Bibliography of Texts Related to Government Documents

General History of Government Documents

Walters, John Spencer. U.S. Government Publication: Ideological Development and Institutional Politics from the Founding to 1970. (Lanham, MD:Scarecrow, 2005).
100 GPO years, 1861-1961 : A history of United States public printing. (Washington, DC: GPO, 1961).

Superintnendent of Documents

Beck, Clare "Adelaide Hasse: The New Woman as Librarian" in Reclaiming the American Library Past: Writing the Women In. (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1996).
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/history/hasse.html

Individual Departments and Agencies

Agriculture

Rasmussen, Wayne D. & Baker, Gladys L. The Department of Agriculture. Praeger Library of US Government Departments and Agencies, No. 32.

Census

Wright, Carroll D. and William C. Hunt. History and Growth of the United States Census. Washington: G.P.O., 1900. (Serial Set 3856 or Y4.C332:H62)

National Park Service

Everhart, William C. The National Park Service. Praeger Library of US Government Departments and Agencies No. 31.

NASA

Hirsch, Richard & Trento, Joseph John. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Praeger Library of US Government Departments and Agencies, No. 35.

Patent Office

Dobyns, Kenneth W. The Patent Office Pone. (Fredericksburg, VA: Sergeant Kirkland's Museum, 1994).
Jones, Stacy V. The Patent Office. Praeger Library of US Government Departments and Agencies No. 29.

Post Office

John, Richard R. Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse. (Cambridge: Harvard, 1995)
Sullinan, Gerald. The Post Office Department. Praeger Library of US Government Departments and Agencies No. 10.

State Department

Estes, Thomas S. & Lightner, E. Allan. The State Department. Praeger Library of US Government Departments and Agencies, No. 43.


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