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What is the Serial Set?

The Serial Set contains the Documents and Reports from Congress, but that brief description fails to capture the richness of the content. Many publications from federal agencies on a wide range of topics were published as Congressional documents. For example:

  • Maya hieroglyphs
  • war brides
  • history of whaling
  • dating the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • plant diseases
  • coelacanth fishes
  • history of psychological examining
  • consular reports, trade statistics, diplomatic correspondence
  • annual reports of the Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts
  • Commodore Perry's Expedition to the China Seas & Japan, 1852-1855
  • The Children of Immigrants in Schools (1910)
  • Evolution of Credit & Banks in France (1910)
  • Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
  • Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission reports (1928-1935)
  • soil surveys and soil maps for Florida counties, 1903-1921

U.S. Congressional Serial Set: What It Is and Its History (GPO)
Library Resources for Administrative History: Congressional Serial Set (National Archives)
Overview of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set and Schedule of Volumes, 1970 to Current (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)

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Indexes

LexisNexis Congressional (1789+)
Indexing from 1969 forward includes descriptive abstracts and links to some online full text. Entries prior to 1969 only list the title and a few descriptive subject terms.
Readex Serial Set (15th-88th Congress, 1817-1964)
Searchable full-text. See browsing description below.
Readex American State Papers (1st-25th Congress, 1789-1838)
Searchable full-text. See browsing description below.
CIS U.S. Serial Set Index (1789-1969)
shelved next to the U.S. Documents microfiche. Includes:
  • Index by Reported Bill Numbers, 1817-1969
  • Index & Carto-Bibliography of Maps, 1789-1969
Numerical Lists & Schedule of Volumes
shelved next to the U.S. Documents microfiche:
  • Index to the Reports & Documents of the __ Congress, with Numerical Lists & Schedules of Volumes (63rd-72nd Congress, 1913-1933)
  • Numerical Lists & Schedule of Volumes (76th-104th Congress, 1939-1996)
Schedule of Volumes, 1970 to Current (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
Agency Series Found in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1816+ (College of Wooster)
provides several online lists to help identify agency publications such as annual reports which were included in the Serial Set.

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American State Papers

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American State Papers (American Memory, Library of Congress)

American State Papers (American Memory, Library of Congress)
  • Browse or search individual volumes
  • Browse Page Headings
  • Browse Featured Maps
"The American State Papers, comprising a total of thirty-eight physical volumes, contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817. The books are arranged into ten topical classes or series:
  1. Foreign Relations
  2. Indian Affairs
  3. Finances
  4. Commerce and Navigation
  5. Military Affairs
  6. Naval Affairs
  7. Post Office Department
  8. Public Lands
  9. Claims
  10. Miscellaneous"
    11.

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American State Papers, 1789-1838 (Readex)

American State Papers, 1789-1838 (Readex)
  • Search by:
    • Keyword
    • Date
    • Publication Search
      • Congress
      • Document Class
      • Publication & Part Numbers
    • Bill Number Search
      • Congress
      • Bill/Resolution Type
      • Bill/Resolution Number
  • Browse by Subjects:
    • Armed Forces & Conflicts
    • Economics
    • Education
    • Environment, Energy & Natural Resources
    • Food & Agriculture
    • Geographic Names
    • Government & Politics
    • Groups of People, Professions, etc.
    • Health
    • Infrastructure, Transportation, etc.
    • International Affairs
    • Legal System
    • Names of Acts
    • Personal Names
    • Publishing & Communication
    • Safety, Accidents & Disasters
    • Science & Technology
    • Social Issues
  • Other Browse Categories:
    • Publication Category
    • Standing-Committee Author
    • Document Class
    • Congress

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New American State Papers (1789-1861)

These print volumes provide documents drawn from:

  • the original American State Papers
  • the U.S. Congressional Serial Set
  • the Legislative Records Section of the National Archives

