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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-002
This folder contains material pertaining to the establishment of the National Communications System.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-001
This folder contains material pertaining to the National Communications System from the files of Robert B. Conrad, Commissioner of the Transportation and Communications Service. It also includes some information related to the Federal Telecommunications System. Types of items include drafts, notes, memoranda, and copies of related legislation.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-006
This folder contains material pertaining to the transfer of administrative responsibilities for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library from the Department of the Interior (National Park Service) to the General Services Administration as part of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1963.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-005
This folder contains material pertaining to feedback provided by the General Services Administration on proposed Executive Orders.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-004
This folder contains material pertaining to General Services Administration recommendations on proposed reorganization plans for the federal government.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-003
This folder contains material pertaining to proposed legislation involving the General Services Administration (GSA). Types of items include correspondence, copies of bills, Congressional reports, memoranda, drafts, and Congressional testimony of Bernard Boutin and other GSA officials. There is also a copy of "A Report to the President Containing A Proposal by the National Historical Publications Commission."
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-002
This folder contains material pertaining to H.R. 11899, an act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide for a Federal telecommunications fund. Types of items include correspondence, drafts, copies of the bill, and Congressional reports on the legislation.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-001
This folder contains material pertaining to H.R. 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. The majority of the file is copies of various versions of the bill and its amendments, as well as Congressional reports on the legislation.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-018
This folder contains memoranda and reports pertaining to the establishment of the National Communications System.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-017
This folder contains memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the architectural design of federal buildings.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-016
This folder contains a memorandum and a copy of an Executive Order pertaining to the Food-for-Peace program.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-015
This folder contains material pertaining to Executive Orders on emergency preparedness and civil defense.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-014
This folder contains a legal memorandum from the Justice Department regarding prevailing wages in government contracts for janitorial services.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-013
This folder contains one letter pertaining to the National Capital Region Open-Space Project to preserve and manage open land in the metropolitan region around Washington, D.C.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-012
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to the disposition of surplus government property at Fort Funston in San Francisco, California. It includes a letter from Governor Edmund G. Brown advocating for the land to be used for parks and outdoor recreation.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-011
This folder contains material pertaining to the demolition of seven temporary government office buildings and the Fisheries Building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Items include the bid specifications and bidding forms for the project.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-010
This folder contains correspondence, memoranda, and news clippings pertaining to the disposition of surplus government property at the former Tongue Point Naval Station in Astoria, Oregon.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-009
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to the U.S. Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-008
This folder contains correspondence, memoranda, and news clippings pertaining to the disposal of surplus government property at the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York (also known as Mitchel Field). Items include a narrative summary and a fact sheet about the project.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-007
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to the disposition of surplus government property at the Veterans Administration Center in West Los Angeles, California. It also includes a plot plan of the land.
In the early morning hours of August 13, 1961, the people of Berlin were awakened by the rumbling of heavy machinery barreling down their street toward the line that divided the eastern and western parts of the city. Groggy citizens looked on as work details began digging holes and jack hammering sidewalks, clearing the way for the barbed wire that would eventually be strung across the dividing line. Armed troops manned the crossing points between the two sides and, by morning, a ring of Soviet troops surrounded the city. In one night, the freedom to pass between the two sections of Berlin had been abruptly halted.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-006
This folder contains one letter regarding a grassroots campaign to raise awareness of the King-Anderson bill.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-005
This folder contains a working draft of an executive order regarding prohibitions on vessels engaged in trade with Cuba.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-004
This folder contains two items related to an Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Defense to assist in mitigating unemployment and economic problems caused by the closure of military installations.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-003
This folder contains two memorandums regarding the National Cultural Center (later renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) in Washington, D.C.