Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Consists of documents not only covering each congressional and legislative session but comprise other documents of significance, including the constitutions, select journals from the constitutional conventions, and early colonization laws.

Includes both page images of the Constitutions, as well as .html files providing the full and clear text of the documents in an easily searchable format.

Includes House and Senate Journals, Congressional Globe, Statutes at Large, and the Serial Set.

Yale University's Avalon Project--Includes much more than just US documents.

Search by topic or by case name, both state and federal.

Scroll down to the 39th Congress to links to reports on the Conduct of the War, the Memphis Riot and Massacres, and Laws in Relation to Freedmen. In the 41st Congress the United States reported on claims against Great Britain.

Volumes 2-13 of the Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire in to the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States (1872)

Two reels of microfilm on the 2nd floor of the library, far right end of the metal cabinets, E185.93 .T4 R43 reel 26-27, includes Seguin, Sterling, Sumpter, Tyler, and Waco. Readers and scanners on the same floor--print or scan to flash drive free.

Links to digitized handwritten records of Field Offices for towns across Texas, including Boston, Clarksville, Cotton Gin (Freestone Co.), Crockett, Huntsville, Jefferson, Marshall, Nacogdoches, Palestine, San Augustine, Sumpter (Trinity Co.), and Tyler.

Search for individuals in the 1790-1940 census data. Full images of original handwritten pages. Advanced search gives good options. Note that the 1870 census is the first one in which freedmen are listed by name. Heritage Quest also allows you to search for individuals in the Freedman's Bank (1865-1874), which was founded to serve African Americans.