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You Wouldn't Believe. . .Our Favorite Government Documents
On Maryland Day, come and check out an exhibit of quirky, curious, fun, and sometimes bizarre documents from our federal depository library collection.
Including some staff favorites. . .
- Anopholes (Ann) the Mosquito, by Dr.Seuss for the U.S. Army (1943)
- The Department of Everything Else, Department of the Interior (1989)
- Everything you always wanted to know about shipping high-level nuclear wastes, Department of Energy (1958)
- Gobbledygook has gotta go, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (1966), see also Plain Language
- Know your 8-inch Howitzer, Department of the Army (1984)
- National Thanksgiving Turkey Ceremony, The White House (2007) [Internet Archive]
- The Roswell Report, The Department of the Airforce (1994)
- What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know: About Distinguishing Bolts From Screws, Customs and Border Patrol (2006)
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