CPR Projects: Congressional Archives - Selected Bibliography
CONGRESSIONAL ARCHIVES: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
compiled by Cynthia Pease Miller
BACKGROUND AND STATISTICAL MATERIAL
Bacon, Donald C., Roger H. Davidson, and Morton Keller. The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. 4 volumes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Barone, Michael and Grant Ujifusa. The Almanac of American Politics. Washington, DC: National Journal. Published biennially.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989.
Byrd, Robert. C. The Senate, 1789-1989. 4 volumes. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
Congressional Information Service. U.S. Serial Set Index and Microfiche. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1980.
__________. U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index and Microfiche Collection. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1980.
__________. Unpublished Hearings of House and Senate Committees. A continuing series of materials open under the twenty and thirty-year limitation of the Senate and House, respectively. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, Inc.
__________. Senate Executive Documents and Reports Covering Documents and Reports Not Printed in the US Serial Set, 1817-1969. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1987.
__________. Index to Publications of the U.S. Congress and CIS/Microfiche Library. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1994.
__________. Congressional Member Organizations and Caucuses: Publications and Policy Materials. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1994.
__________. Reports Required by Congress: CIS Guide to Executive Communications and companion microfiche collection. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1995
Congressional Committees, 1789-1982: A Checklist, compiled by Walter Stubbs. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Published each Congress.
Congressional Pictorial Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Published each Congress.
Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Published daily when Congress is in session. Also available on microfiche.
Congressional Staff Directory. Mount Vernon, Va.: Staff Directories Ltd. Published annually.
Guide to Congress, 4th edition. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1992.
Guide to U.S. Elections, 3d edition. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1994.
History of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1994. Printed under the supervision of the Committee on House Administration. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1994.
Kennon, Donald R., ed. The Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives: A Bibliography, 1789-1984. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
Kennon, Donald R. and Rebecca M. Rogers. The Committee on Ways and Means: A Bicentennial History, 1789-1989. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989.
Martis, Kenneth C. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., The Free Press, 1982.
__________. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., The Free Press, 1989.
Miller, Cynthia Pease, ed. Guide to Research Collections of Former Members of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1987. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1988.
Morehead, Joe. Introduction to United States Public Documents, 2d ed. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1978.
National Archives and Records Administration. Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989.
__________. Guide to the Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989.
Nelson, Garrison with Clark H. Bensen. Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992. 2 volumes. Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1994.
Ornstein, Norman J., Thomas E. Mann, and Michael J. Malbin. Vital Statistics on Congress, 1993-1994. Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1994.
Paul, Karen Dawley, ed. Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators, 1789-1994. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1995.
Politics in America. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press. Published biennially.
Quatannens, Jo Anne McCormick, ed. Senators of the United States, A Historical Bibliography. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1995.
Ragsdale, Bruce A. and Joel D. Treese. Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1990.
Silbey, Joel H., ed. The Congress of the United States 1789-1989. 23 volumes. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc., 1991.
Understanding Congress: Research Perspectives. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1991.
Who's Who in American Politics, 14th ed. 2 volumes. New Providence, N.J.: R.R. Bowker, 1993.
Women in the United States Congress. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1991.
Zwirn, Jerrold. Congressional Publications and Proceedings: Research on Legislation, Budgets, and Treaties, 2d ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1988.
SELECTED ARCHIVAL LITERATURE
Abraham, Terry, "Collection Policy or Documentation Strategy: Theory and Practice," American Archivist 54 (Winter 1991): 44-52.
Aronsson, Patricia, "Appraisal of Twentieth-Century Congressional Collections," in Nancy E. Peace, ed., Archival Choices: Managing the Historical Record in an Age of Abundance. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Company, 1984.
Baker, Richard A. "Managing Congressional Papers: A View of the Senate," American Archivist 41 (July 1978): 291-296.
Baker, Richard A., ed. Conference on the Research Use and Disposition of Senators' Papers: Proceedings, 1978.
Boccaccio, Mary. "Processing and Maintaining a Congressional Collection: The Congressional Papers Roundtable Survey," Provenance X, Numbers 1 and 2, 1992: p. 57.
Boccaccio, Mary and David W. Carmichael. Processing Congressional Collections. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference: Technical Leaflet Series Number 4, 1989.
Brown, Lauren R. "Present at the Tenth Hour: Appraising and Accessioning the Papers of Congresswoman Marjorie S. Holt," Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship, Volume 2, Number 2 (Fall 1987): 95-102.
