Letters Home From Congress
Collection Overview
This collection features letters home from Warren R. Austin (Senator, 1931-1946), Jacob Collamer (Representative, 1843-1848; Senator, 1855-1865), and Samuel C. Crafts (Representative, 1817-1824; Senator 1842-1843). The letters document travel to and from Washington by horse, boat, train, and airplane; lodging in boarding houses, hotels, and homes; social life in Washington; significant local and national events; and legislative issues under consideration in Congress. Austin's letters are particularly strong in their coverage of his frustration at being a minority Senator during the era of Roosevelt and the New Deal; his activities on the Judiciary Committee; and foreign affairs questions such as the Neutrality Act. The letters of Crafts and Collamer both extensively cover the question of slavery, discussing Missouri statehood, John Brown, the annexation of Texas, and the Civil War. All three Congressmen frequently discuss questions regarding appropriations and the Federal budget. Biographical information is available from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, at: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Time Period Covered: 1818-1941
Parent Collections
Related Archival Collection(s)
Warren R. Austin Collection
Crafts Family Collection
Collamer Family Papers
Published: September 12, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Executive power -- United States [12]
- Devaluation of currency -- United States. [3]
- Foreign exchange -- United States [3]
- Monetary policy -- United States [3]
- Executive departments -- United States -- Reorganization. [2]
- Farm mortgages -- United States. [1]
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [1]
- Tariff -- United States [1]
- Thomas, William Aubrey, 1866-1951 [1]
- Tobey, Charls W. (Charles William), 1880-1953 [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate -- Minority leaders [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs [1]
- United States. Extension Service. [1]
- United States. General Accounting Office [1]
- Vocational education -- United States. [1]
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Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 08, 1933
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1933-04-08
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Emergency Farm Mortgage Act; Presidential power; Agricultural Colleges; Extension Service; Industrial Education.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 27, 1933
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1933-04-27
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include boundary case; farm relief bill; Roosevelt administration; Congressional powers; Presidential powers.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 21, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-21
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include court of administrative law; Presidential power.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 20, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-06-20
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin's duties as assistant Minority Leader; power of the President to devalue the dollar and the stabilization fund.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 21, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-06-21
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Thomas (OH) on the power of the President to devalue the dollar.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 27, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-06-27
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Republican led termination of delegation of power to coin money and fix the value thereof to the President.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 17, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-03-17
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Bill for Reorganization of Agencies of the Government; Presidential power; office of the Comptroller General; Congressional power; Austin's presiding over a session of the Miltary Affairs Committee.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 23, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-03-23
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Presidential power; Reorganization Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 23, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-03-23
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Senator Tobey (NH) resolution; Justice Black; Presidential power.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 17, 1934
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1934-05-17
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Tariff; delegation of powers to the President.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 16, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-05-16
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include air transportation bill; Presidential power.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 24, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-05-24
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Presidential power and reelection campaign of Senator Adams (CO).
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