112th Congress, 2nd Session
February 21, 1910
The House allocated $2,500 “for the better preservation of early files of the House” by means of H. Res. 403.
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.
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