Guide to Federal Records

Records of the United States Senate

(Record Group 46)
1789-1990
23,058 cu. ft.

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)

46.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

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.

RECORDS

RECORD TYPES	RECORD LOCATIONS	QUANTITIES
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
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
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
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
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
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.

Committee	Volume	Dates	Congresses
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)

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)

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.

SEE UNDER 46.11 and 46.22.2.

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.
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