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| 1900-1909 | Panama Canal Purchase Public Law 183, 57th Congress, 1st Session, 1902 | Statutes at Large (Doc. Cen. K .U565) 32 Stat. 481 |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 18, 1906. (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 324) | Science and Grad/Buhr: QE 75 .B8 no. 324 House Document 719, 60th Congress, 1 session | | 1910-1919
| U.S. Immigration Commission.
(Dillingham Commission) | Reports. Washington, GPO, 1911. 41v. Graduate Library: JV 6415 .A3.
Also issued as Senate Documents of the 61st Congress, 1st, 2nd and 3rd session.
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Landmark publication documenting immigration to the U.S. and subsequent welfare. The Dictionary of Races and People is v. 5 | U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Titanic
Disaster; hearings. 1912
| Doc. Cen. CIS Hrgs MF Gp 1--(62-2) | Senate Document 726, 62nd Congress, 2nd session Income Tax Amendment, 1913 | Constitution of the United States, Amendment 16 Doc.Cen JK 14
| 1920-1929
| Women's Vote, 1920 | Constitution of the United States, Amendment 19 Doc.Cen JK 14
| U.S. Congress. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys.
Leases upon Naval Reserves. Hearings, 1923. (Teapot
Dome)
| Doc.Cen. CIS Hrgs MF Gp 1--S221-0 | SUDOCS: Y4.P96/1:N22/v.1-3 1930-1939
| Federal Writers' Project
| Search
MIRLYN by
author
| Depression Era project to put writers to
work. | Resulted in American Guide Series and numerous historic materials Social Security Act, 1935
| Statutes at Large
(Doc. Cen. K .U565) | 49 Stat. 620 Created the retirement system known
today | 1940-1949
| United States Strategic Bombing
Survey
| Search MIRLYN by
author
| Extensive reports on European and Pacific bombing
during WWII | United Nations Conference on International
Organization, 1945
| GRAD and BUHR:
JX 1976.4 .A43
| Held in San Francisco and report published by State
Dept. | Executive Order 9981
| Code of Federal Regulations, Title 3, 1949,
(GRAD JK 416 .A5) | http://www.trumanlibrary.org/9981.htm Racially integrated the Armed Forces | U.S. Bureau of the Census. Current Population
Reports. Series P-20.
1947-
| Grad Lib HA 195.A39/current in Docs
| First regular
update to the Decennial Census | United States Congress House Committee on Un-American
Activities Hearings
| See Documents Center for location and indexes; | GRAD HX 61.A2 Communist hunt in 1940s and 1950s | 1950-1959
| Three Years of the Marshall Plan
| GRAD HC 240 .U62
| Post WWII European recovery plan | Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
| GRAD: K .U55 1901 | BUHR: KF101 .U53 Separate but equal education for racial minorities
is unconstitutional | U.S. Congress. Senate. Special
Committee to
Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce. Hearings,
1950-52. (Kefauver Commission)
| Graduate Library HV 6775 .A53
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on
Government Operations. Special Subcommittee on
Investigations.
| See MIRLYN for microfiche numbers
| Army-McCarthy hearings | 1960-1969
| United States Warren Commission. Report of
on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 1964.
| E842.9 .A4
| Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963. |
372 U.S. 335 |
Accused person has right to attorney even if s/he
cannot afford to pay for one | United States Kerner Commission Report. 1968
| Grad, UGL and SOCWORK | E185.615 .U58 Causes of the 1968 riots | Voting Rights Act of 1965
| 42 USC 1971
| Bans racial discrimination in voting rights | 1970-1979
| United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-67
| Grad and UGL | DS 557 .A63 A45 1971 Pentagon Papers | United States Congress House Committee on the
Judiciary. Statement of information. Hearings.
| GRAD KF 27 .J9
| Pres. Nixon's impeachment hearings | Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
| GRAD: K .U55 1901 | GRAD: KF101 .U53 Abortion within first trimester a matter for woman
and physician to decide | 1970 Decennial Census
Block Maps | Map Library
| Clearest and most usable Census maps issued | Historical Statistics of the US. 1976.
| DocCen HA 202.A2
| Colonial Times to 1970 | Cites original sources 1980-1989
| A Nation at Risk
| GRAD LA 217 .U491 1983
| Wake up call on the need to improve American
education | Commerce Dept. Economic Bulletin Board
| No longer in existence | Replaced by STAT-USA First attempt to distribute economic data in real
time | Toxic Release Inventory, 1987+
| PubHlth Micro-F PuX6, | CD-ROM CD-ROM PuX3 http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/tris/ Citizens can monitor toxic waste in their
neighborhoods | 1990-1999
| Tiger Line Files (Census Bureau)
| Map Library CD-ROM
| Basis for most commercial GIS applications although
govt version lacks usable software | 1990 Census CD-ROMS (Census Bureau)
| Documents Center
| DOS-based CDs; first attempt at data detail for very
small geographic areas | THOMAS
| http://thomas.loc.gov/
| First successful web site to carry Congressional
bills, status, and Congressional Record | Starr Report; Report of the
Independent Counsel on the President
| DocCen House Document 105-310 | http://www.access.gpo.gov/ congress/icreport/index.html Led to President Clinton's impeachment | |
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