Documents of the Week: Kits!

We are currently featuring a variety of kits, games, and other unique items. You won't want to miss this colorful display!

• Community at the Crossroads, a drug education simulation game
• BodyWorks: A toolkit for healthy teens & strong families
• SunWise: a program that radiates good ideas
• The Business Case for Breastfeeding
• Diversifying Your Workforce
• Civics and Citizenship Toolkit
• The Moon: Special Apollo 40th Anniversary Community (puzzle)
• Vocabulary Flash Cards for the New Naturalization Test
• Ready, Set, Listen! (game)

Documents of the Week: The Heart

Having now showcased all of the major departments in our collection, we will now feature a variety of themed displays, starting with the human heart. While some of the material is fairly recent, some documents are somewhat dated and should not be consulted for current medical advice.

• Facts About Angina
• Facts About Blood Cholesterol
• Facts About Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
• Facts About Mitral-Valve Prolapse
• Facts About Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
• Facts About Smoking and Your Heart
• For Your Heart: A Guide to Healthier Living for African-American Women
• Heart Attacks
• Heart Disease and Women: Kicking the Smoking Habit
• Heart Disease in Women (Spanish)
• Rapid Identification and Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Risks of Heart Disease
• Staffing and Equipping Emergency Medical Services Systems
• The Heart: Diagnosis and Treatment
• Tryiglyceride, High Density Lipoprotein, and Coronary Heart Disease
• Understanding Congestive Heart Failure
• With Every Beat of Your Heart: An Ideabook for Community Heart Health Programs
• Your Heart, Your Life - Picture Cards (English and Spanish)

Documents of the Week: National Archives and Records Administration & Federal Register Office

We're combining the National Archives and Records Administration with the Federal Register Office for out documents of the week display.

• Family History Sources
• Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom
• National Archives of the United States
• Ronald Reagan: Presidential Library and Museum
• Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office
• The Korean War
• Historical Materials in the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library
• Historical Documentary Editions
• The Face of War
• United States Government Manual (1936 & 2008-09)
• A selection of Public Papers of the Presidents
  

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Commerce

We are now displaying some eye-catching documents from the Department of Commerce.

• 1990 Population Distribution in the United States
• 1980 Population Distribution in the United States
• Sea Turtles of the World
• State Minority Business in America
• American Community Survey
• Fish & Seafood Made Easy
• Rip Currents: Break the grip of the rip
• Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2003
• U.S. Exports and Imports, 1958-1968
• Education and Training for the Information Technology Workforce
• Making Sense of Census 2000
• Trends in the Income of Families and Persons in the United States: 1947 to 1960
• Commerce Yearbook, 1923
• Fishery Bulletin, October 1997
• Evaluation of the National Impacts of the Local Public Works Program
• Watch Out... Storms Ahead!
• U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook `99

Documents of the Week: Commission on Civil Rights

Our focus this week is on documents from the Commission on Civil Rights:

• Religious Discrimination: A Neglected Issue
• Schools and Religion
• Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison
  
• The Working and Living Conditions of Mushroom Workers
• Becoming Less Separate?
• The Indian Civil Rights Act
• Constitutional Aspects of the Right to Limit Childbearing
• The Federal Response to Domestic Violence
• Behind the Scenes
• The Other Side of the of the Tracks
• A Guide to Federal Laws and Regulations Prohibiting Sex Discrimination
• Igualdad en la Educacion: Un Derecho (Un Folleto para Padres Que Desean Saber Mas Sobre la Educacion Bilingue Bicultural
• Civil Rights Journal, Winter 2002
  

Documents of the Week: Civil Service Commission

• Women in the Federal Service
• The First Year: A Study of Women's Participation in Federal Defense Activities
• Federal Employment Under the Merit System
• History of the Federal Civil Service: 1789 to the Present (1941)
• Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission (1932)
• Merit Promotion plans: A Source Book of Information for the Development of Promotion Plans (How To Do It Kit)
• Official Register of the United States 1941
• Official Register of the United States 1909 Vol. 1 Directory & Vol. 2 The Postal Service
  

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Defense

This is part two of our display from the Department of Defense.

