UCF Research Guides: Collected Papers of Legislators: Other U.S. Congress

Example of a Detailed State-Level Finding Resource

Finding Hawai`i Congressional Papers
Guide to the locations of the papers of Hawai`i`s Congressional delegates, representatives, and senators.

Libraries with Congressional Papers

Congressional Collections (U.S. National Archives)
"The Center for Legislative Archives maintains this index of archival repositories and congressional collections to assist researchers in locating the papers of U.S. senators and representatives. This index is arranged by state thereunder the name of the holding institution or organization followed by the name of the member of Congress."
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Barry University (Miami Shores, FL)
- Lehman, William (H 1973-1993)
Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
- Pepper, Claude D. (S 1936-1951; H 1963-1989)
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
- Andrews, Charles Oscar (S 1936-1946)
- Bennett, Charles Edward (H 1949-1993)
- Caldwell, Millard Fillmore (H 1933-1941)
- Chappell, William V, Jr. (H 1969-1989)
- Green, Robert Alexis "Lex" (H 1929-1944)
- Hendricks, Joseph Edward (H 1937-1949)
- Herlong, Albert Sydney (H 1949-1969)
- Holland, Spessard Lindsey (S 1946-1971)
- Matthews, Donald Ray "Billy" (H 1953-1967)
- Peterson, James Hardin (H 1933-1951)
- Rogers, Dwight Laing (H 1945-1954)
- Rogers, Paul G. (H 1955-1979)
- Smathers, George Armistead (H 1947-1951, S 1951-1969)
- Trammell, Park (S 1917-1936)
- Yon, Thomas Alva (H 1927-1933)
- Yulee, David Levy (S 1845-1851, 1855-1861)
University of Miami (Miami, FL)
- Fascell, Dante B. (H 1955-1993)
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
- Gibbons, Sam M. (H 1962-1996)
See also Florida Legislature & U.S. Congress from Florida

See Congressional Collections (U.S. National Archives) for details about holdings.

Alabama
- Auburn University at Montgomery (Montgomery, AL)
- Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL)
Alaska
- University of Alaska (Fairbanks, AK)
Arizona
- Arizona Historical Foundation (Tempe, AZ)
- Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
- University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Arkansas
- University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
- Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR)
California
- California State University, Channel Islands (Camarillo, CA)
- California State University (Fresno, CA)
- California State University (Sacramento, CA)
- Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, CA)
- Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
- University of California (Berkeley, CA)
Colorado
- Denver Public Library (Denver, CO)
- University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
Connecticut
- University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
Delaware
- University of Delaware (Newark, DE)
District of Columbia
- Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
- National Archives & Records Administration (Washington, DC)
Florida
- Barry University (Miami Shores, FL)
- Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
- University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
- University of Miami (Miami, FL)
- University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Georgia
- Georgia College & State University (Milledgeville, GA)
- University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
- University of West Georgia (Carrollton, GA)
Hawaii
- University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Honolulu, HI)
Idaho
- Boise State University (Boise, ID)
- University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)
Indiana
- Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
- Indiana University Northwest (Gary, IN)
- Notre Dame University (Notre Dame, IN)
Illinois
- Dirksen Congressional Center (Pekin, IL)
- Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL)
- North Central College (Naperville, IL)
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
- Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)
Iowa (no collections identified)
Kansas
- Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka, KS)
- University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
- Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Kentucky
- University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
- Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)
Louisiana
- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA)
- Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, LA)
- Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
- University of Louisiana at Monroe (Monroe, LA)
Maine
- Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
- Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
- Northwood University (Skowhegan, ME)
- University of Maine (Orono, ME)
Maryland
- University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Massachusetts
- Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
- Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA)
- Suffolk University (Boston, MA)
- University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
Michigan
- Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Hope College (Holland, MI)
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Minnesota
- Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, MN)
Mississippi
- Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
- University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
Missouri
- Missouri Southern State University (Joplin, MO)
- University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)
- University of Massachusetts (Lowell, MA)
Montana
- University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Nebraska (no collections identified)
Nevada (no collections identified)
New Hampshire
- University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
New Jersey
- Kean University (Union, NJ)
- Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
- Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)
New Mexico
- University of New Mexico
New York
- Fiorello H. La Guardia Community College/CUNY (Long Island City, NY)
- New York University (New York, NY)
- State University of New York at Albany (Albany, NY)
- State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
- State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY)
North Carolina
- Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
- East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
- Jess Helms Center (Wingate, NC)
- University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)
North Dakota (no collections identified)
Ohio
- Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
- Ohio University (Athens, OH)
- Westerville Public Library (Westerville, OH)
- Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)
Oklahoma
- University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Oregon
- Willamette University (Salem, OR)
Pennsylvania
- Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Lafayette College (Easton, PA)
Rhode Island
- University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)
South Carolina
- Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
- University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
South Dakota
- Dakota Wesleyan University (Mitchell, SD)
- South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD)
Tennessee
- Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
- University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Texas
- Baylor University (Waco, TX)
- Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
- Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX)
- Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX)
- Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
- Texas Southern University (Houston, TX)
- University of Texas (Austin, TX)
- University of Texas-Pan American (Austin, TX)
Utah (no collections identified)
Vermont
- University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
Virginia
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Washington
- University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
- Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
- Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA)
West Virginia
- Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies (Shepherdstown, WV)
Wisconsin
- Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI)
- University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)
Wyoming
- University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY)

Directories of Representatives' Papers

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
"On a Member’s profile page, there is a link for “Research Collections” on the navigation bar on the left-hand side of the page, which lists repositories containing primary collections of papers, as well as those with a few items related to the Member."

Guide to Research Collections of Former Members of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1987
Call Number: U.S. Documents Y 1.1/7:100-171
House Document 100-171 - Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
HathiTrust Digital Library
- Bicentennial Edition - 504 pages

Directories of Senators' Papers

Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators, 1789-1995
provides a list of archival repositories housing former senators’ papers and related materials. This publication’s content can be accessed in the online Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress under the "Research Collections" menu option.
Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators, 1789-1982
Call Number: U.S. Documents Y 1.1/3:97-41
Senate Document 97-41 - Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
HathiTrust Digital Library
- S.Doc.97-41 - 362 pages
- Supplement II - 45 pages

Senate Committee Prints

Lists prepared by the Senate Historical Office in 1978-1979 identifying locations of the collected papers of Senators who left the Senate in specific years

Senators' Papers, 1789-1815, S.Print 1978-3, 9 pages
Senators' Papers, 1816-1833, S.Print 1979-7, 7 pages
Senators' Papers, 1834-1867, S.Print 1979-1, 13 pages
Senators' Papers, 1868-1899, S.Print 1979-2, 13 pages
Senators' Papers, 1900-1932, S.Print 1979-5, 17 pages
Senators' Papers, 1933-1947, S.Print 1978-7, 9 pages
Senators' Papers, 1947-1979, S.Print 1979-6, 14 pages

Other Resources

Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
provides links to ACSC Member Sites
Congressional Papers Roundtable (Society of American Archivists)
"The Congressional Papers Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists is composed of members of the Society and others who work with or have an interest in the papers of members of Congress and the records of Congress."
A Shared Obsession with Congress: Libraries, Archives, and the "Y" of it All
slides from an October 2016 presentation at the Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference