Dirksen Center Projects
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: Contains a series of multi-media projects with resources on a variety of topics from civil rights to editorial cartoons. Projects listed include:
- Civil Rights Documentation Project - provides an accounting of law-making based on the unique archival resources housed at The Dirksen Congressional Center, including the collection of then-Senate Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-IL), widely credited with securing the passage of the bills.
- Editorial Cartoon Collection - Among the scores of cartoonists represented in the collection are Herblock, Gib Crockett, Hugo, Bill Mauldin, Gene Basset, Pat Oliphant, Al Capp, Wayne Stayskal, Jim Berry, Guernsey LePelley, Tom Engelhardt, Paul Conrad, and Jim Berryman. Topics covered include Vietnam, civil rights, Republican Party politics, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, reapportionment, Taft-Hartley 14(b), school prayer, Dirksen’s recording career, Senate procedures, congressional pay, and presidential appointments.
- The 1960s: A Multi-Media View from Capitol Hill - includes the minutes and press conferences (both print and audio) of the Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership, 1961-69.
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s):
Digital Archives & Collections
Publicly Available Resources
Related Databases
Black Thought and Culture
Declassified Documents Reference System
United States Congressional Serial Set
Related Links
American Memory
Civil Rights Digital Library ** http://crdl.usg.edu/voci/go/crdl/home/ **
Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights ** http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/usccr/index.asp **
United States Congressional Bibliographies ** http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/congbibs/ **
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