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Multiple Danforth campus libraries will be closed and inaccessible to patrons from December 21 until January 2. Read on for more details. 

Civil Rights Suite

Black and white photo of the empty US Senate Chamber, circa 1873.

The WashU Libraries have agreed to act as a Regional Depository for a suite of civil rights-related government documents. This means that the Libraries will have as comprehensive a collection for the agencies listed below as possible.

The intention is to include all of the documents available in these areas through the Libraries in our Catalog. To search the Civil Rights Suite collection by agency, input the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) Numbers abbreviation or agency name into the search field on the library catalog.

Browse the WashU Libraries Online Catalog

Federal Government Departments

SuDocAgency
CRUnited States Commission on Civil Rights (1957- ).
HHDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (1965- ).
JDepartment of Justice. (1870- ).
PUnited States Postal Service. (1792- ).
Pr 34President – Dwight D. Eisenhower administration.
PrEx 34Executive Office of the President – Dwight D. Eisenhower administration.
PrVp 34Vice President – Dwight D. Eisenhower administration.
Pr 35President – John F. Kennedy administration.
PrEx 35Executive Office of the President – John F. Kennedy administration.
PrVp 35Vice President – John F. Kennedy administration.
Pr 36President – Lyndon Johnson administration.
PrEx 36Executive Office of the President – Lyndon Johnson administration.
PrVp 36Vice President – Lyndon Johnson administration.
Y 3.EqCongressional Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (1965- )
Y 4.J 89/1:House Committee on the Judiciary
Y 4.J 89/2:Senate Committee on the Judiciary
The Old St. Louis County Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, MO, with the Arch surrounding it in the background.

Related Materials

United States Commission on Civil Rights (1957-) Documents | Search the catalog for these items.

Civil Rights in St. Louis Research Guide | An in-depth research guide focused on current and historical civil rights in St. Louis.

Civil Rights Digital Library | Primary sources and educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale.

Guidelines for the Disposal of Civil Rights Suite Documents

Paper Monographs: Please compare your holdings to our Catalog and send any items you don’t find listed to us.

Serials and other formats: Send us a list with the main series title, the SuDoc stem for the series, and the start/end dates (or start/end volume numbers).

Miscellaneous Materials: Contact the government documents Librarian, Tove Klovning, with a description of these materials.

Guidelines for the Disposal of Other Federal Government Documents

Because of our ongoing interest in historical government documents, we have agreed to serve as the local coordinator for Selectives in the St. Louis Metro area. This means that the Government Documents Librarian will receive discard lists from the other Metro area depositories and will distribute the lists to the other Metro area depositories for possible selection before the lists are passed on to the Regional Librarian.

Missouri Federal Repository Complete Disposal Instructions

Access these Materials

The West Campus Collection includes the majority of the System’s U.S. documents in print.

Please contact Associate University Librarian Leland Deeds for information on the Government Publications Collections.

Contact

Department
Collections, Access, and Scholarly Communications
Name
Leland Deeds
Job Title
Associate University Librarian
Phone Number
(314) 935-5400