Government (U.S.)

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875. American Memory. Library of Congress.

"A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation consists of a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875. It includes the Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-89); the Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-89); the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, or Farrand's Records, and the Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (1787-88), or Elliot's Debates; the Journals of the House of Representatives (1789-1875) and the Senate (1789-1875), including the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1875); the Journal of William Maclay (1789-91), senator from Pennsylvania in the 1st Congress; the debates of Congress as published in the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-37), Congressional Globe (1833-73), and Congressional Record (1873-75); the Statutes at Large (1789-1875); the American State Papers (1789-1838); and congressional bills and resolutions for selected sessions beginning with the 6th Congress (1799) in the House of Representatives and the 16th Congress (1819) in the Senate. A select number of documents and reports from the monumental U.S. Congressional Serial Set are available as well."

• Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
  • Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
  • Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789
  • Elliot's Debates, 1787-1788
  • Farrand's Records, 1787
• Journals of Congress
  • House Journal
  • Senate Journal
  • Senate Executive Journal
  • Maclay's Journal
• Debates of Congress
  • Annals of Congress, 1789-1824 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
  • Register of Debates, 1824-1837 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
  • Congressional Globe, 1833-1873 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
  • Congressional Record, 1873-1875 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
  • Congressional Record, (Bound Edition) 1873-2009 Vols. 1-155 (GPO)
  • Congressional Record & equivalents 1789- in HeinOnline available to CSU affiliates only (Choose U.S. Congressional Documents from "Browse Databases by Name" section and select Congressional Record: Annuals of the Congress of the United States 1789-1824; Register of Debates in Congress 1824-1837; Congressional Globe 1833-1873; Congressional Record 1873-2012; and Congressional Record Daily 1980- )
• Statutes and Documents
  • Bills and Resolutions
  • Statutes at Large 1789-1875 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
  • Statutes at Large 1951-2011 (GPO)
  • Statues at Large 1789-1950 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
  • American State Papers 1789-1838 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
    • CSU affiliates have access to American State Papers 1789-1838 (also indexed in library catalog). Search all text, citation text, full text, title, subjects, author, bill/resolution number, Congress/session number, publication number, geographic location, language, personal name, publication category, or uniform title.
  • U.S. Serial Set 1833-1917 (Library of Congress)
    • CSU affiliates have access to U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1994 (also indexed in library catalog). Search all text, citation text, full text, title, subjects, author, bill/resolution number, Congress/session number, publication number, geographic location, language, personal name, publication category, or uniform title.

The searchable CSU Libraries' American State Papers may also be browsed by:

• Subjects

• Publication Category
• Standing-Committee Author
• Document Class
• Congress

The searchable CSU Libraries' U.S. Congressional Serial Set may also be browsed by:

• Subject
  • Armed Forces and Conflicts
  • Discovery and Exploration
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
  • Food and Agriculture
  • Government and Politics
  • Groups of People, Professions, etc.
  • Health
  • Indian Affairs
  • Infrastructure, Transportation, etc.
  • International Affairs
  • Legal System
  • Publishing and Communication
  • Safety, Accidents and Disasters
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Issues
• A-Z Index
• Personal Names
• Act Names
• Geographic Names
• Publication Category
• Standing-Committee
• Congress

Congressional print publications from the Government Publications Office are shelved by the Superintendent of Documents call number system rather than by Library of Congress.  Major call number sequences used at Colorado State University Libraries are listed below.