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Photo, Print, Drawing [Congressional activities file from the CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection (CQ portion)]

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Title

  • [Congressional activities file from the CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection (CQ portion)]

Summary

  • Photographs include images used in Congressional Quarterly publications on congressional topics such as press conferences, hearings, committee markups, meetings and rallies. A large proportion of the photographs depict the work of congressional committees. House committees include Agriculture, Banking, Energy and Commerce, Ethics, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways and Means. Senate committees include Agriculture, Appropriations, Armed Services, Banking, Budget, Commerce, Energy, Environment, Finance, Foreign Relations, Government Affairs, Intelligence, Judiciary, Labor, and Rules. The Joint Organization of Congress Committee is also shown with Ross Perot testifying. Notable images include female officers at a hearing on women in the military and General John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Senate Armed Services); Robert Gates with members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Carol A. DeVine, wife of an American slain in Guatemala (Senate Intelligence); Senators Joe Biden, Strom Thurmond and others at nomination hearing for Ruth Bader Ginsberg; the Clarence Thomas hearings and Randy Weaver of the Ruby Ridge standoff (Senate Judiciary Committee); Senators Edward Kennedy and Nancy Kassebaum at meeting discussing the Abortion Clinic Access Bill and Dr. Ian Wilmut testifying about cloning (Senate Labor). Other topics are the budget, including the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993; Republican rallies in support of the Contract with America, Democratic Party leaders including speaker Jim Wright, Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, Chuck Robb and Steny Hoyer; Republican Party leaders including Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Dick Armey, and Trent Lott; Family and Medical Leave legislation discussions with Edward Kennedy and others, gun control legislation including images of President Reagan's press secretary, Jim Brady during press conference at the Supreme Court; Democratic and Republican healthcare proposals; the House banking scandal including images of House Speaker Tom Foley talking to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol; the House Women's Caucus including images of members at the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings; immigration including photographs of "Ana X" a Peruvian refugee with Senator Patrick Leahy at a press conference on asylum policy; Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, Senator Phil Gramm and others at a press conference announcing Senator Richard Shelby's change from a Democrat to a Republican in 1994; a rally on the U.S. Capitol grounds in support of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with Kenny G., Michael Bolton, Garth Brooks and Representative Jerrold Nadler; a hearing of the Senate Watergate Committee showing Sam Ervin, Lowell Weicker, others; the Whitewater hearings (1994-1995) with images of Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, George Stephanopoulus, Margaret A. Williams and others testifying. Also includes one image of Speaker of the House Tom Foley, George Mitchell and others leaving the White House after a meeting with President Bush about the Persian Gulf War.

Names

  • Congressional Quarterly, inc.

Created / Published

  • [ca. 1970-ca. 2000]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Congress--People--1970-2000
  • -  Legislators--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000
  • -  Legislation--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000
  • -  Economic policy--United States--1970-2000
  • -  Supreme Court justices--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000
  • -  Press conferences--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000
  • -  Meetings--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000
  • -  Government investigations--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000
  • -  Legislative hearings--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000
  • -  Cabinet officers--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000

Format Headings

  • Dye coupler prints--Color--1970-2000.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1970-2000.
  • Slides--Color--1970-2000.

Genre

  • Gelatin silver prints--1970-2000
  • Dye coupler prints--Color--1970-2000
  • Slides--Color--1970-2000

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Photographs are arranged alphabetically by topic.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Most of the photographs were taken by CQ staff photographers including R. Michael Jenkins, Scott J. Ferrell, Kathleen R. Beall, Nathaniel Harari, Mary Iuvone, Richard Ellis and Douglas Graham. Other photographs are credited to Jim Wells (Arlington, Virginia) and John Blodgett, and Ceci Connally.
  • -  Folder heading topics are: Budget, Campaign finance, Civil rights, Committees: House Administration, House Agriculture, House Banking, House Engery and Commerce, House Ethics, House Transportation and Infrastructure, House Ways and Means, Joint Organization of Congress, Senate Appropriations, Senate Armed Services, Senate Banking, Senate Budget, Senate Commerce, Senate Energy, Senate Environment, Senate Finance, Senate Government Affairs, Senate Intelligence, Senate Judiciary, Senate Labor, Senate Rules; Contract with America, Democratic leadership, Employees, Family and medical leave legislation, GOPAC investigation, Gun legislation, Healthcare legislation, House Bank scandal, House Women's Caucus, Immigration legislation, Miscellaneous, National Endowment for the Arts rally, Persian Gulf War, press conferences, Republican leadership, Term limits, Watergate hearings, Whitewater hearings, and Women in Congress.
  • -  Most photographs have captions. Most photographs also have CQ labels with dates of publication noted.
  • -  Also includes a few color slides and computer printouts of images.
  • -  Forms part of the CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection.
  • -  Some photographs may have corresponding contact sheets and negatives.
  • -  Gift; CQ Roll Call; 2011 (DLC/PP-2011:177).

Medium

  • 412 items (chiefly photographic prints) : gelatin silver and dye coupler ; 8 x 10 cm or smaller

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 15026 (F) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • CQ portion of CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018651510

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on work by staff photographers. Other material may be restricted by copyright, or privacy and publicity rights. For information see: "CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection" https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/res/683_cqrc.html
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  • Call Number: LOT 15026 (F) [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Congressional activities file from the CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection CQ portion. United States Washington D.C, None. [ca. 1970-ca. 2000] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018651510/.

APA citation style:

Congressional Quarterly, I. Congressional activities file from the CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection CQ portion. United States Washington D.C, None. [ca. 1970-ca. 2000] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018651510/.

MLA citation style:

Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Congressional activities file from the CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection CQ portion. [ca. 1970-ca. 2000] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018651510/>.