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Government Documents as Primary Sources

Government Documents as Primary Sources. Molasses. Lighthouses. Women’s Rights. Taxation. Oil Spills. http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/usa/primarysources/primarysources.htm. GPO Access. Gpoaccess.gov. Federal Digital System. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. Thomas.

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Government Documents as Primary Sources

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  1. Government Documents as Primary Sources Molasses Lighthouses Women’s Rights Taxation Oil Spills

  2. http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/usa/primarysources/primarysources.htmhttp://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/usa/primarysources/primarysources.htm

  3. GPO Access Gpoaccess.gov

  4. Federal Digital System http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

  5. Thomas Bills Text (1989) Bill Summary and Status (1973) Public Laws (1973) Activity in Congress Congressional Record (1989) Calendars (Senate, 1978; House, 1995) Committee Information (1995) Presidential Nominations (1987) Treaties (1967) thomas.gov

  6. Internet Archive Archive.org

  7. Google, of course google.com/unclesam scholar.google.com Federal Court Opinions • google.com/patents

  8. Hathi Trust Digital Library catalog.hathitrust.org

  9. Restricted Sources Readex Serial Set • U of Missouri - Columbia • U of Missouri - Kansas City • U of Missouri - Rolla • U of Missouri - St Louis • St Louis University Readex Serial Set Maps Lexis-Nexis Congressional

  10. Women’s Rights American Memory http://Memory.loc.gov

  11. Congressional Record “First of all, the right to vote went to the aristocracy, then it was extended in turn to the aliens, the laboring men, the negroes, and the Indians. Now the nonvoting classes of the population are made up of the criminally defective and the women. Shall we tie together these two and deny them both the right to vote?” Hon. Luther W. Mott March 3, 1915 Lexis Nexis Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Bioguide.congress.gov

  12. What did the President think? President Wilson September 18, 1918 “We have made partners of the women in this war. Shall we admit them only to a partnership of suffering and sacrifice and toil and not to a partnership of right?” American Presidency Project http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu

  13. Party Platforms Democratic Party Platform of 1916 “We recommend the extension of the franchise to the women of the country by the states upon the same terms as to men.” Republican Party Platform of 1916 “The Republican party, reaffirming its faith in government of the people, by the people, for the people, as a measure of justice to one-half the adult people of this country, favors the extension of the suffrage to women, but recognizes the right of each state to settle this question for itself.” American Presidency Project http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu

  14. Serial Set …If you would properly interpret the women who is proposing to measure arms with man in every field of endeavor. You will see that, so far from being the vanguard of freedom and progress she so proudly proclaims herself, she is in reality the apostle of decadence, and the herald of moral and social chaos.” Article on the Biological and sociological aspects of the woman question. By Mrs. Annie Riley Hale. Presented by Mr. McCumber. January 19, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. Serial Set Vol. No. 7125 Session Vol. No. 12 64th Congress, 2nd Session, S.Doc. 692 Readex Serial Set

  15. Archives.gov 19th Amendment http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendment_19.html

  16. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

  17. http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/womens-history.htmlhttp://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/womens-history.html

  18. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/076_vfw.html

  19. Lighthouses “In 1876 portable libraries were first introduced in the Light-House Establishment and furnished to all light vessels and inaccessible offshore light stations with a selection of reading materials.” Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy http://www.michiganlights.com/lhlibrary.htm

  20. Guide to U.S. Government Publications(Andriot) Agency and publications by Sudoc number Agency chronology Agency Index Title Index Keyword in Title index

  21. MOBIUS

  22. Annual Report of the Light-house Board 1876

  23. Lighthouse Board Report, 1876 “It is intended that each library shall remain about six months at a place, when it will be exchanged for another. By this means the keepers will be constantly supplied with fresh and interesting reading matter and be made more contented with the lonely life and routine duties of these distant and inaccessible stations.” Annual Report of the Light-house Board to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1876, page 5

  24. Historic American Buildings Survey http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/

  25. Great Captain Island Light Fairfield County, Connecticut Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER)

  26. Bernegat Lighthouse Ocean, NJHistoric American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER)

  27. Lighthouse Appliance “The object of my invention is to project rays of the search-light used in lighthouses vertically out into space, instead of horizontally outward over the water, as is now done, thereby enabling the light to be seen to a much greater distance…” Google patents Patent number: 607780Filing date: Oct 7, 1897

  28. http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/lt_index.htm

  29. http://www.uscg.mil/history/h_lhindex.asp

  30. Molasses TaxesTariff debates of 1789 “In many parts of Pennsylvania molasses was scarcely known and brown sugar was generally used by the poor; if, therefore, the same class of persons in one part of the country used molasses for the same purpose, for which brown sugar was used in other parts, it was only reasonable that both should be taxed in the same proportion.” Google Books searched for molasses and tax The tariff controversy in the United States, 1789-1833 - Page 81

  31. Molasses Pitcher The invention is designed to obviate the difficulty attending to the pouring out of molasses, cream, or other thick or viscid substances from the ordinary cups, the former adhering to the nozzles of the latter and continually dripping, so as to soil the table-linen and rendering necessary, where cleanliness is regarded, a platter or plate for the cup to stand upon. Google patents Patent number: 42750Issue date: May 17, 1864

  32. Molasses Recipe

  33. “That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed upon them, but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives.“ Taxation From Revolution to Reconstruction http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/index.htm

  34. Not just government publications Library of Congress The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, 1765 October 24. American 18th century newspapers from the American periodical series, 18th century.

  35. 1880 Census of Manufactures US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/

  36. Valuation and Taxation Census Bureau http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v7-02.pdf

  37. Oil Spills Remember the Exxon Valdez in Alaska?

  38. Search GPO Access for Valdez The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill (MOBIUS) Lessons to be learned: the National Park Service administrative history and assessment of the Exxon Valdez oil spill (GPO Access) Evaluation of the condition of Prince William Sound shorelines following the Exxon Valdez oil spill and subsequent shoreline treatment (MOBIUS) Effectiveness and regulatory issues in oil spill bioremediation: experiences with the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska (MOBIUS)

  39. http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/exxonvaldez

  40. http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/valdez/index.htm

  41. Federal Depository Libraries Regional – University of Missouri – Columbia 29 Selectives • Provide access to government publications • Available through MOBIUS or Inter-library loan • We can even provide selected materials from restricted databases such as Readex Serial Set, Lexis-Nexis Congressional and Hein Online

  42. FDLP in Missouri The FDLP provides Government information at no cost to depository libraries . These depository libraries, in turn, provide local, no-fee access to Government information with professional assistance. Ask a Federal Depository Librarian. Nationwide directory at:http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp

  43. Government Documents as Primary Sources Sandy Schiefer University of Missouri – Columbia schiefers@missouri.edu http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/collections/documents/usa/primarysources/primarysources.htm

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