Records of the United States Senate
(Record Group 46)
1789-1990
23,058 cu. ft.
Table of Contents
- 46.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
- 46.2 GENERAL RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE 1789-1988 6,812 lin. ft.
- 46.3 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 1825-1988 535 lin. ft.
- 46.4 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 1867-1988 460 lin. ft.
- 46.5 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO DEFENSE 1816-1988 1,117 lin. ft.
- 46.6 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO BANKING AND CURRENCY 1913-88 977 lin. ft.
- 46.7 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET 1973-88 71 lin. ft. and 127 rolls of microfilm
- 46.8 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO CLAIMS 1816-1946 93 lin. ft.
- 46.9 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO COMMERCE 1816-1988 2,490 lin. ft.
- 46.10 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1816-72 554 lin. ft.
- 46.11 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND RELATED COMMITTEES 1816-1988 928 lin. ft.
- 46.12 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 1789-1988 914 lin. ft.
- 46.13 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND RELATED COMMITTEES 1842-1988 1,617 lin. ft.
- 46.14 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS 1816-1988 939 lin. ft.
- 46.15 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED COMMITTEES 1816-1988 3,600 lin. ft.
- 46.16 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE AND RELATED COMMITTEES 1870-1988 774 lin. ft.
- 46.17 RECORDS OF THE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE AND PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES 1816-1976 317 lin. ft.
- 46.18 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1820-1988 366 lin. ft.
- 46.19 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1789-1988 543 lin. ft.
- 46.20 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 1969-88 269 lin. ft.
- 46.21 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS 1971-82 55 lin. ft. and 11 rolls of microfilm
- 46.22 RECORDS OF SELECT AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES 1789-1988 3,107 lin. ft.
- 46.22.1 Records of select committees, 1789-1921 (1st-66th Congresses)
- 46.22.2 Records of select committees, 1923-88 (67th-100th Congresses)
- 46.23 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL) 1790-1958 1,305 items
- 46.24 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
- 46.25 VIDEO RECORDINGS (GENERAL) 1986-90 4,960 items
- 46.26 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL) 1975-76 65 items
- 46.27 MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS (GENERAL)
Established: By Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution, approved September 17, 1787. First met, March 4, 1789. Functions: Exercises federal legislative authority jointly with the United States House of Representatives. Tries impeachments. Approves or disapproves Presidential appointments. Provides advice and consent in negotiations of treaties.
Finding Aids: Guide to the Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives, 1789-1999: On-Line Edition. Robert W. Coren, Mary Rephlo, David Kepley, and Charles South, comps., Guide to the Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition (1989). Harold E. Hufford and Watson G. Caudill, comps., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States Senate, PI 23 (1950); supplement in National Archives microfiche edition of preliminary inventories. Charles E. South and James C. Brown, comps., Hearings in the Records of the U.S. Senate and Joint Committees of Congress, SL 72 (1972).
Security-Classified Records: This record group may include material that is security-classified.
Specific Restrictions: As specified by Senate Resolution 474 (Congressional Record, 96th Cong., 2d sess., 1980, 126, pt. 23:31188), records under the jurisdiction of the Senate (a) prohibited from disclosure by executive order or statute are unavailable for public use in accordance with the applicable executive order or statute; (b) the disclosure of which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Senate, would not be in the public interest are unavailable for public inspection; (c) relating to the investigation of individuals and containing personal data, personnel records, and records of executive nominations, and not previously made public, are unavailable for public inspection for 50 years after creation; and (d) not otherwise previously made public are unavailable for public inspection for 20 years after creation, except that any committee may, by action of the full committee, prescribe a different time when any of its records under (c) and (d) may be made available for public use.
Related Records:
- Record copies of publications of the various committees of the United States Senate in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.
- Records of Joint Committees of Congress, RG 128.
- Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233.
- Textual, photographic, and cartographic materials concerning the U.S. Capitol building, grounds, and related buildings, are in the custody of the Architect of the Capitol. Approximately 30,000 photographs relating to the Senate are in the custody of the Senate Historical Office.
RECORD TYPES | RECORD LOCATIONS | QUANTITIES |
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Textual Records | National Archives Building | 22,688 cu. ft. |
Maps and Charts | College Park | 1,305 items |
Motion Pictures | College Park | 4 reels |
Video Recordings | College Park | 5,200 items |
Sound Recordings | College Park | 471 items |
Machine-Readable | College Park | 12 data sets |
Records |
Note: Dates cited below are those of the records. Congresses reflect approximate corresponding Congressional sessions. Records of other subcommittees and investigations may be interfiled with the records of the full committees.
