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Note: This post was previously listed under our "News from the Grey Box" blog series As we continue to process Senator Robert C. Byrd’s Congressional Papers, we open the parts we finish (i.e. those we have entered into our database), and then get the word out about this additional resource.
Today is such an occasion as we have just opened the Office Files series and posted the finding aid online!  Click to visit their website Note: This post was previously listed under our "News from the Grey Box" blog series
A brief introduction to Congressional records As a repository that deals heavily with Congressional records, this short primer about the different types of records a researcher might encounter will hopefully prove useful to newer patrons. In their daily business, Members of Congress create records that fall broadly into two categories: Committee records and Personal records. Those records created in the business of committees are governed by law (The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946), and have certain restrictions on when they can be open determined by 1) the chamber they originate in (i.e. the Houseor the Senate), and 2) the type of committee (e.g. investigatory or not). Our good friends at the Center for Legislative Archives(a part of NARA) oversee these records and I heartily recommend contacting them if you have research interests in such records. |
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