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Communist Witch Hunt Websites
The Cold War Museum: Senator Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism, and the Witch Hunt
The Cold War Museum is dedicated to education, preservation, and research on the global, ideological, and political confrontations between East and West from the end of World War II to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
HISTORY.com: Joseph R. McCarthy
The History Channel's article on Joseph McCarthy with links to "more to explore."
Modern American Poetry: About McCarthyism
A University of Illinois Website compiled in part by Ellen Schrecker, professor of American history at Yeshiva University, primarily noted for her work on McCarthyism.
The Independence Hall Association (IHA) owns the website ushistory.org, which supports their mission to educate the public about the Revolutionary and Colonial eras of American history, as well as Philadelphia generally.
Salem Witchcraft Trials Websites
Discovery Education: Salem Witch Trials
This Discovery Education Website provides information on life in 1692 Salem, as well as the story and people involved in the famous trials.
Famous American Trials: The Salem Withcraft Trials of 1692
Famous American Trials is the Web's most visited and most comprehensive collection of essays, images, maps, primary documents, links, and other materials pertaining to sixty-six of the most famous trials of all time, from Socrates to Simpson.
National Geographic: Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
An interactive trip through the hysteria that caused the witch hunt in Salem, offered from the perspective of one of the accused.
Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
This University of Virginia Website provides access to archives, books & letters, documents, maps, and a list of the people involved with the Salem Witch Trials.
The official Website of the Salem Witch Museum.
This Tulane University Website offers information on the setting, chronology, geography, and life in Salem Village during the famous witchcraft trials.
Articles by Arthur Miller
Are You Now or Were You Ever...?
An article written for The Guardian in 2000 about the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s.
An article written for The New Yorker in 1996 about his reasons for writing The Crucible. Click on the article to zoom in or use the "Print" feature at the bottom.
World War II to the new frontier, 1940-1963
By William Loren Katz
Call #: 973.5 KAT
Days of Shame
By Senator Charles E. Potter
Call #: 353.62 POT
Red Scare: Memories of the American Inquisition
By Griffin Fariello
Call #: 973.92 FAR
Salem Witch Trials Books
The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide
By David K. Goss
Call #: REF 133.1 GOS
The Salem Witchcraft Trials in American History
By David K. Fremon
Call #: 345.744 FRE
The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Headline Court Case
By Geraldine Woods
Call #: 345.744 WOO