Documents at the Millennium

Best 100 Documents of the Century, 1900-1999.

Listed below are the 100 best documents of this century as so judged by an esteemed panel of librarians, documents specialists and faculty.

1. A 1.10: 938
Soils and Men (Yearbook of Agriculture). 1938.
2. A 1.47:
Agricultural Statistics. 1936-
3. A 1.75:402
One Hundred Years of Federal Forestry. 1976.
4. AC 1.11/2:
Documents on Disarmament. 1961- (previously classed at S 1.117: 945-960)
5. AE 1.108: G 94/V. 1-3
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. 1995.
6. AE 2.113: 945-89
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders, 1945-1989. 1989.
7. AE 1.114:
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
8. AE 2.106:
Federal Register. (daily).
9. AE 2.108:
Code of Federal Regulations. (annual) 1955-
10. AE 2.108/2:
United States Government Manual. 1973-
11. AE 2.111:
United States Statutes at Large. 1937-
12. C 1.88:
National Trade Data Bank. (monthly, CD-ROM).
13. C 3.62/10: 90/5
1990 Population Density Map of the United States.
14. C 3.134: (yr.)
Statistical Abstract of the United States. (annual). Published since 1879.
15. C 3.134/2: C 83/2
County and City Data Book.
16. C 3.134/2: H62
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. 1975, in two volumes.
17. C 3.279: CD-TGR 97-02
TIGER/Line.
18. C 3.282/2: CD:
1990 Census of Population and Housing...STF 3-A. 1993- CD-ROM
19. C 55.8: G 51/997
Globe Program: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (Teacher's Edition). 1997.
20. C 61.34:
United States Industrial Outlook. (annual). 1984-1994. Now see C 61.48: U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook.
21. CR 1.2: B 81/3
Twenty Years After Brown. 1977.
22. CR 1.2: F 22/2
The Farmington Report: A Conflict of Cultures. 1975.
23. D 1.2: N23/
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression. 1946, 8 vols. plus supplements
24. D 1.2: N88/3
The Effects of Nuclear Weapons. Last printed in 1977.
25. D 101.22:
Area Handbook Series.
26. D 102.8:
Trials of the War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law # 10, Nuremberg, October 1946-April 1949.
27. D 114.2: Ar 5/4
American Armies and Battlefields in Europe. 1938, 1992.
28. D 114.2: B 32/
Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces, 1931-1949. 3 volumes.
29. D 114.8:
The U.S. Army in World War II. Multi-volume.
30. D 203.22: 9/rev/ 1962
American Practical Navigator; an Epitome of Navigation. 1962 reprint of the 1802 classic.
31. D 207.10: 1-8
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 1959- ,8 volumes.
32. D301.2: R73
Roswell Report: Case Closed. 1997.
33. D 301.82:
Army Air Forces in World War II. 1983. 7 vols.
34. ED 1.2: N21
A Nation at Risk: the Imperative for Educational Reform: a Report to the Nation and the Secretary of Education. 1983.
35. ED 1.109:
Condition of Education. Annual.
36. ED 1.326:
Digest of Educational Statistics. Annual.
37. FS 2.2: Sm 7/2
Smoking and Health; Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General. 1964. Later at HE 20.2: SM 7/2
38. FW 5.2: P96/2
Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration, 1933-1939. 1940.
39. GP 3.2: C41/2
Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909. 1911.
40. GS 4.13: 1-28
Territorial Papers of the United States. 1934-1975.
41. GS 11.9/3:
Consumer's Resource Handbook. Annual.
42. HE 20.6210:
Vital Statistics of the United States. 1939-
43. HE 20.7009:
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: MMWR. (weekly).
44. HE 20.7042/6:
Health, United States. Annual.
45. HE 20.9202: IN 3
Infant Care. 1989 (50th year of publication)
46. I 19.2: M32/12
Maps for America. First printed in 1979.
47. I 19.2: N 21a
National Atlas of the United States. 1970.
48. I 19.16: 1250
1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens. 1981.
49. I 19.79: V 88/KIT
Volcanoes! Course books and poster. 1997.
50. I 19.81:
7.5 Minute Topographic Map Series.
51. I 19.165:
Minerals Yearbook. Annual.
52. I 27.25: C 71
The Colorado River: A Comprehensive Report on the Department of the Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin for Irrigation, Power Production, and Beneficial uses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. 1946.