46.2 GENERAL RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE
1789-1988
6,812 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Journals of legislative proceedings and minute books, 1789-1988. Bills and resolutions, 1789-1988. Presidential messages, 1789-1875. Manuscripts and typescripts of Senate documents, 1875-1988. Committee reports, 1847-1988. Records relating to private bills, 1887-1901. Records accompanying bills and resolutions ("Legislative Case Files"), 1901-46 (1,048 ft.). Petitions and memorials, 1815-1966. Original electoral votes and certificates of ascertainment, 1789-1969. Credentials of individual senators, 1789-1988. Records of the Secretary of the Senate, including campaign spending reports, 1912-46; roll call tally sheets, 1947-88; and lobbying reports, 1949-88. Records relating to executive proceedings, including nomination messages and related papers, 1789-1988; records relating to treaties, 1789-1988; and records concerning impeachments, 1797-1987. Legislative bulletins, reports, voting records, and other records of the Democratic Policy Committee, 1977-88.
Microfilm Publications: M200, M1251-M1261.
Finding Aids: George P. Perros, James C. Brown, and Jacqueline A. Wood, comps., Papers of the United States Senate relating to Presidential Nominations, 1789-1901, SL 20 (1964).
46.3 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
1825-1988
535 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Correspondence, reports, hearings, transcripts, petitions and memorials, resolutions, minutes, dockets, legislative and investigative case files, nomination files, Presidential messages and communications, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Agriculture | 1 ft. | 1825-83 | 19th-47th |
On Agriculture and Forestry | 258 ft. | 1883-1976 | 48th-94th |
On Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry | 240 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
On Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game | 1 ft. | 1896-1921 | 54th-66th |
Subcommittee (Agriculture and Forestry) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
To Investigate the Use of Farm Crops | 4 ft. | 1943 | 78th |
To Investigate the Rural Electrification Administration | 7 ft. | 1943 | 78th |
To Investigate Food Production, Distribution, and Consumption | 7 ft. | 1943 | 78th |
To Investigate the Utilization of Farm Crops | 13 ft. | 1949 | 81st |
To Investigate the Importation of Feed Wheat | 4 ft. | 1953-57 | 83d-85th |
To Investigate Grain Storage and Other Activities of the Department of Agriculture | 3 ft. | 1959-60 | 86th |
On Watershed Projects | 1 ft. | 1961-62 | 87th |
46.4 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
1867-1988
460 lin. ft.
History: Established March 6, 1867. Appropriations bills referred to select committees, 1789-1817 (1st-14th Congresses); and to Senate Finance Committee, 1817-67 (15th-39th Congresses; SEE 46.11).
Textual Records: Committee papers, petitions, memorials, resolutions, legislative case files ("Accompanying Papers"), Presidential messages and communications, subject files, and other records of the committee and its subcommittees as follows:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Appropriations | 242 ft. | 1867-1988 | 40th-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Inquiry In Re Transfer of Employees | 25 ft. | 1942 | 77th |
On Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies | 27 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
On Commerce, Justice, and State | 77 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
On Foreign Operations | 22 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
On Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies | 10 ft. | 1973-88 | 93d-100th |
On Intelligence Operations | 2 ft. | 1973-74 | 93d |
On Interior | 13 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
On Labor-Health and Human Service-Education | 7 ft. | 1979-80 | 96th |
On Legislative Branch | 11 ft. | 1959-88 | 86th-100th |
On Transportation and Related Agencies | 12 ft. | 1979-88 | 96th-100th |
On Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government | 14 ft. | 1981-88 | 97th-100th |
Finding Aids: Theodore J. Cassady and Harold E. Hufford, comps., Preliminary Inventory of the Senate Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inquiry In Re Transfer of Employees, PI 12 (1942).
Subject Access Terms: American Relief Administration; Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts.
46.5 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO DEFENSE
1816-1988
1,117 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Correspondence, reports, hearings, transcripts, claims, petitions and memorials, resolutions, minutes, dockets, legislative and investigative case files, nomination files, and Presidential messages and communications, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Military Affairs | 125 ft. | 1816-1946 | 14th-79th |
On the Militia | 3 in. | 1816-57 | 14th-35th |
On Naval Affairs | 54 ft. | 1816-1946 | 14th-79th |
On Coast Defenses | 5 in. | 1885-1911 | 49th-62d |
On Armed Services | 899 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
Subcommittee (Military Affairs) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
Investigating the Disposal of Surplus Property | 6 ft. | 1945-46 | 79th |
Subcommittee (Armed Services) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
Investigation of the Malmedy Massacre | 5 ft. | 1949 | 81st |
Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee | 3 ft. | 1950-55 | 81st-84th |
On National Stockpile and Naval Petroleum | 29 ft. | 1962-63 | 87th-88th |
Finding Aids: George P. Perros and Toussaint L. Prince, comps., Records of Certain Committees of the Senate Investigating the Disposal of Surplus Property, 1945-48, PI 59 (1953).
