Subjects – Committee on the Library
The House Committee on the Library’s report on the condition of House Records
June 01, 1937
The House Committee on the Library recommended the “Transfer of Certain Records of House of Representatives to National Archives” (H. Rpt. No. 917, 75th Cong., 1st sess.)
Discovering the “lost” records of the early Congresses
January 22, 1939
On this date, the Washington Post published a front-page story featuring Clerk of the House South Trimble, whose staff had unearthed 19th century House documents long believed to have been lost.
The youngest Congressional Gold Medal recipient, 11-year-old Ronald Boucher
April 23, 1941
Representative Robert Secrest of Ohio, chairman of the House Committee on the Library, reported favorably to the House on legislation to present a Congressional Gold Medal to 11-year-old Ronald Boucher of Vermont.