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First Ladies - Laura Welch Bush
- National First Ladies Library
- Bibliography of books, articles, manuscripts, dissertations, and other printed resources in the library's collection arranged by name of the First Lady
- Library news and objectives
Impeachment - Impeachment Documents Relating to a U.S. President (Auburn University)
- Full text of selected government documents relating to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton
- Includes procedures, reports, and hearings
- Text in Adobe Acrobat format
- Under construction as of October 1998 but considerable progress made
- Impeachment Process
- Documents Center coverage of President Clinton's road toward impeachment
- Court cases, Starr report and responses, Congressional resolutions and hearings
Presidential Biographies - American Experience (PBS)
- Multimedia history of U.S. Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry Truman
- Political campaign, presidential legacy, and contemporaneous cultural information
- Launched on Sept. 8, 1997
- American Memory (Library of Congress
- Photographs of selected Presidential manuscripts
- George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson available as of April 1999
- American Presidency Project (UCSB)
- Unusual collection of historic party platforms since 1828, FDR fireside chats, Clinton/Bush Saturday radio addresses, and audio-video archives of the President
- Also includes election results for President with voter turnout data, inaugural and State of the Union messages
- American Presidency (Grolier)
- Articles include biographies of the Presidents, Vice Presidents, and famous candidates
- Historic election results, political parties, Presidential scandals
- Sections serve as a textbook for American government
- Three encyclopedias available: New Book of Knowledge (Grades 3-8), Academic American Encyclopedia (Grade 5 to Adult), and Encyclopedia Americana (Grade 6 to Adult)
- Biographical Information (Sunsite/UNC)
- Links to web information about U.S. presidents beginning with George Washington
- Usually includes biographies; may include links to schools attended and speeches
- Part of the larger President web site which includes listings of Presidential libraries and information about the First Ladies
- Dead Presidents (Manus Hand)
- Gravestones, obituaries, and biographies of presidents
- Additional material may include a last will, audio of speeches, links to historic texts, archival records of assassinations
- Despite title and some offbeat humor, this is a scholarly research web site
- Historic Presidential Texts (Hanover College)
- Inaugural and State of the Union addresses of Presidents as available
- Letters, quotations, biographies
- Arranged by Century; choose the hotlink to "Politics" and then the President
- Portraits of the Presidents
- Portraits of presidents, Washington through Clinton, in the National Portrait Gallery
- Brief Presidential biography and background on the painting
- Thumbnail sketch and full screen version
- Presidents of the United States (IPL/Summers)
- Extensive web site with pages for each President, Washington to Clinton
- Picture, biographies, election results, first ladies, cabinets, highlights of administration, historical documents, and links to related Internet sites
- Special attention paid to links describing historical events and biographies of cabinet members
- Presidents of the United States (Camp Vishus)
- Lists of presidents by birthday, zodiac signs, beards, marital affairs, height, profession, age at death
- Marriage, number of children, war service, share of electoral college, who were never elected
- Age they took and left office, most popular, those assassinated and those escaping assassination, length of inaugural address
- Presidents USA
- Wonderfully complete compilation of information about the Presidents
- Biographies, Presidential debates, birth and death information, use of the military, names of pets
- Pictures, quotes, scandals
- Top 20 vote getters in Presidential campaign did not always get elected!