Subject Access Terms: Civil defense; National Guard; National Stockpile, Subcommittee on (Armed Services); Real Estate and Military Construction, Subcommittee on (Armed Services); universal military training; U.S. Exploring Expedition; war crimes.
46.6 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO BANKING AND CURRENCY
1913-88
977 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, petitions, memorials, minutes, correspondence, investigators' reports, legislative case files ("Accompanying Papers"), bills and resolutions, transcripts of public hearings and executive sessions, Presidential messages and communications, nomination files, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Banking and Currency | 496 ft. | 1913-70 | 63d-91st |
On Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | 330 ft. | 1970-88 | 91st-100th |
Subcommittee (Banking and Currency) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Housing (and Urban Affairs) | 46 ft. | 1957-68 | 85th-90th |
On Small Business | 6 ft. | 1949-68 | 81st-90th |
On Financial Institutions | 12 ft. | 1963-68 | 88th-90th |
To Investigate Operations of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) and Its Subsidiaries | 6 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
To Investigate the Export-Import Bank and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) | 9 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
To Investigate Coffee Prices | 3 ft. | 1954 | 83d |
To Investigate the Federal Housing Administration | 53 ft. | 1954 | 83d |
Subcommittee (Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Consumer Affairs | 3 ft. | 1976-77 | 94th |
On International Finance | 1 ft. | 1983-84 | 98th |
Finding Aids: Albert U. Blair and John W. Porter, comps., Records of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Subcommittee to Investigate Interstate Railroads, 1935-43, PI 75 (1954).
Subject Access Terms: Export controls; Federal Farm Loan Bank; Federal Reserve System; Pecora (Ferdinand) Committee; Securities and Exchange Commission; stock exchange.
46.7 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
1973-88
71 lin. ft. and 127 rolls of microfilm
Textual Records: Legislative files, subject files, and other records, 1974-88. Records of Democratic Counsel Rick Brandon, 93d-99th Congresses, 1973-86 (including 127 rolls of microfilm).
46.8 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO CLAIMS
1816-1946
93 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Reports, correspondence, legislative case files, petitions and memorials, private claim bills, and other records of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Claims | 70 ft. | 1816-1946 | 14th-79th |
On Private Land Claims | 15 ft. | 1826-1907 | 19th-67th |
On Revolutionary Claims | 8 ft. | 1832-97 | 22d-55th |
46.9 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO COMMERCE
1816-1988
2,490 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Correspondence, reports, hearings, transcripts, petitions and memorials, resolutions, minutes, dockets, legislative and investigative case files, nomination files, Presidential messages and communications, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Commerce and Manufactures | 2 ft. | 1816-25 | 14th-19th |
On Commerce | 84 ft. | 1825-1946 | 19th-79th |
On Manufacturers | 9 ft. | 1829-1928 | 19th-70th |
On The Pacific Railroad | 1 ft. | 1864-71 | 38th-42d |
On Railroads | 1 ft. | 1873-1911 | 43d-66th |
On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard | 1 in. | 1879-93 | 46th-53d |
On Mississippi River and Its Tributaries | 3 in. | 1879-97 | 46th-64th |
On Pacific Railroad | 3 in. | 1889-97 | 51st-55th |
On Interoceanic Canals | 2 ft. | 1899-1945 | 55th-79th |
On Fisheries | 1 ft. | 1884-1918 | 48th-65th |
On Standards, Weights, and Measures | 3 in. | 1911-21 | 61st-66th |
On Interstate Commerce | 67 ft. | 1889-1946 | 50th-79th |
On Interstate and Foreign Commerce and On Commerce | 851 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
On Commerce and On Commerce, Science and Transportation | 733 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Aeronautical and Space Sciences | 169 ft. | 1958-76 | 85th-94th |
Subcommittee (Commerce, 1825-1946) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Crime and Criminal Practice | 6 in. | 1933-34 | 73d |
