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CPR Congressional Resources
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Congressional Collections at Archival Repositories
The history of the U.S. Congress is documented in the official records of Congress, the private and personal papers of members of Congress, and many other sources. Official records and some personal papers are located at the National Archives, but most personal papers are geographically dispersed in repositories around the country.
Listed alphabetically by hosting institution/organization and by Member of Congress name, some sites found on the list of Congressional Collections at Archival Repositories provide detailed, collection-specific descriptions and other sites only mention congressional collections in the broader scope of their holdings.
- U.S. Congressional Bibliographies
A source for locating House and Senate committee hearings.
- U.S. Senate
Information about the U.S. Senate: directories and email access to members of the Senate, committee information, visiting the Senate, etc.
U.S. House of Representatives
Information about the House: the legislative process, schedules, who's who and how to contact them, organization of the House, committees, visitor information, citizen input, etc. - A Historian in a House Divided: A Personal View of Recent Congressional History, by John Lawrence, From the Public History column of the December 2008 issue of Perspectives on History.
- Records Management Manual for Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
A manual for House members and their staff on how to manage their records.
Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
The directory provides online access to biographies of all members of Congress since 1774, as well as updated versions of the House and Senate guides to research collections and bibliographies of Senators.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
Information from the Library of Congress about legislation and the U.S. Congress, including full text of legislation, bill summaries and status, "hot" legislation, full text of the Constitution, C-Span schedules, etc.
The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress now includes:
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
Roll Call Online
Online version of Roll Call: the Newspaper of Capitol Hill featuring News Scoops, Roll Call Files, Commentary, Cartoons, and Policy Briefings, etc.
- The Hill
From The Capitol Hill Publishing Company, The Hill: the Capitol Newspaper [on the Web] provides daily features, columns, opinions and resources, etc.
- The Politico
From the Capitol News Company, LLC., The Politico, covers politics, lobbying, campaigns, etc. The papers was launched in January, 2007 .
CPR pages maintained by Robin Reeder,
Last updated: 4 February 2009
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