- What Makes A Good President (American Psychological Association)
- Press release of presentation made at the American Psychological Association Convention on August 5, 2000
- Identifies stubbornness and disagreeableness as the two most important personal characteristics for great presidents
- Classifies past U.S. presidents into eight personality types
Presidential E-Mail
Presidential Documents Comprehensive | Directives | Executive Orders | Tax Returns | Vetoes
Comprehensive Sources - American Presidency Project (UCSB)
- Public Papers of the Presidents, 1929-1992
- Complete run of State of the Union and Inaugural Addresses, 1789-present
- Roosevelt Fireside Chats, 1933-44
- National Party Platforms, 1840 to present
- Additional materials only available to UCSB students
- Nixon Foundation
- Serves as a Presidential museum and library
- Excerpts of taped conversations on the overthrow of Vietnamese President Diem in 1962, the CIA, and Watergate in Word 97
- Transcripts of additional Nixon letters and memoes
- Public Papers of the President , 1969-74
- National Archives Information Locator
- Bibliographic data base with many digitized images of federal documents
- Includes declassified Presidential material
- Rich source for President John F. Kennedy with speeches and foreign relations memoes
- Holdings, photos and some text from the Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush Libraries
- Numerous search capabilities, including limitation to full text materials available on the web
- Papers of the Presidents (Yale/Avalon Project)
- Full text of selected documents, including inaugural addresses, annual messages, proclamations, vetoes
- As of November 1998, covers Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Polk, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower
- Presidents of the United States (IPL/Summers)
- Extensive web site with pages for each President, Washington to Clinton
- Picture, biographies, election results, first ladies, cabinets, highlights of administration, historical documents, and links to related Internet sites
- Special attention paid to links describing historical events and biographies of cabinet members
- Public Papers of the President, 1992+ (GPO)
- Presidential speeches and statements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary on an annual basis
- Declarations, nominations, and executive orders
- Browsable and searchable
- The Nixon Papers, 1969-74, are available from the Nixon Foundation
- The Bush Administration papers, 1989-1992, are available from the Bush Presidential Library
- Updated by Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+
- The paper edition (Graduate Library Stacks J 80. A25) covers 1929-32 (Hoover) and 1945+ (Truman+)
- Presidential Papers, 1929-1992, are available free of charge from the American Presidency Project
- Presidential Papers, 1789 to present, are also available through Original Sources (UMich Only)
- Richardson's Compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897 is located in Buhr as: J 81 .B96
- Statements of Administration Policy on Appropriations and Non-Appropriations Bills
- Brief statements of the President's position on selected bills beginning 2001
- Arranged by Congress and bill number
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+
- Full text of Presidential executive orders, speeches, press conferences, names of nominees
- Phrases should be in parentheses and Boolean operators capitalized (e.g. "affirmative action" AND "college admissions")
- Table of contents search (contents AND "july 28, 1997)
Presidential Decisions and Directives - Definition
- Presidential Directives given different names by different Presidents:
- Presidential Decision Directives (Clinton, 1993-2001)
Presidential Decision Directive 63/White Paper - Critical Infrastructure Protection
Multilateral Peace Operations White Paper
Managing Complex Contingency Operations White Paper
- National Security Directives (Bush, 1989-93) - NSD
- National Security Reviews (Bush, 1989-93) - NSR
- National Security Decision Directives (Reagan, 1981-89) - NSDD
- National Security Study Directives (Reagan, 1981-89) - NSSD
- Presidential Directives (Carter, 1977-81) - PD
- Presidential Security Review Memorandums (Carter, 1977-81) - PRM
- National Security Decision Memorandums (Nixon and Ford, 1969-77) - NSDM
- National Security Study Memorandums (Nixon and Ford, 1969-77) - NSSM
- National Security Action Memoranda (Kennedy, 1961-63, Full Text) - NSAM
- National Security Action Memoranda (Kennedy and Johnson, 1961-69) - NSAM
- National Security Council Intelligence Directives (Truman through Ford, 1947-77) - NSCID
Presidential Executive Orders - Presidential Executive Orders, 1993 to present
- Executive Order Disposition Tables, 1961+ (NARA)
- Lists Executive Orders since John F. Kennedy's E.O. 10914, Jan. 21, 1961
- Provides subject, date signed, location in Federal Register
- Disposition includes link to orders which amended it
- Does not provide the full text; identification tool only
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+
- Search under the term "Executive Order" and either subject or date in quotation marks
- Presidential Executive Orders, Pre-1993
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 3
- Annual compilation of Executive Orders and Proclamations
- JK 416 .A5 1949 Title 3 [year] with latest edition in the Documents Center--Ref.
- Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations, 1789-1983
- Index: Doc.Cen. KF 70 .A5511--Ref.
