"Older Series of Note"

    Established as a Federal Depository Library and participating in that program since 1880, Colorado College has a substantial historical collection of government publications dating back to 1774.

Annual Reports
- Most department have call number “1.1“
— A 1.1:, I 1.1:, SI 1.1:, etc.,
- located in the stacks
    and microfiche cabinets
- some only appear in the Serial Set with a difference call number

Agricultural Department

• Bulletins, A 1.3:1 –
• Circulars, A 1.41:1 –
• Yearbook of Agriculture, A 1.10:1895 –
• North American Fauna series, A 5.5:# (1–56)
• Forest Service Bulletins, A 13.3:1 –
• Forest Service Circulars, A 13.4:1 –
• USDA Soil Surveys, A 26.5:1900– 
• USDA Wealth Bureau, A 29.1:1892–

Commerce, Trade, and Treasury materials

• Foreign Commerce of the U.S. and Economic Reports of other countries, 1920’s, C 18.26: and C 18.27:
• Federal Antitrust Decisions, 1890–1931, J 1.2:An 8/3/v. #
• Commercial Relations of the U.S., 1858–1902, S 4.1:
• (Treasury) Finance Report, 1815– , T 1.1:
• Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, T 12.1:1884–1927
• Statistics of Income (Business, Personal), T 22.35:1930–
• Weather materials, C 30.25:1940– and C 30.71/5: and C 55.195:

• Search for Patents online, and: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents, Docs I 23.1: & C 21.1:

Health

• Public Health Bulletins, T 27.12:1900–1939
• Public Health Reports, FS 2.7:1939–
• Vital Statistics of the U.S. Mortality Statistics, C 3.40:1909-36, C 3.139:1937-44 (also in FS and HE)

Education

• Current material is ED, FS for older material, 1945 –
• Report of the Commissioner of Education, I 16.1:1878 –1912

Indian Affairs

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

Interior Department & USGS

• (USGS) Annual Reports, 1880–1949, I 19.1:
• (USGS) Bulletins, 1883–1950, I 19.3:# (1-967)
• (USGS) Monographs, 1890–1929, I 19.9:#
• (USGS) Professional Papers, 1902–1958, I 19.16:v. (1-299)
• Official Register of the U.S., I 1.25:1863–1905 and C 3.10:1909–1932
• Public Lands, I 21.5:1882–1927
• Bureau of Reclamation (western water-dams), I 27.1:1902–1949
• Yellowstone and Yosemite National Park Report, 1877–1912, I 29.6:
• Statistics of Railways in the U.S., IC 1 ste.1:1888–1902

Labor Department

• Report of the Commissioner of Labor, 1889– , L 1.1
• Bulletins, 1890–1917, L 2.3:v. (1–199)
• Children’s Bureau, L 5.20
• Women’s Division, L 13.3:1918-
• Immigration Bureau, L 3.7:

State Department

• Messages and Diplomatic Correspondences, S 1.1:
• Foreign Relations of the U.S., 1862–1899, S 1.1:

Transportation

• Life Saving Service (waterway disasters and accidents) T 24.1:1876–1914

Defense & War materials

• Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, 1775-1785, Z 2.4
• Navel Documents of the American Revolution, D 207.12:
• Official Army Registers, 1815-1893, W 3.11 & W 3.12
• War Department Annual Reports, W 1.1:1913 –
• War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, W 45.5:
• Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, N 16.6:
• U.S. Army in the World War, 1917–1919, M 103.9:
• World War II Histories, D 114: and D 301.82:
• Japanese Relocation Monographs, WWII, I 52.2:
• International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Trials), M 105.2:
• Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, W 1.2:
• U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, W 1.71:1940’s
• Roll of Honor (soldiers buried in national cemeteries), W 39.7:1866–1871 & W 39.8:
• Documents of Disarmament, AC 1.11/2:1945–86

Library of Congress

• Catalog of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, LC 1.2:J 35/51
• Annual Report of the Library of Congress, LC 1.1:1902-
• Copyright Decisions, LC 3.3/2:1789–1985

Smithsonian Institution

• Several series, 1800’s to early 1900’s, SI
• Annual Report of the Smithsonian, SI 1.1:1853- & SI 3.1:

Congress

• Selective Service Regulations, 1940’s, Y 3.Se 4:6/
• WPA Reports, Y 3.W89/2: 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 D
• American State Papers, 1789-1823 – Executive and legislative documents of first 14 congresses grouped by subject categories. D
• U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 
• Annals of Congress – a record of the debates and proceedings in the Congress, 1789-.

U.S. Supreme Court decisions are reported in:

1. United States Reports, Docs J 6.8:

• Sample Citation: 410 U.S. 113

2. Supreme Court Reporter, in Nexis-Uni 

• Sample citation: 93 S. Ct. 705

3. Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition. 1st and 2nd series.

• Sample citations: 100 L. Ed. 1415  or 35 L. Ed., 2nd 147

4. Supreme Court Briefs and the Transcripts of Oral Arguments at U.S. Supreme Court Website

U.S. Court of Appeals decisions are reported in:

  Federal Reporter, in Nexis-Uni 

• Sample citation: 488 F. 2nd 1134

U.S District Courts decisions, also U.S. Courts with special jurisdictions, e.g. Tax Court, Claims Court, Customs, etc. are reported in:

  Federal Supplement, in Nexis-Uni 

• Sample citation: 361 F. Supp. 1288