Records of the United States House of Representatives
(Record Group 233)
1789-1990
33,059 cu. ft.
Table of Contents
- 233.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
- 233.2 GENERAL RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES 1789-1988 8,442 lin. ft.
- 233.3 RECORDS OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE 1820-1988
313 lin. ft.
- 233.4 RECORDS OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
1865-1988 403 lin. ft.
- 233.5 RECORDS OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1822-1988 1,813 lin. ft.
- 233.6 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO BANKING
AND CURRENCY 1864-1988 338 lin. ft.
- 233.7 RECORDS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 1974-88
164 lin. ft.
- 233.8 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO CLAIMS
1794-1946 1,481 lin. ft.
- 233.9 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO COMMERCE
1795-1988 1,004 lin. ft.
- 233.10 RECORDS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE
1808-1988 281 lin. ft.
- 233.11 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO EDUCATION
AND LABOR 1867-1988 424 lin. ft.
- 233.12 RECORDS OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1810-1988 1,435 lin. ft.
- 233.13 RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1814-1988 3,601 lin. ft.
- 233.14 RECORDS OF THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1789-1988 1,667 lin. ft.
- 233.15 RECORDS OF THE INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1805-1988 1,968 lin. ft.
- 233.16 RECORDS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND
RELATED COMMITTEES 1813-1988 5,755 lin. ft.
- 233.17 RECORDS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES
COMMITTEE 1877-1986 1,197 lin. ft.
- 233.18 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO THE
POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE 1808-1988 434 lin. ft.
- 233.19 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO PUBLIC
WORKS 1815-1988 853 lin. ft.
- 233.20 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES 1849-50,
1880-1988 144 lin. ft.
- 233.21 RECORDS OF THE SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS
COMMITTEE 1958-88 144 lin. ft.
- 233.22 RECORDS OF SELECT COMMITTEES 1789-1909,
1917-88 1,762 lin. ft.
- 233.22.1 Records of select committees, 1st-60th
Congresses (1789- 1909)
- 233.22.2 Records of select committees, 61st-100th
Congresses (1909-88)
- 233.23 RECORDS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1975-88 51 lin. ft.
- 233.24 RECORDS OF THE STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT
COMMITTEE 1969-88 205 lin. ft.
- 233.25 RECORDS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL
SECURITY AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1938-75 2,301 lin. ft.
- 233.25.1 Records of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-45)
- 233.25.2 Records of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1945-69) and the House Committee on Internal Security
(1969-75)
- 233.26 RECORDS OF THE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEES
1924-88 668 lin. ft.
- 233.27 RECORDS OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1793-1988 1,905 lin. ft.
- 233.28 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL) 1828-1930
396 items
- 233.29 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
- 233.30 VIDEO RECORDINGS (GENERAL) 1983-90 3,591
items
- 233.31 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
- 233.32 MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS (GENERAL)
- 233.33 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1880-96 208 images
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 Senate. Has sole power of impeachment. Originates revenue bills, and by custom, appropriation bills. Elects the President in the event no candidate receives the votes of a majority of the electors.
Finding Aids: Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1999: On-Line Edition. Charles E. Schamel, Mary Rephlo, Rodney Ross, David Kepley, Robert W. Coren, and James Gregory Bradsher, comps., Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition (1989). Buford Rowland, Handy B. Fant, and Harold E. Hufford, comps., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1946, PI 113 (1959). Jose D. Lizardo, comp., "Inventory of the Records of the House of Representatives, 80th-87th Congress," (unpublished). Buford Rowland, Jose D. Lizardo, and George P. Perros, comps., Printed Hearings of the House of Representatives Found Among Its Committee Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1824-1958, SL 33 (1974).
Security-Classified Records: This record group may include material that is security-classified.
Specific Restrictions: As specified by House Resolution 5 (Congressional Record, 101st Cong., 1st sess., 1989, 135, pt. 1:72), records under the jurisdiction of the House are open to research after 30 years, except investigative records containing personal data, administrative records relating to personnel, records from hearings that are closed under rule 11 (now House Rule 7), and records for which access is specially designated by order of a committee. Records less than 30 years old that were made public before being transferred to the Archives are considered open.