Chestnut, Paul I. "Appraising the Papers of State Legislators," American Archivist 48 (Spring 1985): 159-172.
Condrey, Richard, Faye Phillips, and Tony Presti. "Buffalo on the Beaches: Electronic Imaging of Historical Sources," Provenance X, Numbers 1 and 2, 1992: p. 65.
Cross, James Edward. "The Science of Deduction: Dating and Identifying Photographs in 20th Century Political Collections." Provenance 6 (Spring 1988): 45-59.
__________, "Neither Fish nor Fowl: The Thurmond Collection as Both Repository and Records Center and Its Effect on the Appraisal Process," Provenance X, Numbers 1 and 2, 1992: p. 35.
Cross, James Edward and Marsha McCurley. "Clemson University Thurmond Speeches Series Indexing Projects," American Archivist 57 (Spring 1994): 352-363.
Gallagher, Connell B. "A Repository Archivist on Capitol Hill," The Midwestern Archivist Volume XVI, Number 1, 1991. p. 49-58.
Gallant, Gregory P., ed. The 1994 Congressional Papers Conference: Proceedings and Reports. Sponsored by the Northwood University Margaret Chase Smith Library.
Goldstein, Susan. "Appraising a Retiring Senator's Papers: A View from the Staff of Senator Alan Cranston," Provenance X, Numbers 1 and 2, 1992: p. 27.
Greene, Mark A. "Appraisal of Congressional Records at the Minnesota Historical Society: A Case Study," Archival Issues, Volume 19, Number 1, 1994: 31-43.
Haller, Uli. "Variations in the Processing Rates on the Magnuson and Jackson Senatorial Papers," American Archivist 41 (July 1978): 275-296.
Ham, F. Gerald. "Archival Choices: Managing the Historical Record in an Age of Abundance," American Archivist 48 (Winter 1984): 11-22.
Hanby, Alonzo L. and Edward Weldon, eds. Access to the Papers of Recent Public Figures: The New Harmony Conference. American Historical Association-Organization of American Historians-Society of American Archivists Committee on Historians and Archivists, 1977.
Lucas, Lydia, "Managing Congressional Papers: A Repository View," American Archivist 41 (July 1978): 275-280.
Mackaman, Frank H., "Managing Case Files in Congressional Collections: The Hazard of Prophecy," The Midwestern Archivist 4 (1979): 95-104.
Mackaman, Frank H., Project Director. Congressional Papers Project Report. Sponsored by the Dirksen Congressional Center and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1985. (Also known as the Harpers Ferry Conference Report)
Melvin, L. Rebecca Johnson. "Appraisal of Senator John Williams's Papers," Provenance X, Numbers 1 and 2, 1992: p. 41.
Menne-Haritz, Angelika. "Appraisal or Documentation: Can We Appraise Archives by Selecting Content?", American Archivist 57 (Summer 1994): 528-542.
Nelson, Anna K., ed. The Records of Federal Officials: A Selection of Materials from the National Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal Officials. New York: Garland Publishing, 1978.
Nelson, Naomi. "From 'Robo' Letters to e-mail: The Evolution of the Constituent Mail Function in the Senate." Congressional Papers Roundtable Newsletter, Society of American Archivists. April 1995.
Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Portfolio of Materials for Members' Offices.
Paul, Karen Dawley, Records Management Handbook for United States Senators and Their Archival Repositories. Senate Historical Office, 1992.
Paul, Karen Dawley, Project Director. The Documentation of Congress: Report of the Congressional Archivists Roundtable Task Force on Congressional Documentation. Senate Historical Office, 1992.
Phillips, Faye. "Developing Collecting Policies for Manuscript Collections," American Archivist 47 (Winter 1984): 30-42.
________ , "Harpers Ferry Revisited," Provenance 6 (Spring 1988): 26-44.
_________, "Congressional Papers Collecting Policies," American Archivist 58 (Summer 1995): 258-269.
---------, Congressional Papers: Appraising, Collecting, Arranging and Describing. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Co., Inc. Publishers, 1996.
Powers, Thomas E. "Processing as Reconstruction: The Philip A. Hart Senatorial Collection," American Archivist 46 (Spring 1983): 183-185.
Schlessinger, Kenneth and Marvin F. Russell. Identifying and Handling Classified Documents in Archives. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Technical Leaflet Series Number 7, 1992.
Society of American Archivists, Basic Manual Series and Archival Fundamentals Series.
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