Correspondence, 1975 - 1976

File — Box: 1319.0026

Scope and Contents

From the Series: The Legislative Records Series contains correspondence between John J. Sparkman, officials, and constituents regarding proposed legislation up for debate in the House or Senate during Sparkman’s four decades in Congress, including material regarding minimum wage, veterans, the Civil Rights Act, and other matters. It also contains bill files, with printed copies of House resolutions and Senate bills put forward at different sessions of Congress between 1937 and 1978. There are bound copies of the twenty-nine-part Pearl Harbor hearings (1946), as well as copies of the Congressional Record. The series also contains committee work files that include background research, proceedings regarding meetings, and other materials related to Sparkman’s time on the congressional committees in which he participated during his tenure, including the House Military Affairs Committee, the Senate Small Business Committee, the Senate Banking Committee, and the Foreign Relations Committee, among others. Some of these files contain material pertaining to committee work and legislation about solar power and sustainable energy in the 1970s. The Legislative Records Series may contain speeches Sparkman gave before Congress, though more speeches can be found in the Press and Media Materials Series. The correspondence in Legislative Records may also overlap with correspondence in the Constituent Services Materials and Agency and Department Files Series.

Dates

1975 - 1976

Conditions Governing Access

Access to portions of this collection has been restricted by Archives and Special Collections in order to preserve the original materials. Contact University Libraries Special Collections at archives@ua.edu or 205.348.0500 for information on access to the restricted portions of this collection.

The rest of the collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.