On the Department of Commerce and Merchant Marine | 6 in. | 1935-36 | 74th |
Subcommittee (Interstate Commerce) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
To Investigate Interstate Railroads | 560 ft. | 1935-42 | 74th-77th |
Subcommittee (Interstate and Foreign Commerce/Commerce/Commerce, Science, and Transportation) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Aviation | 94 ft. | 1949-86 | 81st-99th |
On Communications | 129 ft. | 1949-86 | 81st-99th |
On the Consumer | 87 ft. | 1966-86 | 89th-99th |
On Merchant Marine and Maritime Matters | 10 ft. | 1949-54 | 81st-83d |
On Merchant Marine Training and Education | 8 in. | 1955-56 | 84th |
On Merchant Marine and Fisheries | 65 ft. | 1957-86 | 84th-99th |
On Domestic Land and Water Transportation | 5 ft. | 1949-52 | 81st-82d |
On Surface Transportation | 109 ft. | 1955-86 | 84th-99th |
On Oil and Coal Shortages | 2 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Trade Policy | 8 ft. | 1948-49 | 80th-81st |
On Freight Absorption and Pricing | 7 in. | 1949-52 | 81st-82d |
On Export Controls and Policies | 4 ft. | 1950-51 | 81st-82d |
On New England Transportation | 6 in. | 1951-52 | 82d |
Investigating Waterfront Racketeering and Port Security | 8 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
To Study the Maritime Subsidy Program | 3 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
On Automobile Marketing Practices | 32 ft. | 1956-58 | 84th-85th |
On Military Air Transportation Service and Military Sea Transportation Service | 1 ft. | 1957-58 | 85th |
On the Textile Industry | 2 ft. | 1958-64 | 85th-88th |
To Study Foreign Commerce | 5 ft. | 1959-61 | 86th-87th |
On Freedom of Communications | 3 ft. | 1959-62 | 86th-87th |
To Study the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence | 3 ft. | 1963-64 | 88th |
On Business, Trade, and Tourism | 3 ft. | 1981-86 | 97th-99th |
On the Environment | 3 ft. | 1969-72 | 91st-92d |
On Foreign Commerce and Tourism | 9 ft. | 1975-78 | 93d-95th |
1985-86 | 99th | ||
On Investigations | 3 ft. | 1971-72 | 92d |
On National Oceans Policy | 2 ft. | 1981-82 | 97th |
On Oceanography | 1 ft. | 1969-71 | 91st |
On Oceans and Atmospheres | 3 ft. | 1973-74 | 93d |
On Science, Technology, and Space | 33 ft. | 1957-86 | 85th-99th |
Finding Aids: Albert U. Blair and John W. Porter, comps., Records of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Subcommittee to Investigate Interstate Railroads, 1935-43, PI 75 (1954).
Subject Access Terms: Alaska, fisheries in; Fairness Doctrine; lighthouses; S.S. Mohawk; S.S. Morro Castle; shipwrecks; television, regulation of; U.S. Life Saving Service.
46.10 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1816-72
554 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, legislative dockets, hearing transcripts, correspondence, and other records of the committee and its subcommittees as follows:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On the District of Columbia | 505 ft. | 1816-1972 | 14th-92d |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On the Investigation of Wiretapping | 4 ft. | 1950-51 | 81st-82d |
On the Investigation of Crime in the District of Columbia | 17 ft. | 1951-52 | 82d |
To Investigate Public Transportation in the District of Columbia | 28 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
46.11 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND RELATED COMMITTEES
1816-1988
928 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, correspondence, bills and resolutions, case files, Presidential messages and communications, nomination files, transcripts of hearings, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Finance* | 832 ft. | 1816-1988 | 14th-100th |
On Pensions | 61 ft. | 1817-1947 | 14th-79th |
Subcommittee (Finance) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
To Investigate the Social Security Program | 8 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Health | 3 ft. | 1977-84 | 95th-98th |
On Trade | 24 ft. | 1976-86 | 96th-99th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions.
Sound Recordings (13 items): Executive sessions of the Finance Committee, 96th-97th Congresses, 1979-82. SEE ALSO 46.26.
Subject Access Terms: Finance and a Uniform National Currency, Select Committee on; GI Bill of Rights.
