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.