Now Available Online From GPO: Historical Congressional Record For 1971-1980
From the Government Publishing Office (GPO):
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) partners with the Library of Congress to release the digital version of the bound Congressional Record from 1971-1980 on GPO’s govinfo.
This release covers debates and proceedings of the 92nd thru the 96th Congresses. This era of Congress covers historical topics such as:
- The Administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter
- Passage/ratification of the 26th Amendment (allowing 18-year-olds to vote)
- Watergate
- The end of the Vietnam War
- The Bicentennial
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
- The Iran Hostage Crisis
- OPEC and the Oil Crises of the 1970s
- Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act
Direct to All Digitized Versions of Bound Congressional Record (1971-2005)
See Also: Digitized Editions of Historical Congressional Record for the 1980s on GPO’s GovInfo (November 29, 2016)
See Also: GPO and Library of Congress Begin Release of All Digital Bound “Congressional Records” From 1991-1998 (September 20, 2016)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.