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Chicago Tribune, Illinois, September 16, 1900

As a librarian and musician, I think this is neat. This one stays in the collection. --1988

#not weeding this one #keeper #library of congress #1988 #music for silent films

“The most important weakness appears to be the lack of library science expertise at the administrative level.” --1978 --yup, librarians, super important and helpful. Esp Law Librarians.

#government documents #govdocs #law librarians #1970s

What are these pictures of? No one needs this anymore. --1987

#govdocs #government documents #obsolete #1980s

All the government things in this section are like this. All words, no pictures. Seems like judges don’t get to have very much fun... --1987

#government documents #judges #sentencing #1980s

Sure. If you like. --1961

#government documents #army #department of defense #1960s

Look at all the people! I forgot to get the date on this one. Also, no title, so who knows what this is really about.

#government documents

For your information. --1957

#sports #america #government documents

Found this today, and I was struck by how political sentiment has changed: “Immigrants who have come to the United States number in the millions, and include some of America’s most distinguished writers, scholars, scientists, artists, labor leaders, industrialists, musicians, and civic leaders... America is the richer for their coming.” --1956

#immigration #1950s #government printing office #still true

I’m not really sure what we’re making choices about, although this one is staying in my collection because of the publication’s date. --From the Dept of the Interior, 2014

#weallhaveachoice