Preservation of Government Information
Since 1789, the U.S. government has continuously recorded its actions, producing documents that safeguard accountability and transparency. From early Congressional acts to modern legislation, these records preserve the nation’s democratic foundations. Protecting and providing access to such materials ensures future generations can study, understand, and engage with their government’s history.
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- Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America
- 1820 Census
- Report on the defective, dependent, and delinquent classes of the population of the United States, as returned at the tenth census
- Leslie Hunter Whitten Papers, Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Nixon Recordings
- Tocks Island Dam
- Panama Canal
- Pandemic of Plague
- Iacocca in Washington