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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Topic: ("Air mail service -- United States.")
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 10, 1934
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1934-04-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin radio broadcast on the air mail issue.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 14, 1934
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1934-04-14
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin radio broadcast on the air mail issue.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 16, 1934
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1934-04-16
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin radio broadcast on the air mail issue.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 21, 1934
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1934-04-21
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include debate on the air mail issue; Democratic Whip Senator Lewis' entering of Austin's address before the Vermont Bar Association into the Congressional Record.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 1, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-01
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Austin's amendments to an airmail bill; Austin's successful effort to get Senator La Follette to include Puerto Rico in a public health bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 17, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-02-17
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include granting of Austin's request for another airmail service at Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 11, 1934
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1934-05-11
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include bill for regulation of the stock exchange; air mail issue.
Title: Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 5, 1941
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-05-05
Resource type: text
Topics include subsidy for the Telman Brothers to start an airmail route.
Title: Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 7, 1941
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-05-07
Resource type: text
Topics include appropriation for trans-Atlantic airmail.
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