Related Records:
- Record copies of publications of the various committees of the United States House of Representatives in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.
- Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46.
- Records of Joint Committees of Congress, RG 128.
- 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.
RECORDS
RECORD TYPES | RECORD LOCATIONS | QUANTITIES |
---|---|---|
Textual Records | National Archives Building | 30,744 cu. ft. |
Maps and Charts | College Park | 1,200 items |
Motion Pictures | College Park | 65 reels |
Video Recordings | College Park | 3,627 items |
Sound Recordings | Washington Area | 1 item |
College Park | 1,011 items | |
Machine-Readable Records | College Park | 852 data sets |
Still Pictures | College Park | 314 images |
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.
233.2 GENERAL RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1789-1988
8,442 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Journals of legislative proceedings and minute books, 1789-1988. Original House bills, 1789-1988. Committee reports, 1861-1988. Original House documents, 1847-1988. Messages from the President, 1789-1988. Reports and communications, 1789- 1988. Committee papers of the Committee of the Whole, 1789-1988. Petitions and memorials of the Committee of the Whole, 1789-1988. Accompanying papers, 1789-1988. Tabled petitions and memorials, 1789-1988. Roll call votes, 1813-15. Records of the Office of the Clerk of the House, including record books, reports, and indexes, 1789-1988. Records of impeachment proceedings, 1789-1974.
Microfilm Publications: M1264, M1265, M1404.
233.3 RECORDS OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
1820-1988
313 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions and memorials, committee papers, bill files, Executive communications, reports, correspondence, and hearing transcripts, 1820-1988.
Related Records: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, RG 16. Records of the Forest Service, RG 95.
233.4 RECORDS OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
1865-1988
403 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Petitions, memorials, committee papers, minute books, docket books, bill files, and correspondence of the committee and its subcommittees as follows:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Appropriations | 351 ft. | 1865-1988 | 39th-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On the Works Progress Administration | 48 ft. | 1939-40 | 76th |
To Investigate Subversive Activities | 5 ft. | 1943-44 | 78th |
Finding Aids: George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives: Subcommittee on the Works Progress Administration, 1939-41, PI 107 (1958).
233.5 RECORDS OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND ITS PREDECESSORS
1822-1988
1,813 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Military Affairs | 204 ft. | 1822-1946 | 17th-79th |
On the Militia | 3 ft. | 1835-1911 | 24th-67th |
On Naval Affairs | 65 ft. | 1822-1946 | 17th-79th |
On Armed Services | 1,440 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Procurement | 7 ft. | 1951-52 | 82d |
On Defense Activities | 19 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
On Special Investigations | 73 ft. | 1955-68 | 84th-90th |
Finding Aids: George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of Records of the Military Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives Relating to an Investigation of the War Department, 1934-36, PI 80 (1955).
233.6 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO BANKING AND CURRENCY
1864-1988
338 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Banking and Currency | 355 ft. | 1865-1988 | 39th-100th |
On Coinage, Weights, and Measures | 10 ft. | 1864-1946 | 38th-79th |
233.7 RECORDS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
1974-88
164 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Hearings, newspaper clippings, memorandums, and correspondence, 1974-88.
233.8 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO CLAIMS
1794-1946
1,481 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Bill files, petitions, memorials, committee papers, bound reports, minute books, docket books, individual claims, and case files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Claims | 363 ft. | 1794-1946 | 3d-79th |
On Revolutionary Pensions | 6 ft. | 1813-25 | 13th-19th |
On Military Pensions | 7 ft. | 1825-31 | 19th-21st |
On Invalid Pensions | 669 ft. | 1831-1946 | 21st-79th |
On Revolutionary Pensions | 24 ft. | 1831-80 | 21st-46th |
On Pensions | 148 ft. | 1880-1946 | 46th-79th |
On Revolutionary Claims | 19 ft. | 1825-73 | 19th-42d |
On War Claims | 224 ft. | 1873-1946 | 43d-79th |
On Private Land Claims | 21 ft. | 1816-1911 | 14th-62d |
Related Records: Records of the Committee on the Judiciary include additional claims records among the petitions and memorials, 1813-65; accompanying papers, 1865-1903; general bill files, 1903-46; and Claims Subcommittee bills files, 1947-68. SEE 233.16.
