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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Contributor(s)
Place(s)
- United States [5]
- Washington, D.C. [3]
- Burlington, Vermont [2]
- California. [2]
- Cleveland (Ohio) [1]
- West Virginia [1]
Genre(s)
Topic(s)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [38]
- United States. Supreme Court [20]
- Executive departments -- United States -- Reorganization. [18]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary [17]
- Neutrality -- United States [15]
- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States [10]
- Air mail service -- United States. [9]
- 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]
- United States. Congress. Senate -- Minority leaders [9]
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 [8]
- Federal government -- United States [7]
- Railroad law -- United States [7]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945 [7]
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 [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]
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) [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. War Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures [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]
- Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States [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]
- Burke, Thomas A. (Thomas Aloysius), 1898-1971 [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]
- Judicial review of administrative acts [3]
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 [3]
- Lewis, James Hamilton, 1863-1939 [3]
- Library of Congress [3]
- Logan, Marvel Mills, 1875-1939. [3]
- MacLeish, Archibald, 1892- [3]
- McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944 [3]
- Monopolies -- United States [3]
- Republican National Convention (21st : 1936 : Cleveland, Ohio) [3]
- Sequoia (Yacht). [3]
- Tariff -- United States [3]
- Tariff -- United States -- Speeches in Congress [3]
- Taxation of bonds, securities, etc. -- United States [3]
- Tobey, Charls W. (Charles William), 1880-1953 [3]
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Finance. [3]
- United States. Congress -- Powers and duties. [3]
- United States. Congress. Senate. [3]
- United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover) [3]
- United States. Work Projects Administration -- Appropriations and expenditures. [3]
- Vermont -- Claims vs. United States. [3]
- Walter, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1894-1963 [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]
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States [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]
- 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]
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American [2]
- Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867-1950 [2]
- Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- United States [2]
- Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961 [2]
- United States -- Commerce -- Japan. [2]
- United States -- Commercial treaties -- Japan [2]
- United States -- Foreign relations [2]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China [2]
- United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration [2]
- United States. Attorney-General. [2]
- United States. Congress (77th, 1st session : 1941-1942) [2]
- United States. Congress -- Constituent communication [2]
- United States. Congress. Conference Committees. [2]
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission [2]
- United States. National Guard [2]
- United States. Navy. [2]
- United States. Post Office Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures. [2]
- United States. Tariff Act of 1930. [2]
- United States. War Dept. [2]
- Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951 [2]
- Veto -- United States [2]
- Wool -- Labeling -- Law and legislation -- United States [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]
- Angary, Right of. [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]
- Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 [1]
- Citizenship -- United States. [1]
- Civil service [1]
- Civil service -- United States [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]
- Elections -- United States -- 1940 [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]
- Greene, Frank L. (Frank Lester), 1870-1930 [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]
- Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States [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]
- Merchant ships -- United States. [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]
- Naturalization -- United States. [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 -- 1940 [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, Eleanor, 1884-1962. [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]
- Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907- [1]
- Strategic materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Term limits (Public office) -- 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 -- 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. Court of Claims -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment [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. Works Progress Administration [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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Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 26, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-26
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Borah on the Big Navy Bill; bankruptcy bill; railroad bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 26, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-04-26
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Vermont delegation to the Republican National Convention.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 27, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-27
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Big Navy Bill; Bankruptcy Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 27, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-04-27
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include bill to amend the National Housing Act.
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 29, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-04-29
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include National Defense; luncheon hosted by Senator McNary (OR) to meet Republican National Convention keynote speaker Governor Stassen (MN); Austin's and other Republicans views on foreign policy.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 3, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-04-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Railroad legislation and the Interstate Commerce Commission law; Senator Bankhead's Cotton Subsidy Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 3, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-04-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Wisconsin primary, Thomas Dewey, and Senator Vandenberg (MI).
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 30, 1936
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1936-04-30
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin's role in two amendments of the Robinson-Putnam Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 4, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-04-04
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Danby, Vermont Marble to be used in Jefferson Memorial; bill waiving immunity of Federal officers from taxation; speech by Senator Frazier (ND) about confirmation of William Douglas to the Supreme Court.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 4, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-04-04
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include defeat of Senator O'Mahoney (WY) amendment on customs duties and import restrictions; Trade Treaty Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 5, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-04-05
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include sit-down strikes; Court Bill hearings 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 Senator McCarran (NV); Trade Treaty Bill.
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, April 7, 1936
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1936-04-07
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin's commentary on the conduct of an impeachment trial of Judge Ritter of Florida.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 8, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-08
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Frazier and Austin's opinion of the tax bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 8, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-04-08
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include filibuster against the appropriation bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 9, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-09
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include defeat of Reorganization Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 1, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-08-01
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Secretary of War called on Austin; Spending and Lending Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 13, 1937
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1937-08-13
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include letter received by Senator McCarran from Mrs. C.G. Austin.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 13, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-08-13
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Burke (NE) on the Burke-Wadsworth Conscription Bill; amendment by Senator Lee (OK) on Conscription Bill; acceptance by Wilkie of Republican nomination for President.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 14, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-08-14
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speeches by Senator Taft (OH), Vandenberg (MI), Norris (NE), and Wheeler (MT) against the Conscription Bill; Senator Lee (OK) amendment to the Conscription Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 20, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-08-20
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include debate over Conscription Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 21, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-08-21
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include debate over Conscription Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 22, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-08-22
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader in the Senate.
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