• The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation with the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force
• Train Wreckers and Ghost Killers: Allied Marines in the Korean War
• U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2003: Basrah, Baghdad and Beyond
• The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History
• Meeting the Submarine Challenge: A Short History of the Naval Underwater Systems Center
• The War of the American Revolution
• Weapon Systems, 2007-2008
• Armor: The Professional Development Bulletin of the Armor Branch, March 1997
• Military Chaplain's Review, April 1972
• Air Defense Artillery, Winter 1987
• Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1960-1968
• Operation Dragon Comeback: Air Education and Training Command's Response to Hurricane Katrina
• Reflections and Remembrances: Veterans of the U.S. Army Air Forces Reminisce about World War II
• Airpower Journal, Fall 1990

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Defense

For the next two weeks, we will display documents from the Department of Defense. You won't want to miss these next two displays! These will be shown for the next week as Part One of our DOD display:

• All Roads Lead to Baghdad: Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq
• Armed Forces Decorations and Awards
• Arming the Eagle: A history of U.S. weapons acquisition since 1775
• Army Nursing: Pride and Professionalism
• Considering a Career as a Historian in the Federal Government: A Quick Guide
• Iraq: a country study
• Israel: a country study
• Military Funeral Honors: Honoring Those Who Served
• Military Women in the Department of Defense
• North Korea: a country study
• Operation Enduring Freedom: The United States Army in Afghanistan
• Pearl Harbor: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Chronicle
• Prisoner of War: Rights & Obligations Under the Geneva Convention
• Soviet Military Power, 1990 (Map)
• Soviet Military Power: An assessment of the threat, 1988
• The Korean War: Years of Stalemate
• The Most Secret War: Army Signals Intelligence in Vietnam
• The U.S. Army and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• U.S. Naval Test Pilot School
• When It Mattered Most: Remembering Our Fallen Medical Personnel in Iraq-Afghanistan

Documents of the Week: Department of Energy

This week our focus will be on documents from the Department of Energy:

• The Nuclear Waste Primer
• An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land?
• Energy Facts, 1992
• Solar Collector Manufacturing Activity 1991
• Monthly Energy Review, Jan. 2001
• Cogeneration
• Nuclear Safety
• Students Go Solar
• geothermal energy & our environment
• Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom
• Logos, Spring 1993
• LBL Research Review, Aug. 1994

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Education

We are now displaying documents published by the U.S. Department of Education. These documents provide a variety of information, from statistics to practical advice for all facets of education.

• AIDS and the Education of Our Children: A guide for parents and teachers
• Assessing the Arts (CD)
• Building on Results: A blueprint for strengthening the No Child Left Behind Act
• Characteristics of American Indian and Alaska Native Education
• College Preparation Checklist
• Community Colleges: Federal Resources supporting Local Opportunities
• Growing Up Drug Free: A parent's guide to prevention
• Handbook for Local Goals Reports
• Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Eight-Month Old
• Helping your child become a responsible citizen
• Helping your child learn mathematics
• Helping your child with homework
• Helping your preschool child
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976-1994
• How can we help make schools safe for children?
• Learning Well at Work: Choices for Quality
• Looking for student aid: Federal, state, and other sources of information
• NAEP 1996 Mathematics: State Report for Alabama
• Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (CD)
• Paying for College?
• Protecting Children from Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (CD)
• Strengthening your child's academic future
• Summer Home Learning Recipes for Parents and children, grades 4-5
• Technology for Students with Disabilities: a decision maker's resource guide
• The Condition of Education, 1975
• The Condition of Education, 2009
• The High School Counselor's Handbook, 2000-2001

Documents of the Week: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

This week, we will display documents from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with emphasis on sustainability, emissions, and water quality.

