About Congressional Documents

Online sources ~ Print & Microform holdings

"The Congressional Documents collection consists of House Documents, Senate Documents, and Senate Treaty Documents. House and Senate documents contain various kinds of materials ordered to be printed by both chambers of Congress. Documents can include reports of executive departments and agencies, as well as committee prints, that were ordered to be printed as documents. Senate Treaty Documents contain the text of a treaty as it is submitted to the U. S. Senate for ratification by the President of the United States." (GPO: About Congressional Documents)

Committee Documents : Online Sources

1789 -- . (document numbering begins in 1817)
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Committee Documents : Print & microform holdings

1789 - 1817 (1st - 14th Cong.)

American State Papers

1817 - 1979

United States Serial Set. Shelved in Rare/Annex

1980 - 2013

United States Serial Set. Shelved in Olin Library, Lower Level Government Documents section.

1956 - 2008

Readex US Government Documents