Guide to the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives (Record Group 46)
- Table of Contents: Short form (original
table of contents with chapter titles only)
- Table of Contents: Detailed (provides links the standing committee descriptions)
Table of Contents: Detailed (with links to standing committee descriptions)
| Introduction | General Introduction |
| Chapter 1 | An Introduction to Research in the Records of Congress |
| Background | |
| Research Strategies | |
| Other Sources | |
| Chapter 2 | Records of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and Related Committees, 1825-1988 |
| General Introduction | |
| Agriculture (1825-83) | |
| Agriculture and Forestry (1883-1968) (1885-1911) | |
| Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (1896-1921) | |
| Chapter 3 | Records of the Committee on Appropriations, 1867-1968 |
| Appropriations (1867-1968) | |
| Chapter 4 | Records of the Committee on Armed Services and its Predecessors, 1816-1968 |
| Military Affairs (1816-1946) | |
| Militia (1816-57) | |
| Naval Affairs (1816-1946) | |
| Coast Defenses (1885-1911) | |
| Armed Services (1947-68) | |
| Chapter 5 | Records of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 1914-1968 |
| Banking and Currency (1913-68) | |
| Chapter 6 | Records of the Committee on Claims and Other Claims Committees, 1816-1946 |
| General Introduction | |
| Claims (1816-1946) | |
| Private Land Claims (1826-1921) | |
| Revolutionary Claims (1832-1921) | |
| Chapter 7 | Records of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Related Committees, 1816-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Commerce and Manufactures (1816-25) | |
| Commerce (1825-1946) | |
| Manufactures (1825-1946) | |
| Pacific Railroads (1863-73) | |
| Railroads (1873-1921) | |
| Pacific Railroads (Select and Standing (1889-1921) | |
| Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (1879-1921) | |
| Mississippi River and Its Tributaries ( 1879-1921) | |
| Interoceanic Canals 1899-1946) | |
| Fisheries (1804-1921) | |
| Industrial Expositions (1899-1921) | |
| Standards, Weights and Measures (1909-1921) | |
| Interstate Commerce (1887-1946) | |
| Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1946-1961) | |
| Commerce (1961-1968) | |
| Aeronautical and Space Sciences (1958-1976) | |
| Chapter 8 | Records of the Committee on the District of Columbia, 1816-1968 |
| District of Columbia (1816-1968) | |
| Chapter 9 | Records of the Committee on Finance and Related Records, 1816-1968 |
| Finance (1816-1968) | |
| Pensions (1816-1946) | |
| Chapter 10 | Records on the Committee on Foreign Relations, 1816-1968 |
| Foreign Relations (1817-1968) | |
| Treaty Files (1789-1968) | |
| Chapter 11 | Records of the Committee on Governmental Affairs and Related Committees, 1842-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Minor Standing Expenditure Committees (1887-1946) | |
| Expenditures in Executive Departments (1947-1952) | |
| Government Operations (1952-1968) | |
| Chapter 12 | Records of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Predecessor Committees, 1816-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Public Lands (1816-1921, 1947-1948) | |
| Public Lands and Surveys (1921-1946) | |
| Geological Survey (1899-1921) | |
| Indian Affairs (1820-1946) | |
| Indian Depredations (1893-1921) | |
| Territories (1844-1921) | |
| Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (1899-1921) | |
| The Phillipines (1899-1921) | |
| Territories and Insular Affairs (1921-1946) | |
| Mines and Mining (1865-1946) | |
| Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (1891-1946) | |
| Conservation of Natural Resources (1909-1921) | |
| Interior and Insular Affairs (1949-1968) | |
| Chapter 13 | Records of the Committee on the Judiciary and Related Committees, 1816-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Judiciary (1816-1968) | |
| Revision of Laws (1869-1928) | |
| Patents (1837-1946) | |
| Woman Suffrage (Select and Standing) (1881-1921) | |
| Immigration (1889-1946) | |
| Chapter 14 | Records of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and Related Committees, 1869-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Education (1869-1870) | |
| Education and Labor (1870-1946) | |
| Epidemic Diseases (Select and Standing) (1878-1896) | |
| Public Health and the National Quarantine (1896-1921) | |
| To Establish a National University (Select and Standing) (1895-1921) | |
| Labor and Public Welfare (1947-68) | |
| Chapter 15 | Records of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and Related Committees, 1816-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Post Office and Post Roads (1816-1947) | |
| Post Office and Civil Service (1947-1968) | |
| Civil Service and Retrenchment (1873-1921) | |
| Civil Service (1921-1946) | |
| Census and its predecessors (1878-1921) | |
| Chapter 16 | Records of the Committee on Environment and Public Works and Related Committees, 1820-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Roads and Canals (1820-1857) | |
| Public Buildings and Grounds (1838-1946) | |
| Public Works (1947-1968) | |
| Chapter 17 | Records of the Committee on Rules and Administration and Related Committees, 1789-1968 |
| General Introduction | |
| Enrolled Bills (1789-1946) | |
| Audit and Control of Contingent Expenses of the Senate (1807-1946) | |
| Printing (1841-1946) | |
| Library (1849-1946) | |
| Privileges and Elections (1871-1946) | |
| Rules (1874-1946) | |
| Rules and Administration (1947-1968) | |
| Chapter 18 | Records of Senate Select Committees, 1789-1968 |
| Chapter 19 | Records of Joint Committees of Congress (Record Group 128) |
| Chapter 20 | General Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789-1968 |
| Chapter 21 | Records Relating to Executive Proceedings and Impeachments, 1789-1987 |
| Chapter 22 | Records of the United States Senate, 1969-1988 |
| Appendices: | |
| A. Majority Leaders (U.S. Senate website) | |
| B. Minority Leaders (U.S. Senate website) | |
| C. Secretaries of the Senate (U.S. Senate website) | |
| D. Select Bibliography | |
| E. Glossary of Legislative and Archival Terms | |
| F. Dates of the Sessions of the U.S. Congress, 1789-1988 | |
| G. National Archives Finding Aids to Senate Records | |
| H. National Archives Microfilm Publications of Senate Records |
Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to the Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition (Doct. No. 100-42). By Robert W. Coren, Mary Rephlo, David Kepley, and Charles South. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1989.
