HIST 6216/MLIS 7886 Student Guide 2: Introduction

This exhibit examines a decade of advertisement pages from The Pine Branch, the monthly journal published by the Writer’s Club of the Georgia State Woman’s College, before and after the stock market crash of 1929. All items are from the Pine Branch collection at Valdosta State University’s Archives and Special Collections. The archived collection includes a “Harmful Content Policy,” which applies to the items selected for this exhibit and can be viewed by clicking the link below. Advertisements from the years 1923 to 1933 are included in this exhibit; however, the 1924 and 1932 issues were not available and are therefore not included. The research question that this exhibit asks the viewer to consider is: How does the economic rise and fall of the United States from 1923 to 1933 affect the December publication of The Pine Branch and its paid advertisements during the Christmas shopping season?