- Corresponding microfiche also located in the Documents Center
- Executive Order Disposition Tables, 1961+ (NARA)
- Lists Executive Orders since John F. Kennedy's E.O. 10914, Jan. 21, 1961
- Provides subject, date signed, location in Federal Register
- Disposition includes link to orders which amended it
- Does not provide the full text; identification tool only
- Table of Congressional Volumes and Presidential Issuances: 1789-1999 (LLSDC - pdf)
- Lists Congress, year, and first number of both Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations with the name of the President
- John F. Kennedy Executive Orders
- Text of 214 Executive Orders issued 1961-63
- Access by number, date, title, and keyword searching
- Scanned by Maria Schieda for University of Michigan School of Information and the Documents Center web site
- Intelligence Documents (Federation of American Scientists) is the best on-line listing of Executive Orders related to intelligence activities
Presidential Salary
Presidential Tax Returns - Photocopies of tax returns for Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton while in office
Vetoes - Bill Vetoes
- Available via GPO Access beginning 1995
- Check off the boxes for "House Documents" and use "veto" as a keyword search
- Also available on THOMAS under Bill Summary and Status , 1973+
- Arranged by Congress
- Vetoes searchable as a stage in the legislative process or in a separate list
- Line Item Vetoes
- These are officially entitled Presidential Cancellations
- Available in PDF format from the Clerk of the House
- Alternative GPO Version gives notice as it appears in the Federal Register
Presidential Speeches (Historical) - American Presidency Project (UCSB)
- Public Papers of the Presidents, 1929-1992
- Complete run of State of the Union and Inaugural Addresses, 1789-present
- Roosevelt Fireside Chats, 1933-44
- National Party Platforms, 1840 to present
- Additional materials only available to UCSB students
- Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents (Columbia University)
- Full text of inaugural addresses beginning with George Washington
- President George W. Bush
- President Clinton
- Inaugural Addresses
- State of the Union
- State of the Union, February 23, 1993
- State of the Union, January 25, 1994
- State of the Union, January 24, 1995
- State of the Union, January 23, 1996
- State of the Union, February 4, 1997
- State of the Union, January 27, 1998
- State of the Union, January 25, 1999
- State of the Union, January 27, 2000
- Washington Post provides alternative indexed source
- Presidential Addresses
- Inaugural, farewell, and State of the Union addresses, 1789-1995
- Presidential Debates and Transcripts (Net Capitol)
- Transcripts of Presidential debates, 1960 and 1976-92
- Includes vice presidential debates beginning 1984
- Browsable by date or searchable by keyword
- Public Papers of the President (UMich Only)
- Full text of Presidential papers from George Washington to present
- Sources include Richardson's Messages and Papers of the President and Public Papers of the Presidents as well as a separate collection for Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Public Papers of the President, 1993+ (GPO)
- Presidential speeches and statements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary on an annual basis
- Declarations, nominations, and executive orders
- Browsable and searchable
- Updated by Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+
- The paper edition (Graduate Library Stacks J 80. A25) covers 1929-32 (Hoover) and 1945+ (Truman+)
- The Documents Center also has presidential papers, 1789-1993, on CD-ROM (Do106)
- Richardson's Compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897 is located in Buhr as: J 81 .B96
- State of the Union Addresses (Hanover College)
- Messages from many of the Presidents, Washington through Bush, are part of this massive historical documents conversion project
- Arranged by century; use quick jump under "politics" and then choose the individual President
- White House Tapes Archive (C-Span)
- John F. Kennedy Tapes
- Thirty-two recorded conversations from 1962 and 1963
- Integration of the University of Mississippi (Ross Barnett and James Meredith)
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Audio uses RealPlayer
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Tapes
- Over 800 tapes including Kennedy Assassination and Warren Commission
- Civil rights, Vietnam, elections
- Audio uses RealPlayer
Presidential Succession
White House [Current] - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+
- Full text of Presidential executive orders, speeches, press conferences, names of nominees
- Phrases should be in parentheses and Boolean operators capitalized (e.g. "affirmative action" AND "college admissions")