233.9 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO COMMERCE
1795-1988
1,004 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Petitions, memorials, committee papers, minute books, docket books, and bill files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Commerce and Manufactures | 5 ft. | 1795-1819 | 4th-15th |
On Manufactures | 10 ft. | 1819-1911 | 16th-61st |
On Commerce | 74 ft. | 1819-92 | 16th-51st |
On Interstate and Foreign Commerce | 342 ft. | 1892-1968 | 252d-90th |
On Industrial Arts and Expositions | 3 ft. | 1903-27 | 58th-69th |
On Energy and Commerce | 571 ft. | 1969-88 | 91st-100th |
233.10 RECORDS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE
1808-1988
281 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files, 1808-1988.
233.11 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO EDUCATION AND LABOR
1867-1988
424 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Education and Labor | 1 ft. | 1867-83 | 40th-48th |
On Education | 13 ft. | 1883-1946 | 48th-79th |
On Labor | 26 ft. | 1883-1946 | 48th-79th |
On Education and Labor | 385 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
233.12 RECORDS OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND ITS PREDECESSORS
1810-1988
1,435 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Foreign Affairs, and Predecessor Select Committees | 1,435 ft. | 1810-1988 | 11th-100th |
233.13 RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND ITS PREDECESSORS
1814-1988
3,601 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, bill files, minutes, and bound reports of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Public Expenditures | 4 ft. | 1814-80 | 13th-46th |
On Expenditures in the Navy Department | 1 ft. | 1816-1927 | 14th-69th |
On Expenditures in the Post Office Department | 13 ft. | 1816-1927 | 14th-69th |
On Expenditures in the Treasury Department | 4 ft. | 1816-1927 | 14th-69th |
On Expenditures in the State Department | 3 ft. | 1816-1927 | 14th-69th |
On Expenditures in the War Department | 25 ft. | 1816-1927 | 14th-69th |
On Expenditures on the Public Buildings | 2 ft. | 1816-1927 | 14th-69th |
On Expenditures in the Interior Department | 3 ft. | 1860-1927 | 36th-69th |
On Expenditures in the Justice Department | 2 ft. | 1874-1927 | 43d-69th |
On Expenditures in the Agriculture Department | 3 ft. | 1889-1927 | 51st-69th |
On Expenditures in the Executive Departments | 134 ft. | 1927-52 | 70th-82d |
On Government Operations | 3,074 ft. | 1952-88 | 82d-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Federal Relations with International Organizations | 3 ft. | 1949-52 | 81st-82d |
On Government Operations | 13 ft. | 1949-52 | 81st-82d |
On Intergovernmental Relations | 13 ft. | 1949-52 | 81st-82d |
On Paroles | 1 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Procurement and Public Buildings | 20 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Surplus Property | 28 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Publicity and Propaganda | 12 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Investigating the Home Loan Board | 10 ft. | 1951-52 | 82d |
On Executive and Legislative Reorganization | 38 ft. | 1955-68 | 84th-90th |
On Foreign Operations and Government Information | 3 ft. | 1963-68 | 88th-90th |
On Foreign Operations and Monetary Affairs | 8 ft. | 1955-62 | 83d-87th |
On Government Activities | 24 ft. | 1957-69 | 85th-90th |
On Intergovernmental Relations | 20 ft. | 1953-68 | 83d-90th |
On International Operations | 29 ft. | 1953-58 | 83d-85th |
On Legal and Monetary Affairs | 18 ft. | 1955-68 | 84th-90th |
On Military Operations | 30 ft. | 1953-68 | 83d-90th |
On National Resources and Power | 4 ft. | 1963-68 | 88th-90th |
On Public Works and Resources | 16 ft. | 1955-58 | 84th-85th |
On Research and Technical Programs | 20 ft. | 1965-68 | 89th-90th |
On Special Studies | 12 ft. | 1967-68 | 90th |