46.12 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
1789-1988
914 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Treaty files; committee papers and minutes; reports; petitions, memorials, and resolutions; claims; legislative case files; Presidential messages and communications; transcripts of executive sessions and of hearings; administrative and financial records; nomination case files; staff files; and other records of the committee and its subcommittees as follows:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Foreign Relations | 789 ft. | 1789-1988 | 14th-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees | 5 ft. | 1950 | 81st |
On U.S. Foreign Aid to Free Europe | 1 ft. | 1951 | 81st |
On Overseas Information Programs | 4 ft. | 1952-53 | 82d-83d |
On Disarmament | 16 ft. | 1956-62 | 84th-87th |
To Investigate Activities of Nondiplomatic Representatives of Foreign Principals in the United States | 27 ft. | 1960-62 | 86th-87th |
On American Republics | 5 in. | 1967-68 | 90th |
On Surveillance | 1 ft. | 1973-74 | 93d |
On Multinational Corporations | 35 ft. | 1973-76 | 93d-94th |
On Foreign Assistance | 27 ft. | 1973-80 | 93d-96th |
On Foreign Economic Policy/International Economic Policy | 18 ft. | 1973-78 | 93d-95th |
46.13 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND
RELATED COMMITTEES
1842-1988
1,617 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, Presidential messages and communications, hearings, investigative and legislative case files, staff memorandums, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Retrenchment | 1 ft. | 1842-54 | 27th-33d |
On Investigation and Retrenchment | 2 ft. | 1871-73 | 42d |
On Organization, Conduct, and Expenditure in Executive Departments | 2 in. | 1900-1 | 56th |
On Expenditures in Executive Departments | 22 ft. | 1947-52 | 80th-82d |
On Government Operations | 95 ft. | 1952-76 | 82d-94th |
On Governmental Affairs* | 186 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
Subcommittee (Expenditures in Executive Departments) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Investigations | 12 ft. | 1947-52 | 80th-82d |
To Investigate Surplus Property | 13 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
Subcommittee (Government Operations/Governmental Affairs) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations | 1,087 ft. | 1948-82 | 80th-97th |
On Reorganization and International Organizations | 52 ft. | 1958-64 | 85th-88th |
On Intergovernmental Relations | 19 ft. | 1963-68 | 88th-90th |
On Foreign Aid Expenditures | 2 ft. | 1965-68 | 89th-90th |
On Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia | 55 ft. | 1975-86 | 94th-99th |
On Federal Spending Practices and Open Government | 36 ft. | 1973-80 | 93d-96th |
On Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes | 33 ft. | 1959-86 | 86th-99th |
On Intergovernmental Relations* | 37 ft. | 1959-78 | 86th-95th |
On the Post Office and Civil Service | 1 ft. | 1979-84 | 96th-98th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions.
Machine-Readable Records (2 data sets): Legislative and oversight files of the Majority Office of the Governmental Affairs Committee, and of its Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, 1986, with supporting documentation. SEE ALSO 46.27.
Subject Access Terms: "Army-McCarthy" hearings; communists, investigations of; labor racketeering; McCarthy, Joseph R.; McClellan, John L.; organized crime; War Assets Administration.
46.14 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO INTERIOR AND INSULAR
AFFAIRS
1816-1988
939 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, legislative dockets, treaty files, minutes, investigative and legislative case files, transcripts of hearings, nomination files, correspondence, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Public Lands | 57 ft. | 1816-1946 | 14th-79th |
On the Geological Survey | 1 in. | 1905-9 | 59th-60th |
On Indian Affairs | 96 ft. | 1820-1946 | 16th-79th |
On Indian Depredations | 8 in. | 1893-1905 | 52d-59th |
On Territories | 7 ft. | 1844-1920 | 28th-66th |
On Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico | 4 ft. | 1899-1920 | 56th-66th |
On the Philippines | 2 ft. | 1899-1920 | 56th-66th |
On Territories and Insular Affairs | 18 ft. | 1923-46 | 68th-79th |
On Mines and Mining | 2 ft. | 1866-1946 | 39th-79th |
On Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands | 4 ft. | 1894-1946 | 53d-79th |
On Conservation of Natural Resources | 2 in. | 1909-13 | 61st-62d |
On Interior and Insular Affairs | 446 ft. | 1947-76 | 80th-94th |
On Energy and Natural Resources | 392 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
Subcommittee (Indian Affairs) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
Indian Affairs Investigating Subcommittee | 59 ft. | 1928-53 | 70th-83d |
Subcommittee (Interior and Insular Affairs/Energy and Natural Resources) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Indian Affairs | 6 in. | 1948-49 | 80th-81st |
