The Great Depression was a major event in our nation's history. This time in our Nations past saw more hardships, poverty, and economic struggles than any other time in American history. The Great Depression in Allegany County need to be preserved, it was an era which affected the lives of many citizens at that time and so Mr. Whites Social Studies Seminar class wrote Surviving the Great Depression: A History of Allegany County During the 1930’s.This was the third book to be produced by the Allegany High School Social Studies Department. It contains the history of Allegany County with information obtained through primary and secondary research, the main source being the oral history process. This important information was assembled in Surviving the Great Depression.