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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- Burlington, Vermont [2]
- California. [2]
- Cleveland (Ohio) [1]
- Washington, D.C. [1]
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Topic(s)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [36]
- United States. Supreme Court [20]
- Executive departments -- United States -- Reorganization. [18]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary [16]
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture -- Appropriations and expenditures. [15]
- Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States [9]
- Lynching -- Law and legislation -- United States [9]
- United States -- Defenses -- Law and legislation [9]
- United States -- Defenses. [9]
- United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- World War, 1939-1945. [9]
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 [8]
- Air mail service -- United States. [7]
- Federal government -- United States [7]
- Railroad law -- United States [7]
- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States [7]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945 [7]
- Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954. [6]
- Republican National Convention (1940 : Philadelphia, Pa.) [6]
- United States. Solicitor General. [6]
- Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984 [5]
- Commercial treaties -- United States. [5]
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. [5]
- Hours of labor -- Law and legislation -- United States [5]
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 [5]
- Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953 [5]
- Tennessee Valley Authority [5]
- United States -- Officials and employees -- Political activity. [5]
- United States -- appropriations and expenditures [5]
- United States. Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities. [5]
- United States. Congress. Senate -- Minority leaders [5]
- United States. War Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures [5]
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 [5]
- Agricultural colleges. [4]
- Bankruptcy -- Law and legislation -- United States [4]
- Block booking. [4]
- Embargo [4]
- Government lending -- United States [4]
- Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946 [4]
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 [4]
- Monetary policy -- United States [4]
- Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949 [4]
- Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944 [4]
- O'Mahoney, Joseph C. (Joseph Christopher), 1884-1962 [4]
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) [4]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations [4]
- United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of the Secretary [4]
- United States. Extension Service. [4]
- United States. Navy -- Appropriations and expenditures [4]
- Vocational education -- United States. [4]
- Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975 [4]
- Adams, Alva Blanchard, b. 1875 [3]
- Agricultural credit -- Law and legislation --United States [3]
- Agricultural laws and legislation -- United States [3]
- Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961 [3]
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 [3]
- Devaluation of currency -- United States. [3]
- Equal rights amendments -- United States [3]
- Executive departments -- United States [3]
- Filibusters [3]
- Foreign exchange -- United States [3]
- Hatch, Carl Atwood, 1889-1963 [3]
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. [3]
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Anniversaries, etc. [3]
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 [3]
- Lewis, James Hamilton, 1863-1939 [3]
- Library of Congress [3]
- MacLeish, Archibald, 1892- [3]
- McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944 [3]
- Republican National Convention (21st : 1936 : Cleveland, Ohio) [3]
- Sequoia (Yacht). [3]
- Tariff -- United States [3]
- Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States [3]
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Finance. [3]
- United States. Congress -- Powers and duties. [3]
- United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover) [3]
- United States. Work Projects Administration -- Appropriations and expenditures. [3]
- Vermont -- Claims vs. United States. [3]
- World War, 1939-1945 [3]
- Agricultural subsidies -- United States [2]
- Air travel [2]
- Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789. [2]
- Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946 [2]
- Burke, Thomas A. (Thomas Aloysius), 1898-1971 [2]
- Claims -- Drier vs. Germany. [2]
- Corporation law -- United States. [2]
- Cotton trade -- United States [2]
- Courts -- United States. [2]
- Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947 [2]
- Drier, Katherine (McNider), Mrs. [2]
- Election law -- United States [2]
- Executive-legislative relations. [2]
- Flood control -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Frazier, Lynn J. (Lynn Joseph), 1874-1947 [2]
- Gibson, Ernest Willard, 1872-1940 [2]
- Gold clause -- United States. [2]
- Harrison, Pat, 1881-1941 [2]
- Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 [2]
- Housing -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Import quotas [2]
- Japan -- Commerce -- United States. [2]
- Lee, Joshua Bryan, 1892-1967 [2]
- Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935 [2]
- Military bases -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Military supplies -- United States [2]
- Monopolies -- United States [2]
- Navy-yards and naval stations -- United States [2]
- Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 [2]
- Panama Canal (Panama) [2]
- Presidential yachts -- United States. [2]
- Puerto Rico [2]
- Railroad travel [2]
- Raw materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. [2]
- Silver question [2]
- Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867-1950 [2]
- Tariff -- United States -- Speeches in Congress [2]
- Tobey, Charls W. (Charles William), 1880-1953 [2]
- Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961 [2]