To Investigate the Explosion at Centralia Coal Mine #5 | 2 ft. | 1947 | 80th |
On Minerals, Materials, and Fuel Economics | 3 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
On Energy Research and Development | 4 ft. | 1977-86 | 95th-99th |
On Recreation and Renewable Resources | 8 ft. | 1977-86 | 95th-99th |
On Parks | 1 ft. | 1977-86 | 95th-99th |
On Public Lands | 20 ft. | 1977-86 | 95th-99th |
46.15 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED
COMMITTEES
1816-1988
3,600 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, minutes, legislative and executive dockets, Presidential messages and communications, legislative and investigative case files, correspondence, staff records, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
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On Judiciary | 1,239 ft. | 1816-1988 | 14th-100th |
On Revision of the Laws | 3 in. | 1869-1905 | 40th-58th |
On Patents | 26 ft. | 1837-1946 | 25th-79th |
On Immigration | 36 ft. | 1890-1946 | 51st-79th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Immigration and Naturalization | 74 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
On Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights | 34 ft. | 1955-76 | 84th-94th |
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee | 547 ft. | 1951-77 | 82d-95th |
On Trading with the Enemy Act | 6 ft. | 1952-66 | 82d-89th |
On the Emigration of Refugees and Escapees | 7 ft. | 1953-60 | 83d-86th |
On Juvenile Delinquency | 341 ft. | 1953-88 | 83d-100th |
On Antitrust and Monopoly | 750 ft. | 1951-88 | 82d-100th |
On Constitutional Rights | 59 ft. | 1959-76 | 86th-94th |
On Improvement of the Federal Criminal Code | 19 ft. | 1955-58 | 84th-85th |
On Administrative Practice and Procedure | 39 ft. | 1963-80 | 88th-96th |
On Criminal Laws and Procedures | 60 ft. | 1966-88 | 89th-100th |
On Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies | 3 ft. | 1977-78 | 95th |
On the Constitution | 93 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On the Courts | 36 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
To Investigate Activities of Individuals Representing Interests of Foreign Governments (Billy Carter-Libya Investigation) | 30 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On National Penitentiaries | 4 ft. | 1971-78 | 92d-95th |
On Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks | 54 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Regulatory Reform | 1 ft. | 1981-82 | 97th |
On Security and Terrorism | 26 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Separation of Powers | 48 ft. | 1959-78 | 86th-95th |
46.16 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE AND
RELATED COMMITTEES
1870-1988
774 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, correspondence, investigation files, Presidential messages and communications, transcripts of hearings, staff files, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Education and Labor* | 48 ft. | 1870-1946 | 41st-79th |
On Epidemic Diseases | 7 in. | 1878-92 | 45th-52d |
On Public Health and National Quarantine | 7 in. | 1896-1921 | 54th-66th |
To Establish a University of the United States | 3 in. | 1895-1902 | 53d-57th |
On Labor and Public Welfare and On Labor and Human Resources | 358 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
Subcommittee (Education and Labor) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
Investigating Violations of Free Speech and Labor | 57 ft. | 1936-41 | 74th-76th |
On Wartime Health and Education | 25 ft. | 1943-46 | 78th-79th |
Subcommittee (Labor and Public Welfare) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Welfare and Pension Funds | 85 ft. | 1954-56 | 83d-84th |
On Education | 14 ft. | 1961-64 | 87th-88th |
On Employment, Manpower, and Poverty | 24 ft. | 1965-68 | 89th-90th |
On Health | 35 ft. | 1961-66 | 87th-89th |
On Migratory Labor | 50 ft. | 1959-68 | 86th-90th |
On Veterans Affairs | 22 ft. | 1957-68 | 85th-90th |
Subcommittee (Labor and Human Resources) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Aging | 11 ft. | 1983-86 | 98th-99th |
On Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism | 3 ft. | 1983-86 | 98th-99th |
On Children and Youth | 7 ft. | 1971-76 | 92d-94th |
On Child and Human Development | 4 ft. | 1977-80 | 95th-96th |
On Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor | 4 ft. | 1977-78 | 95th |
On Family and Human Services | 3 ft. | 1981-86 | 97th-99th |
On the Handicapped | 11 ft. | 1971-80 | 92d-96th |
On Health and Scientific Resources | 6 ft. | 1979-82 | 96th-97th |
On Labor | 5 ft. | 1981-86 | 97th-99th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions.
Motion Pictures (4 reels): Newsreel footage acquired by the Education and Labor Committee of labor unrest at the San Francisco, CA, docks, 1936; the Chicago, IL, plant of the Republic Steel Company, 1937; and the cannery strike in Stockton, CA, 1938.
Finding Aids: George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Wartime Health and Education, 1943-46, PI 42 (1952).
