In addition to the hearings in the U.S. Documents collection and in the CIS Hearings (microfiche) collection, the Library also has the comprehensive microfiche collection CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings. This collection pulls together all published hearings in one place, including many hearings which were never widely distributed to libraries. However, the arrangement of the collection is very complicated. For this reason, all of the possibilities listed in the "hearings" section in Congressional Publications: A Research Guide (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/godc/resguide/congress.htm#hearings) should be exhausted before using this collection.
There are 5 different numbering sequences within the CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings set. These do not interfile:
Example: Testimony from Henry Wallace, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, on reciprocal trade agreements
Using the "Witness" search, look up Henry Wallace as the witness and USDA as the organization represented. Then use the Focus feature to look for "reciprocal trade" within the search results.
Select the one with the title Reciprocal Trade Agreements from the Senate Committee on Finance in 1934.
CIS-NO: S448-3
CIS-Hearings-Microfiche Group: 1A
SUDOC: Y4.F49:T67/2
To find this publication consult the "hearings" section in Congressional Publications: A Research Guide. Then look:
Group 1A indicates the Greenwood Press Senate Library hearings, 41st -73d Congresses, 1869-1934. These fiche have the Greenwood Press logo on the left of the header.
The microfiche headers look like this:
Example: Hearings about the Post Office from the 23rd Congress
Using the "Subject" search option, search for "Post Office" and congress "23"
CIS-NO: (23-1) S. Doc. v. 5 n. 422
CIS-Hearings-Microfiche Group: 1B
(No SuDocs number listed)
Go to MFiche no. 2075 in the microfiche cabinets, find Group no. 1B, find the Congressional session 23-1, then Senate, then vol. 5, n. 422.
Group 1B indicates the Greenwood Press Senate Library Documented group. These fiche have the Greenwood Press logo on the left of the header.
The microfiche headers look like this:
Example: The hearing "Interstate Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors." The hearings were held between 1911 and 1913; find the section dealing with Delaware laws
Using the "Title" search option, search for Interstate Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors and dates "from" 1911 and "to" 1913
CIS-NO: HJ 62-K-3
CIS-Hearings-Microfiche Group: 2
SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:L66/1-4
NOTES: Committee Serial No. 4. Contains texts of laws of Mississippi, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Rhode Island, Missouri, New
Hampshire, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Michigan, and Minnesota. Serial No. 4 begins on
microfiche No. 3 of 6.
To find this publication consult the "hearings" section in Congressional Publications: A Research Guide. Then look:
Group 2 indicates the microfiche group called Greenwood Supplement.
These fiche have the Greenwood Press logo on the left of the header.
The microfiche headers look like this:
Example: Hearings from the 77th Congress, House Committee on Naval Affairs to establish the frigate "Constellation" as a national museum.
Using the "Committee" search option, search for House committee in the "issued by" box, naval affairs in the Committee box, 77 in the congress box, set the document type to published hearings. Then use the Focus feature to search for Constellation within the search results. Choose the one dealing with Newport, Rhode Island
CIS-NO: 77 H975-0.137
CIS-Hearings-Microfiche Group: 3
SUDOC: Y4.N22/1a:941-42/137
Notes: Committee Serial No. 137....begins on microfiche 21 of 25.
To find this publication consult the "hearings" section in Congressional Publications: A Research Guide. Then look:
Group 3 indicates the Greenwood Press Senate Library hearings, 74th - 91st Congresses, 1935-1969. (The University of Delaware has through the 82d Congress, 1952.) These fiche have the Greenwood Press logo on the left of the header.
The microfiche headers look like this:
Example: Hearings to establish federal jurisdiction in Yerba Buena Island, California
Using the Subject option, look up Yerba Buena Island as the first subject and jurisdiction as the second subject.
CIS-NO: 41 HJ-1
CIS-Hearings-Microfiche Group: 4
(No SuDocs number listed)
Go to microfiche cabinets and find Group 4. Find the 41st Congress, then the committe designation HJ, then fiche 1.
Group 4 indicates the CIS Supplement. These fiche have the CIS logo on the lefthand side of the header.
The microfiche headers look like this:
