112th Congress, 2nd Session
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.)
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.
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 Roland Boucher of Vermont.
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