The Louise McIntosh Slaughter congressional papers, 1974-2018, comprise her entire career, reflecting committee and legislative work, including her interactions with staff members, other politicians, business executives, other stakeholders, and New York constituents. From 1971 to 2018 she participated in several efforts to improve communities through advocacy and leadership; the collection contains the documents produced during those years, including newspapers clippings, campaign materials, correspondence, press releases, state and federal reports, staff briefs, and the reference and research files. As much as this material might be gleaned to reproduce Slaughter's work and politics, this collection also documents the varied resources and research materials compiled by her staff members (chief of staff, legislative aides, etc.) to inform her about the issues and events of the day. The staffers' files are revealed mostly in the briefing books—generally include correspondence between Slaughter and her colleagues, newspaper clippings on closely linked topics and events, printed materials accessed from online sources like LexisNexis, fact sheets, copies and drafts of bills, and handwritten notes and peer reviewed journal articles.