Site contains documents related to the study of the American Presidency, including public papers, annual messages to Congress, inaugural addresses, radio addresses, acceptance speeches, presidential candidates debates, party platforms, elections data, and an audio/video archive.
Start with the Library Catalog to see what books, etc. the Library has on a specific U.S. President.
Enter as a subject the name of the president you are researching: last name, first name. There are two options:
Option One, type: su:(Wilson, Woodrow) in the big search box and then click SEARCH.
Option Two, select the Advanced Search on the right side, type: Wilson, Woodrow on a search line, and from the search index drop down menu, select Subject and click SEARCH.
Presidential Documents
This list is made up of both library books and open access websites that focus on presidental documents.
A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897 by Richardson, James D.
Call Number: J 81 .B96 (3rd floor)
Volumes 1-10
Congress and the Nation; a review of government and politics in the postwar years. by Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Call Number: KF 49 .C653 (3rd floor)
(vol 1-5) Summarizes and analyzes federal legislative and policy activity during each presidential term starting with 1945.
Formally called the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, it was published on every Monday from 1965-2009 and was the official publication of presidential statements, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary. In 2009 the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents was replaced by the (Daily) Compilation of Presidential Documents.
"Disposition Tables contain information about Executive Orders beginning with those signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and are arranged according to Presidential administration and year of signature."
"The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the most important presidential speeches in American history."
Public Papers of the Presidents by United States. President.
Call Number: JA80.A283 (3rd floor)
Publication Date: 1929 - Current
This series began in 1957 in response to a lack of uniform compilations of messages and papers of the Presidents before this time. The project eventually expanded & collected presidential papers prior to '57. Recently the series began to be digitized - see next two links below.