- United States -- Commerce -- Japan. [2]
- United States -- Commercial treaties -- Japan [2]
- United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration [2]
- United States. Attorney-General. [2]
- United States. Congress -- Constituent communication [2]
- United States. Congress. Conference Committees. [2]
- United States. Congress. Senate. [2]
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission [2]
- United States. National Guard [2]
- United States. Navy. [2]
- United States. War Dept. [2]
- Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951 [2]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France. [2]
- Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.) [1]
- Administrative courts -- United States. [1]
- Aeronautics -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Aeronautics -- United States [1]
- Aeronautics -- Vermont [1]
- Aeronautics, Military --United States [1]
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States. [1]
- Air pilots -- United States [1]
- Alcohol -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962 [1]
- Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962 [1]
- Bankruptcy -- United States. [1]
- Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 [1]
- Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947 [1]
- Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956 [1]
- Birth control -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 [1]
- Blaine, John J. (John James), 1875-1934. [1]
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 [1]
- Bonds -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 -- Death and burial. [1]
- Borrowing and lending -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Budget -- United States. [1]
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States [1]
- Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 [1]
- Civil service [1]
- Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954 [1]
- Clark, Charles Edward, 1889-1963 [1]
- Clark, Clarence D. (Clarence Don) [1]
- Coast defenses -- United States [1]
- Connally, Tom, 1877-1963 [1]
- Defense contracts -- United States [1]
- Defense industries -- United States [1]
- Democratic Party (U.S.) [1]
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 [1]
- Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980 [1]
- Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961 [1]
- Economic sanctions, American [1]
- Elections -- Florida -- 1938 [1]
- Elections -- United States -- 1936 [1]
- Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972 [1]
- Employers' liability -- United States [1]
- Europe. [1]
- Export-Import Bank of the United States [1]
- Farm mortgages -- United States. [1]
- Fort Adams (R.I. : Fort) [1]
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 [1]
- Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 [1]
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States. [1]
- Gerry, Peter Goelet, 1879-1957 [1]
- Glass, Carter, 1858-1946 [1]
- Gold -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Great Britain. Embassy (U.S.) [1]
- Guffey, Joseph F., 1870-1959 [1]
- Habsburg, Otto, 1912- [1]
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 [1]
- Holmes, Edwin Ruthven, 1878- [1]
- Hours of labor -- Law and legislation --United States [1]
- Housing -- United States. [1]
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 [1]
- Insurance, Unemployment -- United States. [1]
- Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970 [1]
- Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945. [1]
- Kantakuzen, Julia Grant, kniaginiï¸ a︡, 1876-1968. [1]
- La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953. [1]
- Lynching -- Speeches in Congress [1]
- Maple sugar [1]
- Marble -- Vermont [1]
- McReynolds, James Clark, 1862-1946. [1]
- Metcalf, Jesse Houghton, 1860-1942. [1]
- Military pensions -- United States -- World War, 1914-1918. [1]
- Military supplies - United States [1]
- Military weapons [1]
- Milk trade [1]
- New Deal, 1933-1939 [1]
- Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971 [1]
- Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States. [1]
- Panay (Gunboat : PR-5) [1]
- Peace [1]
- Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989 [1]
- Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1898-1935. [1]
- Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 [1]
- Plumley, Charles Albert, 1875-1964 [1]
- Political corruption -- United States [1]
- Pope, James Pinckney, 1884-1966 [1]
- Presidents--United States--Election--1932. [1]
- Primaries -- Iowa -- 1938. [1]
- Primaries -- Wisconsin -- 1940. [1]
- Proctor, Redfield, 1879- [1]
- Railroads -- Salaries, pensions, etc. -- United States. [1]
- Railroads -- United States -- Economic conditions [1]
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 [1]
- Receivership [1]
- Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980 [1]
- Revenue -- United States [1]
- Ritter, Halsted L. (Halsted Lockwood), b. 1868 [1]
- Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 1872-1937 [1]
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Inauguration, 1933. [1]
- Sargent, John G. (John Garibaldi), 1860-1939 [1]
- Securities, Tax-exempt -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Sheppard, Morris, 1875-1941 [1]
- Social security -- Law and legislation [1]
- Somoza, Anastasio, 1925-1980 [1]
- Spain -- Foreign relations -- United States. [1]
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American [1]
- Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907- [1]
- Strategic materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- United States [1]
- Taxation of bonds, securities, etc. -- United States [1]
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.) [1]
- Thomas, William Aubrey, 1866-1951 [1]
- Townsend, John G., 1871-1964 [1]
- United States -- Armed Forces [1]
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 [1]
- United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945 [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany. [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Spain. [1]
