Related Resources

For more information on the contents and use of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, please see:

• Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909, Third Edition Revised and Enlarged, Volume 1, Lists of Congressional and Departmental Publications External. (University of North Texas)
• Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. United States Congressional Serial Set Supplement External. (U.S. GPO); LC Catalog
• Numerical lists and schedule of volumes of the reports and documents of the ... Congress ... session / Compiled under the direction of the Superintendent of Documents External. 1934-1982 (U.S. GPO); LC Catalog
• "Overview of the contents and organization of the Serial Set" External (PDF) and Schedule of Volumes of the U.S. Serial Set: 1970 to Current External (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC)
• Tables of and Annotated Index to the Congressional Series of United States Public Document External. (U.S. GPO)
• United States Congressional Serial Set Catalog External (U.S. GPO); LC Catalog
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set Finding List External (The College of Wooster)
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set Inventory External (University of North Texas)

Press Releases

Library of Congress and U.S. Government Publishing Office Digitizing U.S. Congressional Serial Set - October 22, 2019

Blog Posts

The Law Library's blog, In Custodia Legis, carries a series From the Serial Set highlighting the selective documents found in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.

Story Maps

The City of Washington: From the Serial Set.
This Story Map provides a short introduction of U.S. Congressional Serial Set and original resources of Washington D.C. plans. It also covers unique pictures of Washington D.C. history including maps, bills, illustrations, etc. A CSV file of mapped data associated with this Story Map can be found here External.

City Sketches and the Census.
This Story Map provides an interactive look at several of the city profiles documented in the United States 1880 Census, as published in the United States Congressional Serial Set. This downloadable CSV file External provides the mapped data in this Story Map.

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