Ray Smock, Former historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, led a discussion with former members of congress about making their personal congressional papers publicly available. Two years previously, the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress started encouraging members to save all papers on issues they helped to introduce while members of the House. The panelists responded to questions from members of the audience.

This was part of the annual conference of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress, held at the National Archives.