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Report on July 11 joint hearing by House and Senate subcommittees at the White House Conference on Library and Information Sciences. Conference dealt with the role of libraries nationally and internationally in promotion of literacy, democracy, as well as library challenges and technical initiatives.

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Testimony by Dr. Patterson at the American Indian Policy Review Commission task force #5, Native American education hearings conducted at Albuquerque, New Mexico. Patterson testified on her views and concerns related to library services on New Mexico reservations.

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Statement of Dr. Lotsee Patterson Smith Before the Postsecondary Education Subcommittee, House Committee on Education and Labor. Three copies with some annotations, and Patterson's handwritten notes.

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Written testimony provided by Patterson to the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force hearings held in Oklahoma City, September 18, 1990. File also includes correspondence from taskforce Executive Director, Alan Ginsburg to Patterson.

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Memo to members of NACIE (National Advisory Council on Indian Education), Tribal leaders, and others from Virginia H. Mathews, Secretary Treasurer of American Indian Library Association; Chair, Indian White House Preconference. Memo related to bill HR 2878, the Library Services and Construction Act Amendments. One of the amendments was a new title IV, Library Services for Indian Tribes.

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Correspondence from Oklahoma City Mayor Ronald J. Norick to Dr. Patterson regarding her service on the Metropolitan Library Commission of Oklahoma City County.

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Clippings, White House press release, disclosure form, correspondence, and printouts related to Patterson's nomination to the Institute of Museum and Library Services's (IMLS) National Museum and Library Services Board (NMLSB).

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Correspondence, clippings, news release. memo, and draft "Analysis of Major Findings and Broad Draft Recommendations: The Need for Action" from Patterson's work with the NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science).

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File consists of photocopied cover, frontmatter and letter from Dr. Patterson to Hon. J. Michael Farrel, Chairman, U.S. NCLIS, from published version of the Open Forum on Recommendations of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. File also contains typescript written statement by Patterson.

Scope and Contents File consists of 1979 Resolution to the National Indian Omnibus Library Bill; a 1980 Issues and Recommendations statement with handwritten note at top of document, "1980 Self Determination Requires Info Power -- Resolution," related to the National Indian Omnibus Library Bill' a clipping from the AILA (American Indian Libraries Association) newsletter, fall 1979, regarding the National Indian Omnibus Library Bill and the establishment of a National Indian Library Center; and a 2017...