Agriculture (1791-1861)
General Collection HD 1759 .U55 1973
Exploration & Surveys (1795-1860)
General Collection F 592 .U54
  • continental North America
  • overseas exploration
  • surveys
Indian Affairs (1789-1860)
General Collection E 93 .U938
  • general
  • land cessions
  • health
  • education
  • trade
  • northwest
  • southeast
  • Cherokees
  • Chickasaws
  • Choctaws
  • Sioux
  • Pawnee
Labor & Slavery (1790-1860)
General Collection HD 8070 .U55 1973
  • immigration & naturalization
  • slave trade
  • slavery in territories
  • resettlement of free men
Manufactures (1789-1859)
General Collection TS 23 .U55 1972
Public Lands (1789-1859)
General Collection HD 171 .A222
  • general administration
  • administration
  • land prices & preemption rights
  • bounty lands
  • revenues
  • land revenues
  • mineral lands
  • northwest
  • southwest
  • west
Science & Technology (1789-1859)
General Collection Q 127 .U6 U485
  • national scientific institutions
  • astronomy & meteorology
  • weights & measures
  • patents
  • steam-powered engines
  • steam-boiler explosions
  • telegraphs
  • military & naval technology
  • arms & armaments
  • special studies & reports
  • geology
Social Policy (1790-1858)
General Collection HN 57 .U55
  • education
  • welfare
  • pensions
  • prisons
Transportation (1800-1858)
General Collection HE 204 .U55
  • roads
  • canals
  • railroads
  • inland waters
  • oceanic

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set
U.S. Documents Y 1.1/2: (selective print volumes, 59th-104th Congress, 1906-1996)
U.S. Congressional Serial Set (American Memory, Library of Congress)
selective full-text, 1833-1917
  • Browse or search individual volumes
  • Browse Featured Maps
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 (Readex)

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Maps

There were approximately 50,000 maps published in American State Papers and the Serial Set in the years 1789-1969, such as:

  • John C. Fremont's 1845 map that guided wagon trains through the West
  • the first published maps of the Grand Canyon and the Everglades
  • numerous Civil War and Spanish American War maps
  • numerous coastal triangulation maps produced throughout the 19th and into the 20th century
  • foreign maps of the Amur River in China, fortifications of the City of Paris, Antarctica, and the water system of India

Index & Carto-Bibliography of Maps, 1789-1969
shelved next to the U.S. Documents microfiche with the CIS U.S. Serial Set Index.
  • Carto-Bibliography of Maps - a full identification and description of each map
  • Index by Geographic Areas and Subjects
  • Index by Titles
  • Index by Personal Names
  • Index by Corporate Names
Serial Set Maps (Readex)
  • Browse by Map Locations:
    • U.S. Locations
    • International Locations
    • Natural Geographical Features
    • Human-Created Features
    • World/Hemisphere Maps
  • Browse by Map Subjects (same subject categories as used for American State Papers)
  • Other Browse Categories:
    • Personal Names
    • Issuing Bodies
    • Map Dates
Browse Featured Maps at American Memory, Library of Congress

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Committee Reports and Documents

House and Senate Reports from congressional committees provide the findings of their hearings and deliberations, including recommendations to the House or Senate as a whole.

House and Senate Documents include:

  • Presidential messages proposing new legislation or vetoing passed legislation
  • Annual or special reports from executive agencies
  • Some reports on congressional committee activities (usually published as committee prints)
  • Some congressional committee special studies (usually published as committee prints)

House & Senate Reports and House & Senate Documents are also distributed in the Serial Set.

Index, 1789+ LexisNexis Congressional
1789+ reports & documents are available in the U.S. Documents microfiche collections
  • U.S. Congressional Serial Set microfiche (1789-1969)
  • CIS microfiche (1969+)
  • U.S. Documents Microfiche (97th Congress, 1981+)
    • Senate Treaty Documents, Y 1.1/4:
  • U.S. Documents Microfiche (100th Congress, 1987+)
    • Senate Documents, Y 1.1/3:
    • Senate Reports, Y 1.1/5:
    • Senate Executive Documents, Y 1.1/6:
    • House Documents, Y 1.1/7:
    • House Reports, Y 1.1/8:
1789+
1995+ Online (104th Congress+)
Other Online (miscellaneous dates)
MBooks Online (Full Text) - The University of Michigan provides open access to some full text publications through links in their library catalog, but access to many of the items is restricted to faculty, staff, and students at the University of Michigan.

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Prepared by: Rich Gause, Government Documents Librarian
URL of this page: http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/serialset.asp

Last updated October 13, 2011 9:26:08 AM

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