100 GPO years, 1861-1961 : a history of United States public printing / [prepared] under the direction of James L. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Printing Office, issuing body.

Contributor:

Harrison, James L., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Government Printing Office--History.

United States.

Printing, Public--United States--History.

Printing, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

Sesquicentennial edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As part of the celebration of the U.S. Government Printing Office's 150th anniversary on March 4, 2011, GPO has published a facsimile edition of 100 GPO Years, originally issued in 1961 on its 100th anniversary. "100 GPO Years" takes a chronological approach to GPO history, beginning with a history of public printing in the United States prior to 1860 and describing events year by year from 1861 to 1961. A section of rare photographs illustrates the progress of "the big shop" from handset type to computer typesetting. This reprint edition includes an index, a new foreword, and a new colophon about the type fonts and changing printing technology.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Prolog""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter I. Colonial Publick Printing: 1639-1789 ""; ""Chapter II. 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 III. 100 GPO Years: 1861-1961""

""GPO in Swampoodle""""Proceedings and Debates of Congress""; ""New Printing Act""; ""GPO in Peace and War""; ""Postwar Operations""; ""Chapter IV. 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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (page viii) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-16-092042-6

0-16-086733-9

OCLC:

904255550