After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, presents interviews of people from throughout the United States on their feelings after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. These tapes, which were done over a series of several months by the staff of what is now the American Folklife Center, also include opinions on other events of the day including racial discrimination, labor disputes and the decision to go to war.

You may go directly to the collection, After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, in American Memory.

These online exhibits provide context and additional information about this collection.

Making and Maintaining the Original Recordings

These historical era(s) are best represented in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.

The Great Depression and World War II — 1929-1945

These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related primary and secondary sources. Browse the Collection Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web site.

America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
"Suffering Under a Great Injustice": Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar

Recommended additional sources of information.

Biographies
Read More About It! - A bibliography

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