United States Congressional Serial Set 
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Description: The United States Congressional Serial Set contains all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the US Senate and House of Representatives from the 15th Congress to the 87th Congress, 2nd session, 1817 - 1962 (Serial Set Volumes 1 - 12427). The database, when completed, will constitute a rich collection of full text primary source material on all aspects of American History, covering from the 15th through the 96th Congresses (1817–1980) and consisting of approximately 13,800 volumes with over 12 million pages. For more information on the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, visit the U.S. Congressional Serial Set: What Is It and Its History.
Documents before 1817 may also be found in the American State Papers provided by the Library of Congress American Memory. Also see the Library of Congress print and microform holdings of the Checklist of United States Public Documents . For other full text hearings, reports and documents, see the following sites:
- Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States
- Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations ( McCarthy Hearings 1953-54 ). Site also contains Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Prints, 107th Congress.
- Senate Publications Related to Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton
- Commemorative Joint Meeting of the Congress of the United States In Remembrance of the Victims and Heroes of September 11, 2001
- U.S. Congressional Committee Materials Online via GPO Access containing links to: House and Senate Committees; Calendars; Documents, Publications and Reports; and Rules & Procedures.
List of LC holdings for other editions of the Serial Set.
Coverage: 1817-1980
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Other Related Links:
American Memory: U.S Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
An Overview of the Development of U.S. Congressional Committees
Overview of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Sessions of Congress With Corresponding Debate Record Volume Numbers (1789- )
Table of Congressional Publication Volumes and Presidential Issuances (1789- )
U.S. Congressional Serial Set (GPO Access)
