Wednesday, May 10, 2006

United States Congressional Biographical Data Series

United States Congressional Biographical Data Series (ICPSR) includes Biographical Characteristics of Members of the United States Congress, 1789-1979 and Roster of United States Congressional Officeholders and Biographical Characteristics of Members of the United States Congress, 1789-1996:Merged Data.
See also Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005 via GPO Access (from govdoc-l).

Presidential Speech Collection

Miller Center Presidential Speech Collection
"The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the more important presidential speeches of the past 60 years. These speeches are available in their entirety in full audio. When possible, we have also provided transcripts of the speeches. Recently we have expanded our collection to include the full text of some of the more important presidential speeches from the 18th and 19th centuries." Source: Miller Center, University of Virginia

Just Released: Country Reports on Terrorism (2005)

"U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism." Download in sections as PDFs:http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/c17689.htm (Source: U.S. Department of State)(via Resourceshelf).

Immigration Enforcement--United States

New report: Immigration Enforcement Within the United States
82 pages; PDF (Source: CRS).

Genealogy: World War II Records- Databases

The World War II Army Enlistment Records File and Access to Archival Databases
"World War II Army Enlistment Records provide a rich source of information for genealogists and other researchers at the National Archives and Records Adminstration interested in Army enlistees in World War II. Since their release through NARA's Access to Archival Databases (AAD) resource in May 2004, they have quickly become the most popular series of electronic records accessible through that resource." (via Resourceshelf)
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