[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 114 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY AT THE 
                              HOYT LIBRARY

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 30, 2010

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, on August 12th the Hoyt Library in Saginaw 
Michigan will celebrate their 120th anniversary as a Federal Depository 
Library. One of the oldest Federal Depository Libraries in the United 
States, the Hoyt Library is the only Federal Depository Library in 
Saginaw County and one of three Depository Libraries in Michigan's 5th 
Congressional District. The Hoyt Library is one of five branches in the 
Saginaw Public Library system.
  Saginaw native, Congressman Aaron T. Bliss, initiated the designation 
and the first publications started to arrive from the Government 
Printing Office during the summer in anticipation of the Library's 
opening on November 1, 1890. Congressman Bliss's correspondence 
regarding the designation is available for viewing at the Library. 
Harriet Ames was the first Head Librarian and the first Government 
Documents Librarian. A representative of the Government Printing Office 
will attend the open house to celebrate their 120 year partnership.
  The Library has copies of documents from all three branches of 
government: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. Copies of 
the Congressional Record, federal statutes, federal court decisions, 
Department publications and the documents of independent agencies can 
be found at the Library. For the past 120 years, the Hoyt Library has 
provided the public with the opportunity to view and read historical 
documents. The Hoyt Library contains some of the oldest documents 
available at a Federal Depository Library.
  Madam Speaker, Hoyt Library has continuously provided service to the 
residents of Saginaw since 1890. Under the leadership of current Head 
Librarian, Trish Burns, and Anne Birkam, Depository Librarian, library 
patrons are able to read about the proceedings of Congress, and Supreme 
Court decisions, and obtain information, and forms for government 
programs. The Federal Depository at the Hoyt Library is a valuable 
community asset and I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
applauding their work of the past 120 years.

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