53. I 29.2: P 35/540-840
Kiva, Cross, and Crown: The Pecos Indians and New Mexico, 1540-1840. 1979.
54. I 29.2: W 26
Warships Associated with World War II in the Pacific. 1985.
55. I 29.100:
Conserv-o-grams.
56. I 29.116: 37
The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb: A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crosswords at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons, Republic of the Marshall Island. 1991, 208p.
57. I 49.2: R 31/15
Our Living Resources. 1995.
58. I 49.36: 5
Carson, Rachel., Guarding Our Wildlife Resources. 1948.
59. J 1.2: K58
Report of the Department of Justice Task Force to Review the FBI Martin Luther King, Jr. Security and Assassination Investigations. 1977.
60. J 1.14/7:
Uniform Crime Reports. 1930-
61. Ju 6.8:
United States Reports.
62. L 2.3/4:
Occupational Outlook Handbook. Annual.
63. LC 1.2: H 62/7
America Preserved: a Checklist of Historic Buildings, Structures, and Sites. 1995.
64. LC 1.2: P 56/5/846-946
A Century of Photographs, 1846-1946. 1980.
65. LC 1.2: R 13/2
Railroad Maps of North America: the First Hundred Years. 1984.
66. LC 1.2: T 36/2
Thomas Jefferson and the Education of a Citizen. 1999.
67. LC 1.34:
Letters of Delegates to Congress 1774-1789. 1976-
68. LC 5.2: L 26/999
Language of the Land: The Library of Congress Book of Literary Maps. 1999.
69. LC 14.2: D 56
Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service. 1989.
70. NAS 1.21: SP-45
Mercury Project Summary Including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight, May 15 and 16, 1963. 1963
71. NAS 1.21: 380
Skylab Explores the Earth. 1977.
72. P 1.10/8:
National Five Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory. Annual.
73. PR 36.8: K38
Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. 1964.
74. PR 40.8:SP 1/R 29/
Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. 1986. 5 volumes.
75. PR 42.8: R11/H881
Final Report. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. 1995.
76. PR 42.9:
Economic Report of the President. (annual, call number varies). 1950-
77. PREX 2.8:
Budget of the United States Government. Annual.
78. PREX 3.15:
The World Factbook. (annual). 1981-
79. S 1.1:
Foreign Relations of the United States. 1861-
80. S 1.69: 161
The Eagle and the Shield: a History of the Great Seal of the United States. 1976.
81. S 9.12:
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements. 1952-
82. S 9.14:
Treaties in Force. 1944-
83. SI 1.20/2:
Handbook of North American Indians.
84. W 2.2: J 27
Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast. 1942.
85. W 45.5: 1-130
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I-IV. 1900-
86. X 1.1/A:
Congressional Record (Daily Edition).
87. Serial Set 13133-3,4,5,6,7,8
Final report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, United States Senate. (The Church Committee Report), 1976.
88. Y 1.1/2: 102-319
Columbus in the Capital. 1992, 38 pp.
89. Y 1.1/2: 14152
The Constitution of the United States... Annotated. 1923-
90. Y 1.1/3: 100-20
The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate. 1989.
91. Y 1.1/3: 100-34
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989. 1989. (Bicentennial Edition)
92. Y 1.1/3: 101-10
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington 1789 to George Bush. 1999.
93. Y 3. At: 2/Op5
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1954
94. Y 3.Ob 7: 1/970
Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. 1970
95. Y 3.P96/7: 2Or2
One Third of the Nation's Land, a Report to the President and to the Congress by the Public Land Law Review Commission. 1970.
96. Y 3. W58/12: 2 B 38
Beauty for America: Proceedings of the White House Conference on Natural History. 1956-
97. Y 4.SCI 2: 103/I
Astronauts and Cosmonauts Biographical and Statistical Data: Report. 1993.
98. Y 4.Ar 5/2:V67/3/945-67
United States Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967: Study Prepared by Department of Defense. (The Pentagon Papers), 1971.
99. Y 4: IN2/2: L44/
Indian Affairs; Laws and Treaties. 1913.
100. Y 4.P 93
Congressional Directory. 1893-

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