PRESIDENTS
Presidents
From Revolution to Reconstruction: Presidents (Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands )– “Provides an index of the presidents of the United States and contains information and documents of their speeches, writings, biographies and anything else related to their person or the office they are holding.”
Presidential Site Resources (National Commission on Presidential Sites and UNC) – Provides links to web information about U.S. presidents beginning with George Washington.
Papers of the Presidents (Yale/Avalon Project) – Includes full text of selected documents, including inaugural addresses, annual messages, proclamations, and vetoes. As of February 2004 includes: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Roosevelt, T., Roosevelt, F., Truman, Eisenhower, Clinton, Bush, GW.
Presidents of the United States (Internet Public Library) – Extensive web site with pages for each president. Includes pictures, biographies, election results, first ladies, cabinets, hightlights of administration, and links to related Internet sites.
Portraits of the Presidents (National Portrait Gallery) – Portraits of the presidents, Washington through Clinton, in the National Portrait Gallery, with brief presidential biography and background on the painting.
Public Papers of the Presidents (GPO, 1992- ) – Presidential speeches and statements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary on an annual basis. Also includes declarations, nominations, and executive orders.
George Washington Papers (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)
Thomas Jefferson Papers (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)
James Madison Papers (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)
Abraham Lincoln Papers (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)Richard Nixon Papers (1969-1974) (Nixon Foundation) – all 6 volumes are available. Print version is available in the Government Documents collection (GS 4.113: ) at Langsam Library
George H.W. Bush Papers (1989-1992) (Bush Presidential Library) – all 5 volumes are available. Print version is available in the Government Documents collection (AE 2.114:) at Langsam Library.
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (University of Michigan) – Online, searchable version of the print title.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, 1929-2000 (University of Michigan,
public domain version) – “It currently covers the published speeches and documents of
Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford,
Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. You can search across all volumes at the initial screen
or search within a volume. Basic searches are amplified by boolean and proximity searches.
Results can be sorted by author, title, date, and frequency.
Presidential Papers, 1929-2001 (American Presidency Project) – Hoover through George H.W. Bush are available.
Presidents USA – Extensive compilation of information about the presidents. Includes biographies, presidential debates, birth and death information, names of pets, etc.
GPO Subject Bibliographies - Presidents – Identifies publications for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Presidents of the United States (White House web site) – Includes color portraits and biographies of the presidents.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (GPO) (online) Contains presidential addresses; appointments and nominations; communications to Congress; other statements, messages and remarks.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (GPO) (print holdings)
Inaugural addresses of the Presidents of the United States (Yale/Avalon Project) – Contains inaugural addresses beginning with George Washington.
Presidential Documents on NARA Web Page (NARA) – Links to NARA web resources for presidential documents.
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1902 (link to record of print holdings at UC) – Includes presidential papers and messages, it is not complete.
CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations (print holdings) – Index to executive orders and proclamations issued from 1789-1983
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders April 13, 1945-January 20, 1989 (NARA) – Includes proclamations and executive orders in effect at time of publication, with amendments; arranged by broad subject.
Executive Orders Disposition Table Web Page (NARA) – Numerical list of executive orders by President from 1957 on, with date signed, Federal Register citation, and history of amendments and revocations.
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (print holdings) – Contains proclamations and executive orders
Code of Federal Regulations: Title 3: The President (GPO) – Search for proclamations; executive orders; other presidential documents appearing in the Federal Register.
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