CARTOGRAPHIC AND AUDIOVISUAL RECORDS. 1828-1930. 621 items. Cartographic records, 1828-1930 (395 items), were compiled principally by executive agencies of the Government and include land surveys, maps pertaining to exploration and military operations, State and national boundary maps, maps showing road and railroad rightsof-way, maps of Indian reservations, and maps and plans pertaining to dams and to river and harbor improvements. Audiovisual records consist of photographs (226 items) relating to rivers and harbors, including the banks of the Mississippi River and wharves at New Orleans, the wharves and harbor at Bridgeport, Conn., the destruction of Flood Rock in the East River at New York City, and the sinking of the Susan E. Peck in the St. Mary's River, 1880-91; of Round Pond, Wharton, and Enid, Okla., 1893-94, made in connection with the "Oklahoma Railroad Bill" (H.R. 3606, 53d Cong., 1st sess.); of exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; and of members of the Board of Lady Managers of the Exposition, 1893-96. There is also a lithograph of Congressman John E. Russell of Massachusetts, 1893. See American State Papers (38 vols., 1832-61) for many published records of the first 25 Congresses, 1789-1838; the congressional or serial set for many published records of the 15th Congress to the present Congress (printed hearings of House committees are generally issued as separate documents, not as part of the set); Public Papers of the Presidents (1957- ) and James D. Richardson, A Compilation of Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1896-99 and later editions) for most Presidential messages other than those submitting nominations; George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of Certain Committees of the House of Representatives Investigating the Disposal of Surplus Property, 1946-48, PI 65 (1954); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives To Investigate Air Accidents, 1941-43, PI 67 (1954); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the House Committee on the Civil Service Pertaining to the Investigation of Civilian Employment in the Federal Government, 1942-46, PI 69 (1954); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives on PostWar Military Policy, 1944-46, PI 70 (1954); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives Investigating National Defense Migration, 194043, PI 71 (1954); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Military Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives Relating to an Investigation of the War Department, 1934-36, PI 80 (1955); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives To Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond the Scope of Their Authority, 1943-46, PI 84 (1955); Jose D. Lizardo, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the House of Representatives Select Committee To Investigate Real Estate Bondholders' Reorganizations, 193438, PI 96 (1956); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives: Subcommittee on the Works Progress Administration, 1939-41, PI 107 (1958); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the House of Representatives Select Committee of Inquiry Into Operations of the United States Air Services, 1924-25, PI 108 (1958); Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives on Foreign Aid, 1947-48, PI 111 (1958); and Buford Rowland, Handy B. Fant, and Harold E. Hufford, comps., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1946, PI 113 (2 vols., 1959). SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS Records: All records of the House of Representatives that have not heretofore been made public. Restrictions: No one may examine these records and no information from them or copies of them may be furnished to anyone except upon order of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Specified by: House of Representatives. RECORDS OF JOINT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS Joint standing committees are created infrequently by the two Houses of Congress; select joint committees are created more frequently, sometimes for investigative or ceremonial purposes. The records of joint committees are similar to those of standing and select committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives and consist, in general, of correspondence of chairmen, correspondence and memorandums of staff members, hearings, exhibits, committee reports, and petitions and memorials. This collective record group includes the records of four standing joint committees: the Joint Committee on the Library, provided for by the acts of 1800 and 1802 establishing the Library of Congress; the Joint Committee on Printing, established by an act of 1846; the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, established by the Revenue Act of 1926; and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. It also includes the records of 45 select joint committees. There are 442 cubic feet of records dated between 1799 and 1969 in this record group. RECORDS. 1799-1969. 589 lin. ft. These consist primarily of records of the Joint Committee To Investigate the Pearl Harbor Attack, 79th Congress (1945-46); and of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 79th-90th Congresses (1945-68). Other records are of the Joint Committees: on Property in the Hands of the President, 6th Congress (1799-1801); on the Library, 10th (18079), 13th-73d (1813-1934), 82d-85th (1951-58), and 87th (1961-62) Congresses; on Disposal of Paintings by Trumbull, 17th Congress (1821-23); To Arrange for the Funeral of Major General Brown, 20th Congress (1827-29); on Celebration of the Birthday of General George Washington, 22d Congress (1831-33); To Prepare a Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, 22d Congress (1831-33); on the Occasion of the Death of General Lafayette, 23d Congress (1833-35); on the Death of James Madison, 24th Congress (1835-37); on the Documentary History of the American Revolution, 26th Congress (1839-41); To Devise a Mode