46.17 RECORDS OF THE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE AND
PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES
1816-1976
317 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, legislative and executive dockets, legislative case files, Presidential messages and communications, nomination files, correspondence, staff papers, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Post Office and Post Roads | 77 ft. | 1816-1946 | 14th-79th |
On Civil Service and Retrenchment | 4 ft. | 1874-1916 | 43d-64th |
On Civil Service | 5 ft. | 1921-46 | 67th-79th |
On the Census and Its Predecessor | 7 in. | 1879-1908 | 45th-60th |
On Post Office and Civil Service | 202 ft. | 1947-76 | 80th-94th |
Subcommittee (Post Office and Civil Service) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
Investigating Postmaster Appointments | 6 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Federal Manpower Policies | 6 ft. | 1951-53 | 82d-83d |
Investigating Postal Operations | 4 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
On the Government Employees Security Program | 10 ft. | 1955-56 | 84th |
On the Administration of the Civil Service System and Postal Service | 2 ft. | 1955-57 | 84th-85th |
46.18 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
AND ITS PREDECESSORS
1820-1988
366 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, legislative dockets and case files, Presidential messages and communications, nomination files, correspondence, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Roads and Canals | 4 ft. | 1820-57 | 16th-37th |
On Public Buildings and Grounds | 15 ft. | 1838-1946 | 25th-79th |
On Public Works and On Environment and Public Works | 348 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
Subcommittee (Public Works) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Air and Water Pollution | 10 in. | 1965 | 89th |
On Roads | 3 ft. | 1967-70 | 90th-91st |
Subcommittee (Environment and Public Works) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Environmental Pollution | 61 ft. | 1977-86 | 95th-99th |
On Nuclear Regulation | 14 ft. | 1977-86 | 95th-99th |
On Water Resources | 10 ft. | 1977-86 | 95th-99th |
46.19 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION AND
ITS PREDECESSORS
1789-1988
543 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, minutes, dockets, correspondence, legislative case files, transcripts of hearings and executive sessions, investigation files, and other records of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Enrolled Bills | 13 ft. | 1789-1941 | 1st-77th |
To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate | 1 ft. | 1817-1946 | 14th-79th |
On Printing | 25 ft. | 1842-1946 | 27th-79th |
On the Library | 9 ft. | 1849-1946 | 30th-79th |
On Privileges and Elections | 52 ft. | 1871-1946 | 42d-79th |
On Rules | 3 ft. | 1885-1946 | 48th-79th |
On Rules and Administration | 278 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
On Impeachment of Judge Harry E. Claiborne* | 7 ft. | 1986 | 99th |
Subcommittee (Rules and Administration) | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Privileges and Elections | 141 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
On Amendments to Senate Rule XXII (Cloture Rule) | 2 ft. | 1957-58 | 85th |
On Financial and Business Activities of Senate Employees and Former Senate Employees | 19 ft. | 1963-66 | 88th-89th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions.
Machine-Readable Records (8 data sets): Text files of executive (closed sessions) of the Impeachment Trial Committee (impeachment trial of Judge Harry E. Claiborne), 1986, with supporting documentation. SEE ALSO 46.27.
46.20 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS
1969-88
269 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, correspondence, legislative case files, transcripts of hearings and executive sessions, investigative files, and other records, 1969-88.
46.21 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
1971-82
55 lin. ft. and 11 rolls of microfilm
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, correspondence, legislative files, subject files, transcripts of hearings, nomination files, and other records, 1971-82. Microfilm copy of general correspondence, 97th Congress, 1981-82 (11 rolls).
46.22 RECORDS OF SELECT AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
1789-1988
3,107 lin. ft.
History: During the early Congresses, select committees, each established to perform a specific function and expiring upon completion of that task, performed the majority of the committee work for the Senate. In the modern Senate, standing committees account for most committee activity. They are appointed to investigate and report on specific issues.
46.22.1 Records of select committees, 1789-1921 (1st-66th
Congresses)
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, correspondence, legislative case files, transcripts of hearings and executive sessions, investigative files, and other records of select committees on various subjects, 1789-1921.
Microfilm Publication: M1196.
Subject Access Terms: Epidemic diseases; Harpers Ferry, VA, invasion of; Indian depredations; women's suffrage.
