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The Astate Library was designated a federal depository library in 1913, and it is believed that Representative Thaddeus H. Caraway, Congressman from Jonesboro, was responsible for securing depository library status for Astate. The Dean B. Ellis Library is one of 1,270 federal depository libraries throughout the United States and territories that provide free access to the information resources of the federal government, and one of 13 federal depository libraries in the state of Arkansas. The Library's collection contains more than 100,000 U.S. government publications, in print, microform, and electronic formats.
Reference Resource of the Month
Check out the Online Web Soil Survey, which has soil data produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
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Government Documents Staff
| Dominique Hallett Government Documents Librarian dhallett@astate.edu (870) 972-2962 Room 218 |
Executive Departments of the Month
| U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | |
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| Main Website | https://www.usda.gov/ |
| Vision | "To provide economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world; and to preserve our Nation's natural resources through conservation, restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands." |
| Established | 1862 (Morrill Act) and later in 1889 with Cabinet status |
| U.S. Secretary of Agriculture | Thomas J. Vilsack |
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Some images from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: Fragaria: Dunmore, Fragaria: Middlefield, and Fragaria: Golden Gate.
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| April 2, 1792 | The Coinage Act established the U.S. Mint. |
| April 9, 1866 | Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed. |
| April 11, 1968 | Civil Rights Act of 1968 and Indian Civil Rights Act were passed. |
| April 15, 1912 | R.M.S. Titanic sinks. |
| April 24, 1800 | The Library of Congress was established. |
