DECADE RESEARCH: TWENTIETH CENTURY //
Searching by Decade
If you want to do a BROAD SEARCH to find the many books, exhibition catalogs, and dvds that focus on one or more decades, do any of the following KEYWORD SEARCHES in the library catalog:- TWENTIES OR 20S OR 1920S
- THIRTIES OR 30S OR 1930S
- FORTIES OR 40S OR 1940S
- FIFTIES OR 50S OR 1950S
- SIXTIES OR 60S OR 1960S
- SEVENTIES OR 70S OR 1970S
- EIGHTIES OR 80S OR 1980S
- NINETIES OR 90S OR 1990S
LIMIT the above searches by ANDing a term:
- SEARCH (for example) DRAMA AND (FIFTIES OR 50S OR 1950S)
Timelines of the Arts & General Events
The following books contain information organized by year. Most cover the 20th century up to the mid-1990s.
Timelines of the Arts and Literature.
David M. Brownstone. HarperCollins, c1994.
REF NX447.5 .B76 1994
Chronicle of the 20th Century.
John W. Kirshon, editor. Dorling Kindersley, c1995.
REF D422 .C53 1995
American Chronicle: Seven Decades in American Life, 1920-1989.
Lois G. Gordon. Crown, c1990.
REF E169.1 .G664 1990
The Timetables of History: a Horizontal Linkage of People and Events.
Bernard Grun. Simon & Schuster, c1991.
REF D11 .G78 1991
History of the Internet: a Chronology, 1843 to the Present.
Christos J.P. Moschovitis, et al. ABC-CLIO, 1999.
TK5105.875.I57 H58 1999
The New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century.
Fitzroy Dearborn, 2002.
CONTENTS v.1. 1900-1929 --v.2. 1930-1959 --v.3. 1960-1979 --v.4. 1980-1999.
REF NX456 .N49 2002 v.1-4
The Wilson Chronology of the Arts.
George Ochoa and Melinda Corey. H.W. Wilson Co., 1998.
REF N5306 .O26 1998
Our Times: the Illustrated History of the 20th Century.
Lorraine Glennon., editor in chief. Turner Pub., c1995.
REF D422 .O89 1995
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.
Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, editors. St. James Press, c2000.
REF E169.1 .S764 2000 v.1-5
ARTS--CHRONOLOGY
ARTS,MODERN--20TH CENTURY
HISTORY,MODERN--20TH CENTURY--CHRONOLOGY
HISTORY,MODERN--20TH CENTURY--PICTORIAL WORKS
CHRONOLOGY,HISTORICAL--TABLES
POPULAR CULTURE--UNITED STATES--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
UNITED STATES--CIVILIZATION--20TH CENTURY
Plays / Playwrights
THE FOLLOWING DATABASE ALLOWS YOU TO FIND PLAYS BY YEAR:North American Theater Online select years under Tables of Contents
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THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ALLOW YOU TO FIND PLAYS BY YEAR:
Show Time: a Chronology of Broadway and the Theatre from its Beginnings to the Present.
Gene Brown. Macmillan USA, c1997.
REF PN2277.N5 B69 1997
American Theatre: a Chronicle of Comedy and Drama.
Oxford University Press.
REF PN2277.N5 H57 2001 [in 4 books: 1869-1914; 1914-1930; 1930-1969; 1969-2000]
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS CONTAIN CHRONOLOGIES:
American Feminist Playwrights: a Critical History.
Sally Burke. Twayne Publishers, c1996.
PS338.F45 B87 1996 [pp. 213-227]
AMERICAN DRAMA--20TH CENTURY
DRAMA--20TH CENTURY
THEATER--UNITED STATES--PERIODICALS
AMERICAN DRAMA--WOMEN AUTHORS--HISTORY & CRITICISM
FEMINISM & THEATER
WOMEN & LITERATURE--UNITED STATES
ENGLISH DRAMA--20TH CENTURY
Novels / Short Stories / Novelists
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ALLOW YOU TO FIND STORIES BY YEAR:
The Best American Short Stories of the Century.
John Updike, editor. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
PS648 .S5 B45 2000 [Contents p. v]
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS CONTAIN CHRONOLOGIES:
Reference Guide to Short Fiction.
Noelle Watson, editor. St. James Press, c1994.
REF PN3373 .R36 1994 [pp. xxix-xxxii]
The Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature from the Eighteenth Century to the Present.
Roger M. Valade III, editor. Gale Research, c1996.
