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100 GPO years, 1861-1961 : a history of United States public printing /

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Corporate Author: United States. Government Printing Office (Author)
Other Authors: Harrison, James L.
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2010.
Edition:Sesquicentennial edition.
Series:U.S. federal agency documents, decisions, and appeals.
Subjects:
United States. > Government Printing Office > History.
Printing, Public > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Prolog
  • Chapter 1: Colonial Publick Printing: 1639-1789
  • Chapter 2: Free Enterprise Public Printing: 1789-1861
  • Government printing needs
  • Congressional proceedings
  • Public printing in new capital
  • Government printers
  • Congressional investigations-1828 and 1840
  • 1842 printing study
  • Contract system restored in 1846
  • Events leading to establishment of GPO-1852-1860
  • 1858 investigation
  • 1860 investigation
  • Chapter 3: 100 GPO Years: 1861-1961
  • GPO in swampoodle
  • Proceedings and debates of Congress
  • New printing act
  • GPO in peace and war
  • Postwar operations
  • Chapter 4: This Is The GPO
  • Heads of public printing: 1852-1961
  • 100 years of growth of government and GPO
  • Organizational structure
  • Administration and planning-production
  • History of building expansion
  • Role in government
  • Index.