Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. British Sessional Papers. House of Commons.
- Location: McKeldin Library
Location Code & Call Number: MCK-PER M-PRINT - Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. British Sessional Papers. House of Commons. (1731-1905)
Description
The House Sessional Papers are part of the British Parliamentary Papers. They contain House of Commons Papers and Command Papers.
The collection is arranged chronologically, then by a classification scheme which includes (1) public bills, (2) reports from committees of the House e of Commons; (3) reports from commissioners, inspectors, royal commissions, ad hoc advisory committees and various annual reports; and (4) accounts and papers, treaties, diplomatic papers, estimates of public expenditures, reports Or special investigatory bodies, etc. Within each class the documents are arranged by alphabetical subject headings.
Over thirty indexes and bibliographies provide access to this collection. (See Dodson, Suzanne Cates, Microform Research Collections: A Guide, pp. 269_270, Ref Z1033 .M5D64, and General Index to Parliamentary Papers 1900-1949, (Ref JN 677 .A4 1960.) The Library holds the Irish University Press series of the British Parliamentary Papers in hard copy (J 301 .I7M63 Folio). See the card catalog under Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Irish University Press Series of the British Parliamentary Papers for holdings by subject, e.g., Savings BANKS; Military and Naval, Health: Infectious Diseases.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
- M-PRINT
- Microprint catalog and indexes for the years 1731-1800 and general indexes for the years 1801 through 1900 are in boxes kept at the beginning of the set. After 1900 annual indexes are available in the last volume of each session.