On Government Information | 7 ft. | 1957-62 | 85th-87th |
233.14 RECORDS OF THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE AND ITS PREDECESSORS
1789-1988
1,667 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, bill files, record or enrollment books, and bound volumes of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Elections | 279 ft. | 1789-1946 | 1st-79th |
On Election of the President, Vice President, and Representatives, in Congress | 7 ft. | 1893-1946 | 53d-79th |
On Enrolled Bills | 9 ft. | 1876-1946 | 44th-79th |
On the Library | 25 ft. | 1806-1946 | 9th-79th |
On Accounts | 9 ft. | 1803-1946 | 8th-79th |
On Printing | 12 ft. | 1846-1947 | 29th-79th |
On House Administration | 1,011 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Accounts | 185 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
On Elections | 57 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
On Printing | 16 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
On Library, Enrolled Bills, Disposition of Executive Papers, and Memorials | 50 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
On Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment | 2 ft. | 1955-68 | 84th-90th |
On Contracts | 2 ft. | 1965-68 | 89th-90th |
To Study Federal Printing and Paperwork | 2 ft. | 1955-58 | 84th-85th |
On Audits | 1 ft. | 1959-64 | 86th-88th |
233.15 RECORDS OF THE INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND ITS PREDECESSORS
1805-1988
1,968 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Public Lands* | 86 ft. | 1805-1951 | 9th-81st |
On Indian Affairs | 74 ft. | 1821-1946 | 17th-79th |
On Territories* | 38 ft. | 1825-1946 | 19th-79th |
On Mines and Mining | 14 ft. | 1865-1946 | 39th-79th |
On Pacific Railroads | 6 ft. | 1865-1911 | 37th-61st |
On Irrigation and Reclamation | 13 ft. | 1893-1946 | 53d-79th |
On Insular Affairs | 12 ft. | 1899-1946 | 56th-79th |
On Interior and Insular Affairs | 1,734 ft. | 1951-88 | 82d-100th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions.
Maps (784 items): Printed, annotated, and manuscript maps used by the Subcommittee on Public Lands, 1975-85, including those used in the 1983 Asset Management Study proposed by the Reagan administration to show potential sales of federal lands; those showing proposed boundaries of wilderness areas, such as those of the California Roadless Area Review and Evaluation II (RARE II) studies; and others relating to such topics as geothermal areas, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and possible MX missile sites. SEE ALSO 233.28.
Photographic Prints (78 images): Views of Round Pond, Wharton, and Enid, OK, taken in conjunction with the Oklahoma Railroad Bill, from the records of the House Committee on Territories, 1893-94 (TE, TRP, TW). SEE ALSO 233.33.
233.16 RECORDS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND RELATED COMMITTEES
1813-1988
5,755 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Patents | 45 ft. | 1837-1946 | 25th-79th |
On Immigration and Naturalization | 89 ft. | 1893-1946 | 53d-79th |
On Revision of Laws | 2 ft. | 1868-1946 | 40th-79th |
On Alcoholic Liquor Traffic | 3 ft. | 1879-1927 | 46th-69th |
On the Judiciary | 5,048 ft. | 1813-1988 | 13th-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
No. 1 (Immigration and Naturalization) | 145 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
No. 5 (Antitrust) | 309 ft. | 1947-68 | 80th-90th |
To Investigate Immigration and Naturalization Problems | 2 ft. | 1949-50 | 81st |
To Investigate the Justice Department | 29 ft. | 1951-54 | 82d-83d |
On Submerged Lands | 2 ft. | 1955-56 | 84th |
On State Taxation of Interstate Commerce | 26 ft. | 1961-68 | 87th-90th |
On Reapportionment | 2 ft. | 1963-64 | 88th |
On Civil Rights | 2 ft. | 1965-66 | 89th |
On Judicial Behavior | 4 ft. | 1965-66 | 89th |
Note: Records of subcommittees 2-4 are among the full committee records.