• Tap into Prevention: Drinking Water Information for Health Care Providers (CD)
• WAVE: Saver for Office Buildings, Water Management System (CD)
• Keep Your Paws off Mercury (CD)
• Today's Special: Energy Savings
• Should I Eat the Fish I Catch?
• Read this if you plan to breathe this summer
• Charlie goes to town (keeping children lead-free)
• Citizen's Guide to Ground-Water Protection
• Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers
• Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused by Air Pollution
• Atlas of America's Polluted Waters
• Purchasing Strategies to Prevent Waste and Save Money
• A Decade of Children's Environmental Health Research
• U.S. Climate Action Report, 2002
• An Organizational Guide to Pollution Prevention
• Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Teachers and Interpreters

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Authority

The documents on display this week are from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Authority, otherwise known as HUD.

• Building Partnerships Building Futures
• Relocation Assistance to Displaced Homeowners
• Suddenly thousands of families who couldn't buy a home, can (Vietnamese)
• Are You a Victim of Housing Discrimination?
• Danger in the home
• Resident Rights and Responsibilities (Russian)
• U.S. Housing Market Conditions, August 1997
• Preserving Historic America
• Open Space for Urban America
• Best Practices for Effecting the Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing
• Curbing Predatory Home Mortgage Lending: A Joint Report, June 2000
• Help Yourself to a Health Home
• Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Act as Amended (Title 8) (Braille)
• County Planning and Development Training, 2003 & 2004 Courses
• The State of the Cities, 1998
• 100 Q&A About Buying a New Home
• Home Buyer's Vocabulary
• Renewing Government

Electronic Documents

• Homes for Sale by the U.S. Government
• Guide to Avoiding Foreclosure
• HUD Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)

Documents of the Week: Department of Homeland Security

Are you prepared?

This week, our display will showcase items from the Department of Homeland Security:

• Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants
• ICE: Integrity * Courage * Excellence
• The Redesigned Naturalization Test
• Know Before You Go
• A Performance Review of FEMA's Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina
• Preparing Makes Sense. Get Ready Now.
• ICE Update
• Building a Secure Nation
• The Citizen's Almanac
• National Response Plan
• Civics and Citizenship Toolkit
  

Documents of the Week: United States Information Agency

While it's a small collection of documents at Samford, you will no doubt be intrigued by these documents on display.

• USIA
• Communist Propaganda: A Fact Book 1957-1958
• Cuban Crisis 1962
• In a Place without a Soul: The Testimony of Former Cuban Political Prisoners
• Worldnet at a Glance / Arabic
• A World View of Women: Social, Political and Economic Attitudes
• Sports in the United States
• The People Act
• To Protect the Peace
• Korea: in the Common Interest
• Forum: A Journal for the Teacher of English Outside the United States, January 1996 & July 1997

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of the Interior

This week, we are happy to showcase a selection of documents from the Department of the Interior:

• Water, Ice, and Meteorological Measurements at South Cascade Glacier, Washington, Balance Year 2002
• Education in the United States of American, Bulletin 1939, Misc. No. 3
• Carl Sandburg Home
• Blue Ridge Parkway: Virginia Trails
• Benton Lake
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
• Death Valley National Monument
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast Ecological Inventory
• Reclamation era
• Earthquakes & Volcanoes, 1988
  
• Answers to your questions about American Indians
• Standing Witness: Devils Tower National Monument: a History
• Frederick Douglass
• More Readings from One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1880
• My Forefathers are still Walking with Me: Verbal Essays on Qizhjeh and Tsaynen Dena'ina Traditions
• The Duck Stamp Collection
• Clara Barton National Historic Site: Historic Structure Report
• National Parks Webcams (Glacier National Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & more!)
• Interior Recovery
• Sport Fishes
  

Documents of the Week: United States Department of Justice

Documents from the Department of Justice will be on display this week.