- Table of contents search (contents AND "july 28, 1997)
- White House and President's Park; Comprehensive Plan (NPS)
- Twenty-year plan to upgrade the White House and create a visitor center
- Plan released on December 2, 1998
- White House Web Site - Current
- White House tours, information about First Family
- Key Presidential documents documents
- Individual Pages
- White House Web Site (Clinton)
- Five versions of the White House web site and one version of White House electronic publications
- Searchable as a whole; browsable and searchable individually
- Link to the Clinton Presidential Center includes plans for a physical facility
Presidential Libraries - Presidential Libraries (SUNSITE/LIA)
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library 1861-1865
- Library to open in 2004
- Web site features articles on misquotes of Lincoln
- Architectural plans, chronologies, related web links on Lincoln
- Hoover Presidential Library, 1929-1932
- Description of holdings, covering 1895-1932
- As of September 2000, no documents are digitized
- Roosevelt Presidential Library, 1933-1945
- Approximately 10,000 on-line files of German and Vatican diplomatic documents
- Truman Presidential Library, 1945-52
- Extensive library of digitized, de-classified documents, 1945-52
- Subjects: integration of the armed forces, decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, Marshall Plan, recognition of Israel, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift
- Includes the full text of the Truman Diary from 1947
- Eisenhower Presidential Library, 1953-1960
- Digitized material includes World War II, Sputnik, the U-2 Spy Plane (Francis Gary Powers), and the International Geophysical Year
- Kennedy Presidential Library, 1961-63
- Sound recordings and speeches
- National Security Action Memoranda, including those on Cuba and Berlin
- Link to Kennedy-Khrushchev exchanges from the State Department
- Johnson Presidential Library, 1963-1968
- Telephone conversations and extensive oral histories available on the web
- Fifty Presidential daily diaries, including November 22, 1963
- Listing of archival material on foreign relations topics but none is digitized
- Nixon Collection - National Archives
- Official location for the Watergate tapes
- Includes audio and visual materials as well as textual documents from the administration
- Various finding aids
- Nixon Foundation, 1969-74
- Serves as a Presidential museum and library
- Excerpts of taped conversations on the overthrow of Vietnamese President Diem in 1962, the CIA, and Watergate in Word 97
- Transcripts of additional Nixon letters and memoes
- Ford Presidential Library, 1974-76
- National Security Decisions and Memoranda in full text
- Most of the National Security Council minutes held during the period
- Selected documents on the Vietnam War, 1972-76
- Carter Presidential Library, 1977-1980
- Full text of daily presidential diaries, arranged by day
- Includes Middle East negotiations and the Iran hostage crisis
- As of September 2000, most documents have not been digitized
- Web site includes directions for searching non-digitized archival material through the National Archives main data base
- Reagan Presidential Library, 1981-88
- Biographies and audio-visual materials
- Finding aids to the audio-visual and textual collection
- Public Papers, 1981-88, is being digitized; 1981-July 1983 completed as of September 2000
- Bush Presidential Library, 1989-1992
- Full text of Public Papers of the President , 1989-92, including reaction to fall of Soviet Union and Gulf War
- Listing of National Security Directives, 1989-1992
- Some of the National Security Reviews are available in Adobe Acrobat format
- As of September 2000, most publications have not been declassified for national security reasons
- Clinton Presidential Materials Project, 1993-2000
- Four versions of the White House web site through Dec. 30, 2000
- Link to the Clinton Presidential Center includes plans for a physical facility
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Presidential Pardons - Office of the Pardon Attorney (USDOJ)
- Clemency standards, regulations, and application forms
- Presidential clemency statistics since 1900 by administration, including applications and dispositions by year and administration
- Names of pardon and clemency recipients for the Bush-41 and Clinton administrations
- Maintains historic application files which can be requested under the Freedom of Information Act
- Presidential Pardons (Jurist)
- History and legal basis of Presidential pardons with statistics on the number of pardons granted, 1789 to present
- Primary documents on the Clinton pardons
- Full text of scholarly articles from the 1990s
- Extensive bibliography of scholarly books on the pardon process
Presidential Politics
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