of Examining and Counting the Electoral Votes, 26th (1839-41) and 28th (1843-45) Congresses; on Printing, 30th (1847-49), 36th (1859-61), 45th (1877-79), 46th (1879-81), and 56th-91st (18991969) Congresses; on the Conduct of the War, 38th (1863-65) and 39th (1865-67) Congresses; To Inquire Into the Condition of the States That Formed the Confederate States of America, 39th ConReconstruction, gress (1865-67); on 39th-41st Congresses (1865-71); on Retrenchment, 40th Congress (1867-69); To Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, 42d Congress (1871-73); To Inquire Into the Affairs of the District of Columbia, 43d Congress (1873-75); To Frame a Government for the District of Columbia, 44th Congress (1875-77); on Epidemic Diseases, 45th Congress (1877-79); on the Census, 46th (1879-81) and 47th (188183) Congresses; on American Shipbuilding, 47th Congress (1881-83); on the Geological Survey, 48th Congress (188385); To Investigate the Work on the Washington Aqueduct, 50th Congress (1887-89); and on the Disposition of Useless Papers, 51st (1889-91), 53d (189395), 55th (1897-99), 56th (1899-1901), 58th (1903-5), 60th (1907-9), and 63d78th (1913-44) Congresses. Also records of the Joint Committees: on the Ford's Theater Disaster, 53d and 54th Congresses (1893-97); on Addition al Accommodations for the Library of Congress, 54th Congress (1895-97); To Investigate the Interior Department and the Forestry Service, 61st Congress (1909-11); on the Revision of the Laws of the United States, 61st Congress (1909-11); on Rural Credit, 64th Congress (1915-17); on the Fiscal Relations of the District of Columbia and the United States, 64th Congress (1915-17); on the High Cost of Living, 66th Congress (1919-21); on the Civil Service Retirement Act, 69th Congress (192527); on Muscle Shoals, 69th Congress (1925-27); on Postal Rates, 69th Congress (1925-27); on Veterans' Affairs, 72d Congress (1931-33); To Investigate Dirigible Disasters, 73d Congress (193334); on Tax Evasion and Avoidance, 75th Congress (1937-38); on Internal Revenue Taxation, 75th-77th Congresses (1937-42); To Investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority, 76th Congress (193941); on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, 77th Congress (194142); on the Centennial of the Telegraph, 78th Congress (1943-44); on the Organization of Congress, 79th Congress (194546); on the Disposition of Executive Papers, 79th-87th Congresses (1945-62); on the Economic Report, 80th Congress (1947-48); on Labor-Management Relations, 80th Congress (1947-48); on Aviation Policy, 80th Congress (1947-48); and on Housing, 80th Congress (1947-48). AUDIOVISUAL RECORDS. 1965 and 1969. 2 reels. Motion pictures of the inauguration ceremonies of Presidents Johnson and Nixon, made under the direction and authority of the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS I. Records: Records of the Congressional Aviation Policy Board, 1947-48. Restrictions: Unclassified records may be used by representatives of Government agencies for official purposes, and such records may be used by non-Government searchers only by permission of the Secretary of the Senate. No classified records may be examined by any searcher without permission of the Secretary of the Senate. Specified by: Secretary of the Senate. II. Records: Records of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1947- . Restrictions: These records may Specified by: Joint Committee on III. Records: Records of the Joint 1951-. Restrictions: These records may not be used except by persons authorized by the Chairman of the Joint Committee or by its Chief Clerk. Specified by: Chief Clerk of the Joint Committee. LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (RECORD GROUP 149) The Government Printing Office (GPO) was established by Congressional Joint Resolution 25 of June 23, 1860. Printing for the Federal Government was previously done by private firms under provisions of congressional acts. Although management of the GPO is vested in a Public Printer, an act of January 12, 1895, delegated certain supervisory powers to the Joint Committee on Printing, composed of three members each from the Senate and House. The GPO executes orders for printing and binding placed by Congress and Federal departments, independent establishments, and agencies; furnishes, on order, blank paper, ink, and similar supplies for Government activities; distributes Government publications as required by law and maintains a library of them and the necessary catalogs; and prints unclassified documents for sale to the public. See Government Printing Office, 100 GPO Years, 1861-1961: A History of United States Public Printing (1961); and Robert E. Kling, Jr., The Government Printing Office (New York, 1970). There are 347 cubic feet of records dated between 1847 and 1939 in this record group. RECORDS. 1847-1939. 416 lin. ft. Included are correspondence, 18521936; ledgers, 1863-1930; personnel, payroll, and time records, 1861-1933; and accounting and related books and records, 1847-1939. Microfilm Publication: Superintendent of Documents: Card List of Publications of the 1st Through 17th Congresses, 1789-1823, T304, 2 rolls. RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (RECORD GROUP 217) The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) was established under the Budget and Accounting Act of June 10, 1921. It is headed by the Comptroller General of the United States, who is appointed for a 15-year term by the President. The GAO was assigned the duties of the auditors and Comptroller of the Treasury Department, together with those functions relating to personal ledger accounts of disbursing and collection officials that had been acquired by the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants in 1894 from the Office of the Register of the Treasury. Records maintained in the offices of these officials and of their predecessors were transferred to the GAO and are described below by office of origin. The chief duties of the GAO are to |