• Domestic Violence by Police Officers
• Use of Computers in the Sexual Exploitation of Children
• Steriod Abuse by School Age Children
• School Disruptions: Tips for Educators and Police
• Our Immigration: A Brief Account of Immigration to the United States
• The Border Patrol: Its Origin and Its Mission
• Help for Victims of Trafficking in Persons and Forced Labor
• But I can Work
• The Department of Justice
• Interpol
• Getting Started as a Federal Judge
• United States History: 1600-1987
• Federal Offenders, 1941
• The FBI: A Centennial History, 1908-2008
• Drugs of Abuse
• Drugs & Terrorism: Teacher Lesson Plans
• Career Resource Centers
• The Sexual Victimization of College Women
• Research on Women and Girls in the Justice System
• Juvenile Justices
• Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report: Murder in Families
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 2003
• Recovery Act Information
  

Documents of the Week: Department of Labor

Our new display will focus on the United States Department of Labor.

• Sexual Harassment
• Pregnancy Discrimination
• Family & Medical Leave
• Age Discrimination
• Timeless Education for a Future World
• Understanding the Department of Labor Solicitation for Grant Applications & How to Write an Effective Proposal
• A Matter of Style at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates and Characteristics, 2005
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly: Careers for Creature Lovers, winter 2006-07
• Extended Mass Layoffs in 2000
  
• Mass Layoffs by Industry in January 2009
• Mass Layoffs in January 2009
• Birmingham, AL National Compensation Survey, February 2000
• Job Safety & Health Quarterly (JSHQ), fall 1999
• Labor Information bulletin, April 1953
• The American Workers' Fact Book, 1956
• National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, 2005
• Working in the 21st Century
• Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09
  

Documents of the Week: Library of Congress

The Library of Congress, which is near and dear to the hearts of all librarians, is our focus for the next week.

• The Library of Congress, 1981
  
• Growing up on Capital Hill: A young Washingtonian's journal, 1850-1852
• History of the U.S. Army battle command training program, 1986-2003
• The Russian Orthodox Church of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands and its relation to Native American Traditions -- an attempt at a multicultural society, 1794-1912
• English defenders of American Freedoms, 1774-1778
• Gathering history: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana
• Yiddish American popular songs, 1895-1950
• Justifying Jefferson: the Political Writings of John James Beckley
• Leo Lionni at the Library of Congress
• Jefferson's legacy: A brief history of the Library of Congress
• African and Middle East collections
• Aeronautical and astronautical resources of the Library of Congress: a comprehensive guide
• Prints and photographs: an illustrated guide
• Hispanic and Portuguese collections: an illustrated guide
• The geography and map division: a guide to its collections and services
• Blind justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the vision of equality
• The musical mainstream, July-August 1982
• American Poetry at Mid-Century
• Folklife center news, winter 1998
  

Documents of the Week: NASA

We're showcasing some of our NASA documents this week. Be sure to take a look at the spacelab poster!

• NASA Pocket Statistics (1997)
• United States NASA Academy
• Living with a Star
• Discovering Jupiter
• Discovering Mars
  
• Human Physiology in Space
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration: First Semiannual Report to Congress (Oct. 1958-March 1959)
• "Before this Decade is Out..." Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program
• Realizing the Dream of Flight
• ICESat: Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite
• The First Lunar Landing as Told by the Astronauts: 20th Anniversary
• Spinoff, 1981
• Space Settlements: A Design Study
• Crew of Space Shuttle, Mission 61-B
• Viking Orbiter 1 Mars Mosaic
• Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage

Enjoy!

Documents of the Week: National Foundation of the Arts and the Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts

Design America: Projects Created by State Arts Agencies
The Art of City Design
The Art of Landscape Architecture
From Commas to Cathedrals: Design at Work
One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity
Picturing America
Rediscovering America
Places as Art
My History Is America's History: 15 Things You Can Do to Save America's Stories
The Changing Faces of Tradition: A Report on the Folk and Traditional Arts in the United States
1997 Annual Report, National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts 1965 - 2000: A Brief Chronology of Federal Support for the Arts

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