- Atomic Duty of Bill Bires, The
 - Assigned temporary duty at the Atomic Test Series, Buster-Jangle in the Nevada desert, in the fall of 1951. - Authentic History Center: 1946-1950s
- Primary sources from 1950s American popular culture, including music, recordings of news and speeches, comic books, and other cultural artifacts.
- Biography of America: The Fifties
- Companion site to the video covering U.S. history in the 1950s. Includes a timeline, map, transcript, links to primary and secondary sources, and a video of the program.
- Brink's Robbery, The
- In 1950 a group of men committed what has been called variously, the "crime of the century," the "perfect crime," and the "fabulous Brink's robbery."
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.@
- Learn about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and the first supreme commander of NATO. Sites feature biography, historical documents, audiovisuals, musuem exhibits, speeches, and reference material for the President who ended the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, launched the space race, enlarged the social security system, and built the interstate highway system.
- EphemeraNow.com
- Showcases advertising and illustration art of mid-century America.
- Fifties Are Nifty, The
- Focuses on the popular culture of the time. Includes music, TV, dancing, inventions, events, and medical advances.
- Kingwood College Library: American History - 1950-1959
- Overview of 1950s U.S. history, with a timeline of key events, suggested reading, and links to resources on technology, art, literature, fashion, music, television, sports, and other topics of American cultural history.
- Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
- Extensive collection of readings and links on the topic of 1950s U.S. cultural history.
- Rosenbergs Trial@
- Salk, Jonas (1914 - 1995)@
- The American Experience: The Quiz Show Scandal
- A look into the corruption of television quiz-shows in the 1950s, and its impact on the TV business and a naive America.
- Truman, Harry S.@
- Learn about Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States whose presidency was eventful in foreign affairs. Sites offer life, career, presidency, museum exhibits, photos, documents, speeches, and personal letters of one of the few U.S. Presidents who had to face too many domestic challenges marked by economic shortages, strikes, and more.
- WWW-VL: History: United States: 1950-1959
- Directory of sites about 1950s U.S. history, including archives, museums, timelines, articles, and biographies. From the World Wide Web Virtual Library.
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