About the CR
The Congressional Record has been through four incarnations:
1. Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824)
2. Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837)
3. Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
4. Congressional Record (1873-present)
Descriptive summaries are provided on the National Archives website.
Microfiche
Congressional Record (1983-present)
UMass Amherst
Microfiche Storage X
Library has: v.131 (1985)-v.134 (1988)
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UMass Amherst
Microfiche Storage X 1.1:
Library has: v.131 (1981)-v.149,pt.20 (2003:Nov 7-Nov 11)
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Print Editions in the Five College Area
The W.E.B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts provides open public access to bound volumes.
- Congressional Record [Permanent Edition]UM W.E.B. Du Bois, 8th floor: J 11 .R5
Library has: v.1(1873)-v.130 (1984) - Non-Circulating
MH Stacks; J 11 .R5 Folio
Library has: v.1(1873)-v.126 (1980) - Congressional Globe1833 - 1873
UM W.E.B. Du Bois; J 11 .G5 - Non-circulating
MH Stacks J 11 .G5
AC Depository; x J 11 .G5 - Register of Debates in Congress1824 - 1837, 14 volumes
MH Stacks J 11 .D5
UM W.E.B. Du Bois; J 11 .D5 - Non-circulating
AC Depository [with gaps] J 11 .D5 - Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 18561789-1850, 16 volumes
SC Neilson Stacks J 15 .B4
MH Cutter Collection F 83 +6Un3t
Five College Depository UB 140146
AC Depository monographs 328.73 Un4c Ab - Annals of Congress [The Debates & Proceedings in the Congress of the United States]1789 - 1824, 42 volumes
UM W.E.B. Du Bois; J 11 .A5 - Non-circulating
AC Frost Stacks J 11 .A5 - Non-circulating
MH Stacks J 11 .A3
Converting Congress Numbers to Years
The U.S. Senate Reference website lists numbered sessions of Congress with corresponding calendar years:
http://www.senate.gov/