The U.S. Congressional Serial Set: What is the U.S. Congressional Serial Set?

The U.S. Congressional Serial Set database contains House and Senate documents and reports from 1817 to 1980.  The content covers a wide variety of topics and includes items such as:

• Congressional reports on public and private legislation under consideration
• Reports from congressional investigations
• Reports and maps from executive agencies, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or the U.S. Department of Labor
• Congressional records, giving details of day-to-day business and debates on the floor of the House and Senate

Some examples of the wide variety of topics covered in the Serial Set:

• Armed forces and conflicts
• Discovery and exploration
• Economics
• Education
• Environment, energy and natural resources
• Food and agriculture
• Health
• Indian Affairs
• International Affairs
• Safety, accidents and disasters
• Science and technology
• Social issues

Local flood protection plan for Mississippi River at Moline, IL - Army Corps of Engineers (Serial Set No. 12952-2)

Long Lake (Serial Set No. 509)

Report on the enforcement of Prohibition, 1931 (Serial Set No. 9361)