An Icon for the Greatest Generation Has Died at 98

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  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 »

UNT Celebrates 75 Years in the Federal Depository Library Program

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[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 »

Fun! Music! Gags! When the Men of the 86th Infantry Division Put on a Show at the Texas State College for Women

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  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 »

Turn Your Radio On and Learn How to Cook Mouth-Watering Treats the Aunt Sammy Way

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Farm family listening to their radioBy George W. Ackerman, probably Ingham County, Michigan, August 15, 1930National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Extension Service(33-SC-14524c) [VENDOR # 172] The Birth of Aunt Sammy On Monday, October 4, 1926, the USDA-sponsored radio show Housekeepers’ Chat premiered, and their first order of business was to introduce Aunt… Read more »

Color Your World and Beyond with Government Coloring Books

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A collage of completed NASA coloring pages. It’s National Coloring Book Day, and you might be surprised to know that the Sycamore Library has over 175 coloring books and coloring sheets produced by U.S. federal and Texas state government agencies for educational and promotional purposes and covering virtually every topic under the sun. Some are… Read more »

75 Years after the Roswell Incident, What Have We Learned?

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Major Jesse Marcel, an intelligence officer from Roswell Army Air Field, with the debris found 75 miles northwest of Roswell in June 1947. Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photograph Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas. For many Americans today, the name “Roswell” will inevitably conjure up images of flying saucers crash landing in… Read more »

Wishing a Happy 245th Birthday to Old Glory

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The Birth of Old Glory, from Painting by Moran. Percy Moran, artist; photomechanical print, [Red Oak, Iowa]: Thomas D. Murphy, Co., c1917. Prints & Photograph Division, Library of Congress.   On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress passed a resolution adopting a new flag to represent our new nation, the United States of America: … Read more »