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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- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs [11]
- Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867-1950 [2]
- United States -- Defenses. [2]
- United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- World War, 1939-1945. [2]
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 [1]
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 [1]
- Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949 [1]
- Raw materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Revenue -- United States [1]
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [1]
- Silver question [1]
- Strategic materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Taxation of bonds, securities, etc. -- United States [1]
- Townsend, John G., 1871-1964 [1]
- United States. Congress -- Powers and duties. [1]
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. [1]
- United States. General Accounting Office [1]
- United States. National Guard [1]
- United States. War Dept. [1]
- United States. Work Projects Administration -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 [1]
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Topic: ("United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs")
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 5, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-08-05
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Military Affairs Committee, the conscription bill, and the National Guard bill.
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 10, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-02-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Military Affairs Committee and Austin's motion to open hearings to the public; Special Finance Committee on Taxation of Public Securities.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 24, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-02-24
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Military Affairs Committee vote on the Stock Pile Bill; letters received by Austin in support of his stand on foreign policy and defense.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 3, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-02-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Military Affairs Committee; Sub-Committee of the Judiciary on the nomination of Dean Clark of Yale Law School for a judgeship.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 10, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-01-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Secret Session of Joint Committee of both Houses on Military Affairs; Frankfurter Committee; Murphy Committee.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 12, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-01-12
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Military Affairs Committee.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 9, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-07-09
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include National Defense; campaign; nominations of Stimson and Knox; Military Affairs Committee and the Selective Service Bill; Wendell Wilkie.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 21, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-06-21
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Military Affairs Committee and the appointment of Stimson as Secretary of War.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 23, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-06-23
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include revenue bill; speech by Senator Townshend (DE) on purchase of foreign silver; Military Affairs Committee and contracts for construction outside continental United States.
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.
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