Serving as the Senate's institutional memory, the Historical Office collects and provides information on important events, precedents, dates, statistics, and historical comparisons of current and past Senate activities for use by members and staff, the media, scholars, and the general public. The office advises senators and committees on cost-effective disposition of their non-current office files, assists researchers seeking access to Senate records, and maintains information detailing locations of former members' papers.
It conducts oral history interviews with retired senior Senate staff and keeps extensive biographical and bibliographical information on former senators. A collection of more than 30,000 Senate-related photographs and other illustrations is available for research and publication use. The Historical Office and its staff has also produced numerous publications, covering all aspects of Senate history.
The United States Senate, An Institutional Bibliography: More than 600 citations to books, articles, and government documents printed since 1789.
About the United States Senate Archives. Information about official Senate records as well as private paper collections of former senators. Includes Reports of the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress.
Publications of the Senate Historical Office
Senate Historical Office Staff:
Betty K. Koed, Historian
Katherine A. Scott, Associate Historian
Daniel S. Holt, Assistant Historian
Richard A. Baker, Historian Emeritus
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian Emeritus
Heather Moore, Photo Historian
Beth Hahn, Historical Editor
Karen D. Paul, Archivist
Elisabeth Butler, Deputy Archivist for Accessioning and Processing
M. Alison White, Deputy Archivist for Digital Archives
Mary Baumann, Historical Writer
Amy Camilleri, Executive Assistant
For more information, contact the Senate Historical Office at 202-224-6900, or by mail at 201 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510-7108.
