From the Online Content - Sesquicentennial edition
Chapter 1: Colonial Publick Printing: 1639-1789
Chapter 2: Free Enterprise Public Printing: 1789-1861
Government printing needs
Congressional proceedings
Public printing in new capital
Congressional investigations-1828 and 1840
Contract system restored in 1846
Events leading to establishment of GPO-1852-1860
Chapter 3: 100 GPO Years: 1861-1961
Proceedings and debates of Congress
Chapter 4: This Is The GPO
Heads of public printing: 1852-1961
100 years of growth of government and GPO
Administration and planning-production
History of building expansion
