Docs Enclosed Location: Early U.S. Government Documents
The Documents Enclosed Area contains early publications of the US federal government, up to about 1915. It is located at the north-west end of the stacks in Tutt South basement. This section is locked. Please ask at the reference desk help in retrieving the documents you want. Search the TIGER catalog for more detailed information on holdings and for call numbers.
Note that the more recent publications, especially those in series, are located in the general government stack locations.
Surveys
Hayden and Powell Surveys of the West (short title)
- Hayden, F.V. at I 18.1:
- Powell, John Wesley at I 17.6:
- Exploration of the Colorado River of the West at SI 1.2:C 71
Wheeler and King Surveys of the West (short title)
- King, Clarence at W 7.10
- Wheeler, George M. at W 8.5
Pacific Railroad Survey (short title)
- Serial Set nos. 760-768 (Senate copy)
- Serial Set nos. 791-800 (House copy)
- W 7.14: nos. (War Department copy)
- Maps from map volume are separate in deeper shelves at the beginning of the enclosed area.
U.S. Geological Survey
- Annual Reports, 1880 – 1949, at I 19.1:
- Bulletins, 1883 – 1950, at I 19.3:nos. 1-967
- Monographs, 1890 – 1929, at I 19.9:nos. (complete series)
- Professional Papers, 1902 – 1958, at I 19.16: v. 1-299
Indian Affairs
- Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1873 – 1920, at I 1.1
- Report on Indian Affairs, 1875 – 1908, at I 20.1:
Labor Department
- Bulletins, 1895 – 1917, at L 2.3: v.1 – 199
- Children’s Bureau, at L 5.20
- Immigration Bureau, at L 3.7:
Smithsonian Institution
- several series, 1800’s to early 1900’s, at SI
State Department
- Messages and Diplomatic Correspondences, at S 1.1:
- Foreign Relations of the United States, 1862 – 1899, at S 1.1:
War/ War Department
- Official Army Registers, 1815 -1893, at W 3.11 and W 3.12
- Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, 1775-1785, at Z 2.4
- Japanese Relocation Monographs, WWII, at I 52.2:
Congress
- American Archives, 1774-76 – colonial papers and documents on colonial affairs and the American Revolution.
- Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress from the first meeting thereof to the dissolution of the confederation, 1775-1788
- Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
- American State Papers, 1789-1823 – executive and legislative documents of first 14 congresses grouped by subject categories. Index in each volume.
- U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
- Annals of Congress and various other titles (Congressional Record) – a record of the debates and proceedings in the Congress, 1789-date.