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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- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [38]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary [5]
- United States. Supreme Court [5]
- Executive departments -- United States -- Reorganization. [4]
- Neutrality -- United States [4]
- Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Veto -- United States [2]
- Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.) [1]
- Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961 [1]
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 [1]
- Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Economic sanctions, American [1]
- Executive power -- United States [1]
- Executive-legislative relations. [1]
- Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 [1]
- Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946 [1]
- Housing -- United States. [1]
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 [1]
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. [1]
- Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970 [1]
- Judicial review of administrative acts [1]
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 [1]
- Logan, Marvel Mills, 1875-1939. [1]
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 [1]
- McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944 [1]
- Metcalf, Jesse Houghton, 1860-1942. [1]
- Military weapons [1]
- Monopolies -- United States [1]
- New Deal, 1933-1939 [1]
- Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944 [1]
- Pope, James Pinckney, 1884-1966 [1]
- Primaries -- Iowa -- 1938. [1]
- Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980 [1]
- Republican National Convention (21st : 1936 : Cleveland, Ohio) [1]
- Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 1872-1937 [1]
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. [1]
- Sequoia (Yacht). [1]
- Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- United States [1]
- United States -- Defenses -- Law and legislation [1]
- United States -- Defenses. [1]
- United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945 [1]
- United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- World War, 1939-1945. [1]
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority. Air Safety Board [1]
- United States. Congress -- Powers and duties. [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs [1]
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of the Secretary [1]
- United States. Navy -- Appropriations and expenditures [1]
- United States. War Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures [1]
- United States. Work Projects Administration -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- Walter, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1894-1963 [1]
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area [1]
- World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns -- Netherlands. [1]
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Topic: ("Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945")
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 17, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-04-17
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include message by President Roosevelt on peace and order of the fleet to the Pacific.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 22, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-04-22
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Court Bill, President Roosevelt, and potential votes against the bill in the Senate.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 25, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-25
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include message from President Roosevelt about Supreme Court judgment exempting State and Municipal bonds from tax action.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 25, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-04-25
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include centralization of power in the Federal government; President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 27, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-08-27
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Johnson (CO) on Conscription Bill; commendations from President Roosevelt and Wendell Wilkie to Austin for service for National Defense.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 11, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-12-11
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include visit to Washington of Alfred Landon and Col. Frank Knox; dinner at Gridiron Club with President, Vice-President and others; remarks about Austin by Senator Pope.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 29, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-12-29
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include invitation to Jackson Day Dinner from President Roosevelt.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-02-01
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include foreign policy and the plan for national defense in the Military Affairs Committee; President Roosevelt meeting with the Military Affairs Committee at the White House; Relief Bill; Judiciary Committee.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 28, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-02-28
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include debate on National Defense Bill; President Roosevelt; economic sanctions.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 8, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-02-08
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include President Roosevelt and the Supreme Court.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 2, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-01-02
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include invitation to Jackson Day Dinner from President Roosevelt declined.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 20, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-01-20
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Senator Bridges (NH) speech on confirmation of Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce; President Roosevelt's dinner to the Judiciary; Justice Stanley Reed; Chief Justice Charles Hughes.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 4, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940?-01-04
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by President Roosevelt.
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 15, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-07-15
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include President Roosevelt, Secretary Hull, the Senate and neutrality.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 16, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-07-16
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include death and funeral of Senator Robinson; President Roosevelt and the Court Packing Bill.
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 18, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-07-18
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Roosevelt's nomination as President and speculation on who will be his running mate, possibly Senator Byrnes (SC).
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, July 22, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-07-22
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include overriding of a Presidential veto, 71 to 19; recommitting of the Court Bill to the Judiciary Committee.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 24, 1936
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1936-07-24
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include acceptance speech of Governor Landon at Republican National Convention; President Franklin Roosevelt.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 03, 1935
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1935-06-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Supreme Court; speech by Senator Borah; President Roosevelt and the centralization of power in the Federal Government; enclosed speech by Austin to a Greek Society, Ahepa, on the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the New Deal.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 10, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-06-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Iowa Primary results, indications of declining popularity of President Roosevelt, and Roosevelt's continued hold over the Senate through the actions of Senator Norris (NE); Roosevelt and the upcoming elections.
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.
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