46.22.2 Records of select committees, 1923-88 (67th-100th
Congresses)
Textual Records: Committee papers, reports, petitions, memorials, bills and resolutions, correspondence, legislative case files, transcripts of hearings and executive sessions, investigative files, and other records of the following select committees:
Select or Special Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Investigation of the United States Veterans' Bureau | 17 ft. | 1923-24 | 67th-68th |
To Investigate Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts | 72 ft. | 1933-35 | 72d-74th |
Investigating the Munitions Industry | 160 ft. | 1934-36 | 73d-74th |
To Investigate the Administration of the Virgin Islands | 8 ft. | 1935 | 74th |
To Investigate Production, Transportation, and Marketing of Wool | 10 ft. | 1935-38 | 74th-75th |
To Investigate Lobbying Activities | 120 ft. | 1935-40 | 74th-76th |
To Investigate Unemployment and Relief | 6 in. | 1937 | 75th |
To Investigate Conditions in the American Merchant Marine | 7 ft. | 1938-42 | 75th-77th |
To Investigate Administration and Operation of Civil Service Laws and Classification Act of 1923 | 10 ft. | 1938-45 | 75th-79th |
To Investigate the National Defense Program* | 775 ft. | 1941-48 | 77th-80th |
To Investigate Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages | 18 ft. | 1941-44 | 77th-78th |
Investigating Petroleum Resources | 20 ft. | 1944 | 79th |
On Reconstruction of Senate Roof and Skylights and Remodeling of Senate Chamber | 3 in. | 1945-48 | 79th-80th |
On Atomic Energy | 15 ft. | 1945-46 | 79th |
To Investigate Campaign Expenditures (various committees) | 93 ft. | 1924-46 | 68th-79th |
Investigation of Bureau of Internal Revenue | 4 in. | 1924 | 68th |
On Post Office Leases | 1 in. | 1930-31 | 71st |
To Study Reorganization of Courts | 2 in. | 1937 | 75th |
On Taxation of Governmental Securities and Salaries | 2 in. | 1938 | 75th |
On Small Business | 215 ft. | 1950 | 81st |
To Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce | 90 ft. | 1950-51 | 81st-82d |
On Investigation of Cover on Mail of Senators | 1 in. | 1954 | 83d |
For Contribution Investigation | 2 ft. | 1956 | 84th |
To Investigate Political Activities, Lobbying, and Campaign Contributions | 18 ft. | 1956-57 | 84th-85th |
To Study Foreign Aid Program | 3 ft. | 1956-57 | 84th-85th |
On Improper Activities in Labor-Management Field | 488 ft. | 1957-60 | 85th-86th |
On National Water Resources | 12 ft. | 1959-60 | 86th |
On Standards and Conduct | 17 ft. | 1964-76 | 88th-94th |
On Aging | 18 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Ethics | 52 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Indian Affairs | 47 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Presidential Campaign Activities* | 435 ft. | 1973-74 | 93d |
To Study Law Enforcement Activities of the Department of Justice | 42 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Nutrition and Human Needs | 10 ft. | 1967-88 | 90th-100th |
Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe | 11 ft. | 1986-87 | 99th-100th |
On Standards and Conduct | 32 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
To Study Senate Committee System | 3 ft. | 1975-76 | 94th |
1983-84 | 98th | ||
To Study Government Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee)** | 105 ft. | 1958-76 | 94th |
On the Operation of the Senate | 14 ft. | 1975-77 | 94th-95th |
On National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers | 23 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
On Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition* | 125 ft. | 1987 | 100th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions. ** Portions relating to President Kennedy's assassination are administered by the National Archives as part of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection.
Video Recordings (240 items): Hearings of the Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 1986-87. SEE ALSO 46.25.
Sound Recordings (393 items): Hearings before the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, February 11, 1946 (5 items). Recordings made or acquired by the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, 1972-74 (388 items). SEE ALSO 46.26.
Machine-Readable Records (2 data sets): Records of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, consisting of Master Data Base of abstracts for each item of evidence or session of testimony and Master Data Base with Public Information, 1973-74, with supporting documentation. SEE ALSO 46.27.
Finding Aids: Watson G. Caudill, Toussaint L. Prince, and Albert U. Blair, comps., Records of the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate Air-Mail and Ocean-Mail Contracts, 1933-35, PI 63 (1953). Lester W. Smith, comp., "Preliminary Checklist of the Records of the Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, 1934-36," PC 23 (1945). Harold E. Hufford, comp., assisted by Toussaint L. Prince, Records of the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate the National Defense Program, 1941-48, PI 48 (1952). George P. Perros, comp., Records of the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate Petroleum Resources, 1944-46, PI 61 (1953). George P. Perros, comp., Records of the Special Committee of the Senate on Atomic Energy, 1945-46, PI 62 (1953).
Subject Access Terms: ABSCAM Investigation; Truman Committee; Watergate Committee.
46.23 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)
1790-1958
1,305 items
Manuscript maps prepared by Executive branch agencies and forwarded to the Senate, 1807-1907 (278 items). Maps published as exhibits to Senate executive documents, showing land surveys, explorations, military operations, boundaries, and Indian land cessions, 1790-1958 (777 items). Internal improvement maps, showing canals, railroads, national roads, and harbors in the eastern United States, 1826-35 (244 items). Committee maps, 1791- 1866 (6 items).
46.24 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
SEE UNDER 46.16.
46.25 VIDEO RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
1986-90
4,960 items
Television coverage of floor proceedings, 1986-90.
SEE UNDER 46.22.2.
46.26 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
1975-76
65 items
Meetings, seminars, and interviews, Commission on the Operation of the Senate, 1975-76.
46.27 MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS (GENERAL)
SEE UNDER 46.13, 46.19, and 46.22.2.Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
3 volumes, 2428 pages.
This Web version is updated from time to time to include records processed since 1995.