s.
Finding 1960s Music & Film
These library resources and websites provide music and films of the 1960s.
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American Memory: Music'The Library Of Congress' digitized collection of written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music documenting the American experience.
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Music Online: American Music This link opens in a new windowStream audio recordings that focus on music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers and cowboys. Included are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. (Alexander Street Press)
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Center for Popular MusicEstablished in 1985 as an archive and research center devoted to the study of American popular music from the pre-revolutionary era to the present.
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UR Library CatalogSearch for 1960s films in the Media Resource Center in the library catalog... you can filter your results to just show movies on the right hand side of your results list.
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UR Media Resource Center - Movies by CategoryLists the thousands of films in the MRC collection.
Finding 1960s writings
Find influencial fiction and non-fiction writings from the 1960s in the Boatwright Library collection.
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UR Library CatalogFind the major works of the 1960s in the library's collection.
Finding 1960s Political Artifacts of movements, campaigns & speeches
Use these websites and library resources to find information on the political movements, politics, and speeches of the 1960s.
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The Living Room Candidate - 1952 - 2008Archive and overview of presidential campaign television ads, including the 1960s.
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Ease HistoryArchive of historical events and campaign advertisements caught on film... you can search by decade or by event type
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American RhetoricProvides thousands of speeches in video, audio & transcript format to understand argumentation and presentation regarding public speaking.
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Vital Speeches of the DayCollection of the most important speeches during the time period, covering 1934 to present.
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UR Library CatalogDiscover descriptions and analysis of the major political events, movements and speeches of the 1960s.
Best Cultural Communication Resources
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UR Library CatalogLocate introductory and research level resources on your topic
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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to communication, linguistics, mass media, and journalism. (EBSCO)
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National Geographic Virtual Library This link opens in a new windowAccess the archives of the National Geographic Magazine from 1888-present. (Gale)
Books on Cultural Communication in Boatwright Library
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Visual rhetoric : a reader in communication and American culture
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Call Number: P93.5 .V568 2008ISBN: 141294919X -
On communicating : otherness, meaning, and information
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Call Number: P90 .K685 2009ISBN: 0415978602 -
Communication, cultural and media studies : the key concepts
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Call Number: P90 .H33463 2002ISBN: 0415268893 -