Machine-Readable Records (1 data set): Records relating to the Judiciary Committee Inquiry into the Impeachment of President Nixon, prepared for use of the House Committee by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Ervin Committee), and consisting of a master data base of abstracts for each item of evidence or session of testimony, 1973-74, with supporting documentation. SEE ALSO 233.32.
233.17 RECORDS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE
1877-1986
1,197 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files, 1877-1986.
233.18 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO THE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
1808-1988
434 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Post Office and Post Roads | 149 ft. | 1808-1946 | 10th-79th |
On Reform in the Civil Service | 19 ft. | 1893-1924 | 53d-68th |
On the Civil Service | 25 ft. | 1924-46 | 68th-79th |
On the Census | 2 ft. | 1901-46 | 57th-79th |
On Post Office and Civil Service | 239 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
233.19 RECORDS OF COMMITTEES RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS
1815-1988
853 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees and subcommittees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Roads and Canals | 7 ft. | 1815-69 | 14th-40th |
On Railways and Canals | 4 ft. | 1869-1927 | 41st-70th |
On Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River | 1 ft. | 1877-1911 | 45th-61st |
On Rivers and Harbors* | 50 ft. | 1883-1946 | 48th-79th |
On Flood Control | 9 ft. | 1916-46 | 64th-79th |
On Public Buildings and Grounds | 55 ft. | 1819-1946 | 16th-79th |
On Roads | 6 ft. | 1913-46 | 63d-79th |
On Public Works | 645 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
To Investigate Questionable Trade Practices | 29 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
On Federal Highway Program | 11 ft. | 1951-52 | 82d |
On Roads | 3 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
1951-68 | 82d-90th | ||
On Public Buildings and Grounds | 1 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
1951-68 | 82d-90th | ||
On Federal-Aid Highway Program | 9 ft. | 1965-68 | 89th-90th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions.
Maps and Charts (20 items): Printed maps and charts used by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, 1880-1900. SEE ALSO 233.28.
233.20 RECORDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
1849-50, 1880-1988
144 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files, 1849-50, 1880-1988.
233.21 RECORDS OF THE SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS COMMITTEE
1958-88
144 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files, 1958-88.
233.22 RECORDS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
1789-1909, 1917-88
1,762 lin. ft.
233.22.1 Records of select committees, 1st-60th Congresses (1789-1909)
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, reports, resolutions, bills, amendments, affidavits, transcripts of hearings, correspondence, and other records of select committees on various subjects, 1789- 1909.
233.22.2 Records of select committees, 61st-100th Congresses, (1909-88)
Textual Records: Minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, reports, resolutions, bills, amendments, affidavits, transcripts of hearings, correspondence, and other records of the following select committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
To Investigate Conditions Interfering With Interstate Commerce Between Illinois and Missouri | 2 ft. | 1917-18 | 65th |
To Investigate Contracts and Expenditures Made by the War Department During the War | 110 ft. | 1919-21 | 66th |
On U.S. Shipping Board Operations | 13 ft. | 1919-21 | 66th-67th |
To Investigate the Preparation, Distribution, Sale, Payment, Retirement, Surrender, Cancellation, and Destruction of Government Bonds and Other Securities | 2 ft. | 1924-25 | 68th |
Of Inquiry into Operation of the U.S. Air Services | 21 ft. | 1924-25 | 68th-69th |
To Investigate Campaign Expenditures | 81 ft. | 1928 | 70th |
On Conservation of Wildlife Resources | 9 ft. | 1934-46 | 73d-79th |
On Un-American Activities Authorized to Investigate Nazi Propaganda and Certain Other Propaganda Activities | 21 ft. | 1934-35 | 73d-74th |
