Inspired to Serve: Legislative Annex (open access)

Inspired to Serve: Legislative Annex

Supplemental report outlining the legislative proposal of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (The Inspire to Serve Act of 2020) with section-by-section analysis and cross-references to existing laws.
Date: March 2020
Creator: United States. National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (open access)

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Final report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP) describing their activities and findings regarding evidence access, privacy protections, accountability, and building capacity. The report concludes with a discussion of the possibilities of more and better evidence. Included are appendices A-D which contain CEP's commission in 2016, commissioner biographies, where CEP pursued fact-finding and deliberation processes, and examples of data sources for productive evidence-building.
Date: September 17, 2017
Creator: United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Appendices E-H (open access)

The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Appendices E-H

Final report appendices E-H of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP) containing the information gathered through the commission's survey of federal offices, public meeting materials and presentations, public input-hearing testimony and other public comments, and related evidence built by prior commissions.
Date: September 2017
Creator: United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report (open access)

Final Report

Final report of the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals describing their activities and findings regarding its recommendations for changes concerning structure and circuit boundaries in the federal appellate system.
Date: December 18, 1998
Creator: Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transforming the National Guard and Reserves into a 21st-Century Operational Force Final Report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense (open access)

Transforming the National Guard and Reserves into a 21st-Century Operational Force Final Report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense

Final report of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves describing their activities, findings, and recommendations for change to ensure the reserve components of the U.S. military are organized, trained, equipped, compensated, and supported to best meet the needs of the U.S. national security. This final report was informed by 7 days of public hearings, involving 115 witnesses; 52 Commission meetings; more than 850 interviews; and the detailed analysis of thousands of documents. It contains six major conclusions and 95 recommendations, supported by 163 findings.
Date: January 31, 2008
Creator: United States. Commission on the National Guard and Reserves
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (open access)

World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism

This book outlines the findings of the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, established to build on the work of the 9/11 Commission. The Commission's report examines the government's current policies and programs, identifies gaps in prevention strategy and recommends ways to close them. It sets forth the possible threats to the United States if terrorists acquire weapons of mass destruction and provides thirteen recommendations for unilateral and international actions that could increase worldwide safety.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (U.S.)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States (open access)

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States

Final report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, created to “examine the causes of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States.” This report outlines the findings of the Commission, including collected information broken down chronologically, conclusions and dissenting view statements, and relevant appendices regarding the investigation.
Date: January 2011
Creator: United States. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Become a Trailblazer: Uncovering the Whole Story of Women's Suffrage captions transcript

Become a Trailblazer: Uncovering the Whole Story of Women's Suffrage

Webinar discussing the National Votes for Women Trail with several panelists involved in the project to place historic markers in every state documenting the historical figures and events in the women's suffrage movement. It opens with a video clip describing the markers that have already been placed in Kentucky.
Date: August 13, 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Discussion About Women's Suffrage and the Arts captions transcript

A Discussion About Women's Suffrage and the Arts

Conversation with Pam Breaux, hosted by Mary Anne Carter, discussing the role of the arts in activism, particularly the women's suffrage movement. They also specifically talk about the book published by the National Endowment for the Arts in honor of the centennial of the passage of the 19th amendment.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Carter, Mary Anne & Breaux, Pam
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 1 captions transcript

Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 1

Whiteboard animation video providing an overview of women's suffrage in the United States and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 2 captions transcript

Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 2

Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the differences between "suffragist" (primarily U.S.) and "suffragette" (primarily U.K.) as well as the similarities of the suffrage movement in Britain and the U.S.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 4 captions transcript

Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 4

Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the various suffrage associations and leaders that worked toward the right to vote.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 5 captions transcript

Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 5

Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the actions of Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone, who both registered to vote before the 19th amendment was passed.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 6 captions transcript

Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 6

Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the American Equal Rights Association, which was founded by Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass to work for equal voting rights for all.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Curator's Cut: An Inside Look at D.C.'s Suffrage Exhibits captions transcript

Curator's Cut: An Inside Look at D.C.'s Suffrage Exhibits

Webinar presentation with a panel of curators discussing exhibits celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment and the women's suffrage movement at the National Portrait Gallery, the National Archives, and the Library of Congress.
Date: May 27, 2020
Creator: Millay, Kelsey; Lemay, Kate Clarke; Porter, Corinne & Ruth, Janice E.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 7 captions transcript

Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 7

Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the 1913 women's suffrage parade, the first organized protest march in the U.S.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Washington Nationals First Pitch by Retta] captions transcript

[Washington Nationals First Pitch by Retta]

Video of actress/comedian Retta throwing the ceremonial first pitch for the Washington Nationals game in honor of the centennial of women's suffrage. The pitch was taped in a backyard.
Date: August 26, 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[U.S. House of Representatives Suffrage Centennial Celebration] captions transcript

[U.S. House of Representatives Suffrage Centennial Celebration]

Video footage of members of the U.S. House of Representatives wearing yellow roses in honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, with statements by several Congresspersons about the celebration.
Date: August 18, 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keynote Conversation with Senator Blackburn captions transcript

Keynote Conversation with Senator Blackburn

Conversation between Anna Laymon, the Executive Director of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, and Marsha Blackburn, the first woman senator from Tennessee, discussing the suffrage movement in Tennessee, the 36th state to ratify the 19th amendment.
Date: August 18, 2020
Creator: Laymon, Anna & Blackburn, Marsha
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Song Suffragettes Performance Highlights] captions transcript

[Song Suffragettes Performance Highlights]

Video with highlights of performances by the Song Suffragettes, a collaboration of women singers and musicians honoring the centennial anniversary of the 19th amendment, along with brief statements from the artists.
Date: 2020
Creator: Ell, Lindsay, 1989- & McBryde, Ashley
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Update captions transcript

Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Update

Update about the installation of three statues commissioned by the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission at the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial, which will open in spring 2021.
Date: December 2, 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission Legacy captions transcript

The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission Legacy

Video documenting the work of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission and the various initiatives and projects that were sponsored during the 2020 centennial, as well as statements from several of the commissioners about their personal experiences serving on the commission.
Date: October 8, 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The War of the Roses captions transcript

The War of the Roses

Video describing the events that occurred around the vote in Tennessee to become the 36th state to ratify the 19th amendment.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Washington Nationals Game Opening Statement] captions transcript

[Washington Nationals Game Opening Statement]

Opening statement from Anna Laymon (Executive Director of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission) and her son, Bennett, saying "Play ball" to start the Washington Nationals game on August 26, 2020 in honor of the anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Date: August 26, 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library