- United States Naval Academy [1]
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority. Air Safety Board [1]
- United States. Congress -- Elections [1]
- United States. Congress -- Rules and practice [1]
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry [1]
- United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) [1]
- United States. Declaration of Independence [1]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary [1]
- United States. Food and Drug Administration [1]
- United States. General Accounting Office [1]
- United States. National Labor Relations Board [1]
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- United States. Post Office Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- United States. Tariff Act of 1930. [1]
- United States. Works Progress Administration [1]
- Veto -- United States [1]
- Wages -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953 [1]
- Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965. [1]
- Walsh, David I. (David Ignatius), 1872-1947 [1]
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs [1]
- Washington, George, 1732-1799. [1]
- Water -- Pollution -- United States [1]
- Woodring, Harry Hines, 1887-1967 [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Denmark. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- English Channel Region. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Norway. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Claims [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area [1]
- World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns -- Netherlands. [1]
- Yosemite [1]
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Author: ("Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962")
Genre: ("letter")
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 17, 1933
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1933-11-17
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include California; Yosemite.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 16, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-11-16
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Senator Byrnes (SC) speech on the Reorganization Bill; Anti-Lynching Bill debate and Senator Tom Connally (TX).
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 24, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-11-24
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include farm bill and centralization of power in the Federal government.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 28, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-11-28
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include President Roosevelt's message on housing.
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, November 5, 1936
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1936-11-05
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include comments on 1936 election results.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 18, 1933
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1933-10-18
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include investigating appointments of Receivers in Bankruptcy by Federal judges in California.
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 14, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-10-14
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include lunch with Herber Hoover; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader.
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: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 26, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-10-26
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Neely (WV) on Hitler.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 9, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-10-09
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Downey (CA) on coast defenses.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-09-11
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include inspection of Fort Adams.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-09-11
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Export Import Bank and an amendment by Senator Taft (OH); Aiken's primary win for Vermont Senate seat.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 30, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-09-30
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include response to constituents regarding foreign policy.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 4, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-09-04
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include traveling to Washington by air; island leases for military and naval bases.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 5, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-09-05
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include conference report on the Transportation Bill; island leases for military and naval bases.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 7, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-09-07
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin's efforts to help avert a railroad strike in Vermont.
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1935-03-13
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Submitted by Mr. Austin. March 13, 1935.
Title: Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 3, 1941
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-05-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.
Title: Warren R. and Mildred Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, Bob, and Edward, January 10, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-01-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include labor strikes; lengthy report of a trip by a group of Senators to Puerto Rico.
Title: What Republicans Can Do About It: Radio Speech of Senator Warren R. Austin, February 12, 1938.
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-02-12
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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