To Investigate Real Estate Bondholders' Reorganizations | 247 ft. | 1934-38 | 73d-75th |
On Government Organization | 6 ft. | 1937-41 | 75th-76th |
To Investigate the National Labor Relations Board | 91 ft. | 1939-40 | 76th |
To Investigate National Defense Migration | 65 ft. | 1940-43 | 76th-78th |
To Investigate Air Accidents | 24 ft. | 1941-43 | 77th-78th |
To Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond the Scope of Their Authority | 37 ft. | 1943-46 | 78th-79th |
On Postwar Economic Policy and Planning | 1 ft. | 1944-46 | 78th-79th |
On Postwar Military Policy | 10 ft. | 1944-46 | 78th-79th |
To Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company | 1 ft. | 1944 | 78th |
To Investigate the Federal Communications Commission | 45 ft. | 1943-45 | 78th |
To Investigate the Disposition of Surplus Property | 10 ft. | 1946 | 79th |
On Foreign Aid | 50 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
To Investigate Commodity Transactions | 12 ft. | 1947-48 | 80th |
To Investigate the Federal Communications Commission | 8 ft. | 1948 | 80th |
On Lobbying Activities | 22 ft. | 1949-50 | 81st |
To Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Food and Cosmetics | 25 ft. | 1950-52 | 81st-82d |
To Investigate Educational, Training, and Loan Guaranty Programs Under the G.I. Bill | 25 ft. | 1950-52 | 81st-82d |
To Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre | 10 ft. | 1951-52 | 82d |
To Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations | 60 ft. | 1952-54 | 82d-83d |
To Investigate Communist Aggression Against Poland and Hungary** | |||
On Communist Aggression* | 22 ft. | 1953-54 | 83d |
On Survivor Benefits | 1 ft. | 1954-55 | 83d-84th |
On Export Control | 5 ft. | 1961-62 | 87th |
On Government Research | 46 ft. | 1963-64 | 88th |
To Investigate Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.* | 8 ft. | 1967 | 90th |
On Intelligence (Pike Committee)+ | 1 ft. | 1952-76 | 94th |
On Assassinations*+ | 400 ft. | 1976-79 | 94th-96th |
On Aging | 157 ft. | 1977-88 | 95th-100th |
* SEE ALSO nontextual descriptions.
** Nontextual holdings only.
+ Portions relating to President Kennedy's assassination are
administered by the National Archives as part of the
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection,
described UNDER 272.1 Note.
Microfilm Publications: M1167.
Motion Pictures (49 reels): Testimony of witnesses before the Select Committee to Investigate Communist Aggression Against Poland and Hungary (Kersten Committee), 1954 (39 reels). Interviews with witnesses, testimony, hearings and proceedings, and exhibits created by or submitted to the House Select Committee on Assassinations during its investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963-78 (10 reels). SEE ALSO 233.29.
Video Recordings (36 items): Interviews with witnesses, testimony, hearings and proceedings, and exhibits created by or submitted to the House Select Committee on Assassinations during its investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963-78. SEE ALSO 233.30.
Sound Recordings (965 items): Interviews with witnesses, testimony, hearings and proceedings, and exhibits created by or submitted to the House Select Committee on Assassinations during its investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963-78 (964 items). SEE ALSO the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection. "Keep the Faith, Baby," as recorded by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., January 1967, from the records of the House Select Committee to Investigate Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1 item, in Washington Area). SEE ALSO 233.31.
Machine-Readable Records (851 data sets): Records of the House Select Committee on Assassinations relating to its investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 1976-79, with supporting documentation. SEE ALSO 233.32 and the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection.
Photographic Prints (28 images): Soil erosion and wharf damage, Mississippi River, New Orleans, LA, from the records of the House Select Committee Relative to Appropriations for the Improvement of the Mississippi River, 1881 (NO). SEE ALSO 233.33.
