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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- Neutrality -- United States [15]
- Embargo [4]
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [4]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations [2]
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 [1]
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Topic: ("Neutrality -- United States")
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 29, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-04-29
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include debate on the Conference Report on the Neutrality Bill; Senator McNarry and Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader; Court Bill in the Judiciary Committee.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 5, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-04-05
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include situation in Europe and neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 11, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-07-11
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Foreign Affairs Committee and neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 12, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-07-12
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include vote of Foreign Affairs Committee to postpone action on neutrality and President Roosevelt.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 18, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-07-18
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Senators McNary (OR), Borah (ID), and Austin invited to the White House by President Roosevelt for a conference on neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 19, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-07-19
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include conference at White House with President Roosevelt on neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 24, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-06-24
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin's opinion of the Neutrality Act and President Roosevelt.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 3, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-03-03
Resource type: letter
Topics include Neutrality Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 3, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-11-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Conference Report on the Neutrality Act of 1939.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 03, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-10-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include debate on neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 10, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-10-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Wagner (NY); embargo repeal and neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 11, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-10-11
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Clark (MO) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 19, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-10-19
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator McCarran (NV) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 25, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-10-25
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include embargo repeal and neutrality.
Title: Speech by Austin for the Women's National Republican Club, November 10, 1939.
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-11-10
Resource type: speech
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