REF Z1039.B56 V36 1995 [pp. xvii-xxvi]
AMERICAN LITERATURE--20TH CENTURY
LITERATURE--BLACK AUTHORS
LITERATURE--MODERN--20TH CENTURY
BLACKS IN LITERATURE
FICTION--20TH CENTURY
AMERICAN FICTION--20TH CENTURY
SHORT STORIES, AMERICAN
Poetry / Poets
AMERICAN POETRY--20TH CENTURY
POETS, AMERICAN--20TH CENTURY
ENGLISH POETRY--20TH CENTURY
AMERICAN POETRY--AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS
POSTMODERNISM (LITERATURE)--UNITED STATES
Film / Filmmakers
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ALLOW YOU TO FIND FILMS BY YEAR:
75 Years of the Oscar: the Official History of the Academy Awards.
Robert Osborne. Abbeville Press, c2003.
REF PN1993.92 .O82 2003
Patricia K. Hanson, Stephen L. Hanson, editors. Oryx Press, 1986-
REF Z5784.M9 F513 1986 v.1-2
International Film Guide: the Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema.
REF PN1993.3 .I545 [2008-2012]
MOTION PICTURES--UNITED STATES--HISTORY
MOTION PICTURES--HISTORY
MOTION PICTURES--REVIEWS
Visual Arts / Artists
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ALLOW YOU TO FIND VISUAL MATERIAL BY YEAR:
History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography.
H. Harvard Arnason. 6th ed. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010.
N6490 .A713 2010
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism.
Hal Foster et al. Thames & Hudson, c2016.
N6490 .A7186 2016 v.2
A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art.
Ian Chilvers. Oxford University Press, 1998.
REF N6490 .C5317 1998
Art in the Modern Era: a Guide to Styles, Schools & Movements: 1860 to the Present.
Amy Dempsey. Harry N. Abrams, 2002.
REF N6490 .D415 2002
Twentieth-Century Pattern Design: Textile & Wallpaper Pioneers.
Lesley Jackson.. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.
NK8805 .J33 2002
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Design since 1900.
Guy Julier. 2nd ed. Thames and Hudson, 2005.
REF NK1390 .J85 2005 [chronology p. 216]
Twentieth Century Artists on Art: an Index to Writings, Statements, and Interviews by Artists, Architects, and Designers.
Jack Robertson. 2nd enl. ed. G.K. Hall, c1996.
REF NX456 .R59 1996
ART,MODERN--20TH CENTURY
ARTS,AMERICAN--20TH CENTURY
ART,AMERICAN--20TH CENTURY
ART,EUROPEAN--20TH CENTURY
DESIGN HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
PAINTING,AMERICAN--20TH CENTURY
PAINTING,MODERN--20TH CENTURY
AVANT-GARDE--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
SCULPTURE,MODERN--20TH CENTURY
Dance / Dancers
Martha Bremser, editor. St. James Press, c1993.
REF GV1585 .I57 1993 v.1-2
MODERN DANCE--UNITED STATES
BALLET--HISTORY
Music
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ALLOW YOU TO FIND MUSIC MATERIAL BY YEAR:
Broadway Musicals Show by Show.
Hal Leonard Publishing, c1991 [2006].
CONTENTS v.1. 1891-1916 --v.2. 1917-1929 --v.3. 1930-1939 --v.4. 1940-1949 --v.5. 1950-1959 --v.6. 1960-1971 --v.7. 1972-1988 --v.8. 1989-2005.
MUSIC REF M1507 .B77 1991 8 vols.
Chronology of Western Classical Music [1751-2000].
Charles J. Hall. Routledge, c2002.
MUSIC REF ML161 .H35C4 2002 2 vols
A Chronicle of American Music, 1700-1995.
Charles J. Hall. Schirmer Books, c1996.
MUSIC REF ML200 .H35C4 1996
Hollywood Song: the Complete Film & Musical Companion.
Ken Bloom. Facts on File, c1995.
MUSIC REF ML128 .M7B6 1995 3 vols
Music Since 1900.
Nicolas Slonimsky. 5th ed. Maxwell Macmillan International, c1994.
MUSIC REF ML197 .S634M8 1994
Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America: 1888 to the Present.
Robert Lissauer. Paragon House, 1991.
MUSIC REF ML128 .P63L5 1991
A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Composers (1911-1971).
Kenneth Thompson. St. Martin's Press [1973].
MUSIC REF ML118 .T473D4
POPULAR MUSIC--20TH CENTURY