Finding Aids: George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the House of Representatives Select Committee of Inquiry into Operations of the United States Air Services, 1924-35, PI 108 (1958). Jose D. Lizardo, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate Real Estate Bondholders' Reorganizations, 1934-38, PI 96 (1956). George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives Investigating National Defense Migration, 1940-43, PI 71 (1954). George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives to Investigate Air Accidents, 1941-43, PI 67 (1954). George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives to Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond the Scope of Their Authority, 1943-46, PI 84 (1955). George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of Records of Certain Committees of the House of Representatives Investigating the Disposal of Surplus Property, 1946-48, PI 65 (1954). George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives on Foreign Aid, 1947-48, PI 111 (1958).
233.23 RECORDS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1975-88
51 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Printed committee hearings, reports, transcripts, and bill files, 1975-88.
233.24 RECORDS OF THE STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE
1969-88
205 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Memorandums, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and committee papers, 1969-88.
233.25 RECORDS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY AND ITS PREDECESSORS
1938-75
2,301 lin. ft.
233.25.1 Records of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-45)
Textual Records: Correspondence, transcripts of hearings, and investigative records, 1938-45.
233.25.2 Records of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1945-69) and the House Committee on Internal Security (1969-75)
Textual Records: Minutes of committee and subcommittee meetings, 1947-74. Records of the Administrative Section, including committee correspondence, records of the staff director, subject files, personnel files, and press releases, 1949-75. Records of the Editorial Section, 1946-75. Subject area reference files and other records of the Files and Reference Section, 1938-75. Records of the Financial Secretary, 1947-75. Investigative and other records of the Investigative Section, 1945-75. Records of the Research Section, 1945-74.
Motion Pictures (16 reels): Exhibits at hearings on Students for a Democratic Society, 1969; on the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1970; and on the theory and practice of Communism, 1972. SEE ALSO 233.29.
Sound Recordings (47 items): Ku Klux Klan meetings, offered as exhibits at committee hearings, 1965 (8 items). Interviews or speeches of members of Congress and prominent public figures, "Moscow Mail Bag" interviews, and interviews concerning the DuBois Clubs of America; press conference of students returning from Cuba; Oswald-Butler debate; and radio broadcasts, 1946-64 (39 items). SEE ALSO 233.31.
233.26 RECORDS OF THE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEES
1924-88
668 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Minutes, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the following committees:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On World War Veterans Legislation | 65 ft. | 1924-46 | 68th-79th |
On Veterans' Affairs | 605 ft. | 1947-88 | 80th-100th |
233.27 RECORDS OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1793-1988
1,905 lin. ft.
Textual Records: Transcribed reports, minute books, docket books, petitions, memorials, committee papers, and bill files of the committee and its subcommittees as follows:
Committee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
---|---|---|---|
On Ways and Means | 1,849 ft. | 1793-1988 | 3d-100th |
Subcommittee | Volume | Dates | Congresses |
On Administration of Internal Revenue Laws | 59 ft. | 1950-53 | 81st-83d |
233.28 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)
1828-1930
396 items
Maps: Manuscript maps showing routes of federal troops, 1858 (1 item). Published maps prepared to accompany House documents, 1828-1930 (395 items).
SEE Maps and Charts UNDER 233.19. SEE Maps UNDER 233.15.
Finding Aids: Martin P. Claussen and Herman R. Friis, comps., Descriptive Catalog of Maps Published by Congress, 1817-1843 (1943).
233.29 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
SEE UNDER 233.22.2 and 233.25.2.
233.30 VIDEO RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
1983-90
3,591 items
Television coverage of floor proceedings, 1983-90.
SEE UNDER 233.22.2.
233.31 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
SEE UNDER 233.22.2 and 233.25.2.
233.32 MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS (GENERAL)
SEE UNDER 233.16 and 233.22.2.
233.33 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL)
1880-96
208 images
Photographic Prints (208 images): Wharves and harbor, Bridgeport, CT; demolition of Flood Rock in Hell Gate channel, New York, NY; sinking of the vessel, Susan E. Peck, St. Marys River, MI; and lithograph of Representative John E. Russell of Massachusetts, 1880-93 (M, 8 images). Women of the Board of Lady Managers, supervisors of all aspects of 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL, concerning women; and views of fine arts exhibits, 1896 (WE, 200 images).
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.