The theme of National Library Week this year (April 6–12, 2025) is “Drawn to the Library,” and there are many reasons to be drawn to the government publications collection at Sycamore Library. One of the most interesting and most surprising is to explore the many government publications that can help you learn to draw. We… Read more »
World Speech Day is observed every year on March 15, providing an opportunity for students, leaders, and anyone else who has something to say to speak up and share their ideas and their passion with an appreciative audience. Whether your goal is to explain, persuade, or inspire, these government publications provide many useful tips… Read more »
The most exclusive want ad in the nation has been released in anticipation of the new presidential administration. Every four years, in order to ease the transition after each presidential election, the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions—popularly known as the “Plum Book” because of the plum government jobs it lists—is released to the public…. Read more »
The Constitution, mural by Barry Faulkner (National Archives and Records Administration) During the hot, muggy summer of 1787, a Grand Convention was called together at the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall) in Philadelphia for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, which had proved a highly unsatisfactory document for holding the United States together during… Read more »
Carol L. Highsmith, photographer. [Second Floor, East Corridor. Mural depicting Lyric Poetry (Lyrica) in the Literature series by George R. Barse, Jr.. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. April is National Poetry Month, and the perfect time to shine a spotlight on a hidden treasure in… Read more »
Every year since 1921, when the Budget and Accounting Act gave the President of the United States the overall responsibility for planning the annual Budget of the United States Government, the Government Publishing Office (GPO) has worked with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to produce and distribute the President’s budget proposals… Read more »
We are saddened to learn that Weslee Price D’Audney (née Wooten), the model for one of the most well-known and successful propaganda posters of World War II, has died. Student and Model During World War II, while still a teenager, Weslee Price Wootten was enrolled as a pre-med student at Columbia University’s Barnard College… Read more »
[Library Building of the North Texas State Teachers College, photograph, date unknown; University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History; crediting Denton Public Library. The Government Documents Collection at the University of North Texas Libraries is 75 years old this year. In the words of James Madison, “A popular Government, without popular information, or… Read more »
Eighty years ago today, on March 27, 1943, the citizens of Denton, Texas were treated to a musical extravaganza performed at the Main Auditorium of what is today known as Texas Woman’s University, but was then called Texas State College for Women. The all-soldier cast was composed of about 75 members of the 84th… Read more »
This Sunday, March 8, 2020, most of the population of the United States will perform the annual chore of setting their time-keeping devices forward by one hour, as we enter the seemingly ever-lengthening portion of the year referred to as Daylight Saving Time—surely an ironic term for the many students who will lose one precious… Read more »
