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Legislative History Research: Step 6: Other Sources

A guide for researching the history of the Minnesota State Legislature.

Other Sources for Legislative History Research

Other possible avenues of legislative history research include:

House Research Department Bill Summaries (1975-2008), summarize main provisions of bills and compare House bills with companion Senate bills.
Personal papers of legislators influential in the passage of the bill. Search both the MNHS catalog and finding aids.
Contemporary newspaper articles about the issues raised by the bill. See the Newspaper Collection for information on searching Minnesota newspapers.
Records or publications of state agencies, political parties, or groups concerned with the legislation. Search both the MNHS catalog and finding aids.

Other Source Links

Bill Summaries
Finding aid for House Research Department's documents summarizing and comparing bills.
Newspapers
Search historic newspapers for advertisements and articles about people, events, and activities.
Library Catalog
Search for books, pamphlets, maps, A/V materials, and archival and manuscript collections in our Library Catalog.
Finding Aids
Search the full text of digital finding aids for State Archives and manuscript collections at MNHS.

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