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Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy
A blog designed to help you keep up with pressing issues. It also serves to bring to light federal documents that might otherwise be overlooked.
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On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. To commemorate the 45th anniversary of this event, the Earl K. Long Library is hosting a display (put together by yours truly). This display will be up through the end of July, so I encourage you to stop by and see it if you can.
If you can't, here is a slideshow of the display:
Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy
Today marks the 96th birthday of our 38th president, Gerald R. Ford. President Ford served from 1974 to 1977 and was known as the “Jerry.” He was the first Vice President who was not elected by the people, which also makes him the first President not elected by the people.
To learn more, click on these links:
White House: Biography of Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford (American President: an Online Reference Resource)
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
This month (July 22nd) marks the 75th anniversary of the death of John Dillinger, the first fugitive to be named Public Enemy Number One by the FBI. With the new movie, Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, comes a renewed interest in this charismatic felon. And, being the stereotypical documents librarian, I wanted to find a way to use this new movie to promote documents. Think documents are boring?
Check out these documents on John Dillinger and his accomplices:
FBI: Evelyn 'Billie' Frechette
There are also documents on some other names you might recognize from the movie:
Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy
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Today marks the 63rd birthday of our 43rd president, George Walker Bush. President George Bush served from 2001 to 2009 and was known as "Dubya" or “W.” The election in 2000 between President Bush and former Vice President Al Gore was very controversal. It was the fourth time the winner of the popular vote did not win the election. The winner of the presidential election was later determined by the U.S. Supreme Court, with 5 justices for President Bush and 4 justices for Mr. Gore.
President George W. Bush is the second president to have a father who was president, too. Both he and President John Quincy Adams were sons of presidents; both were named after their fathers and used their middle name/middle initial to differentiate themselves from their famous fathers. To learn more, click on these links:
White House: Biography of George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (American President: an Online Reference Resource)
George W. Bush Presidential Library (under construction)
Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy
White House: Biography of Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (American President: an Online Reference Resource)
Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy