Research Guides: Federal Government Resources: Early U.S. Documents

Surveys

Hayden and Powell Surveys of the West Hayden, F.V., I 18.1: Powell, John Wesley, I 17.6: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West,SI 1.2:C 71
Wheeler and King Surveys of the West King, Clarence, W 7.10 Wheeler, George M., W 8.5
Pacific Railroad Survey W 7.14: nos. (War Department copy) Maps from map volume are in Map room, 4th floor
U.S. Geological Survey Annual Reports, 1880–1949, I 19.1: Bulletins, 1883–1950, I 19.3:nos. 1-967 Monographs, 1890–1929, I 19.9:nos. Professional Papers, 1902–1958, I 19.16: v. 1-299

Territorial Papers

The Territorial Papers of the United States / Clarence Edwin Carter
S 1.36:volume for Northwest, Southwest, Mississippi, Indiana, Orleans, Michigan
GS 4.13:volume for Louisiana & Missouri, Illinois, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Wisconsin

State Department Territorial Papers, Colorado series
Microform, Available by Request

Avalon Project

Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

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Agencies

Indian Affairs

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1873–1920, I 1.1
Report on Indian Affairs, 1875–1908, I 20.1:

Labor Department

Bulletins, 1895 1917, L 2.3: v.1 – 199
Children’s Bureau, L 5.20
Immigration Bureau, L 3.7:

Smithsonian Institution

several series,
1800’s to early 1900’s, SI

State Department

Messages and Diplomatic Correspondences, S 1.1:
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1862–1899, S 1.1:

War/ War Department

Official Army Registers, 1815-1893, W 3.11 and W 3.12
Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, 1775-1785, Z 2.4
Japanese Relocation Monographs, WWII, I 52.2:

Congress

American Archives, 1774-76 – colonial papers and documents on colonial affairs and the American Revolution.
Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress from the first meeting thereof to the dissolution of the confederation, 1775-1788
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
American State Papers, 1789-1823 – executive and legislative documents of first 14 congresses grouped by subject categories.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional documents and debates 1774-1873 (online)
Annals of Congress (online) and other titles (Congressional Record) – a record of the debates and proceedings in the Congress, 1789-date.