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- GovInfo This link opens in a new windowThis is the U. S. Government Printing Office's gateway to online information. You can find United States laws, regulations, congressional hearings, presidential documents, and more.
Public Papers of the Presidents
This is an annual compilation of all presidental documents, speeches, and other public remarks. The bound volumes can be found in 2 locations in the government documents stacks (in compact shelving) on the Ground Floor of Shadek-Fackenthal Library.
US Docs GS 4.113: (1929-1933; 1945-1983)
US Docs AE 2.114: (1984 to the present)
- Public Papers of the PresidentsThis official online version only covers 1991 to 2010.
- Public Papers of the PresidentsThis version, from the University of Michigan, covers 1929 through 2001. When browsing the collection, search by the first name of the President.
- Compilation of Presidential DocumentsOnline access to all presidential speeches, remarks, interviews, and documents - from 1993 to the present. Updates occur as items are released by the White House Press Office.
- Presidential Documents: An OverviewA comprehensive Library Guide from the Federal Depository Library Program.
- American Presidency ProjectThis archival collection at the University of California, Santa Barbara, contains over 107,000 items. Most have been digitized.
- Presidential LibrariesLinks to the official libraries of modern U. S. presidents, Hoover to Donald Trump. The libraries contain documents, artifacts, and audio-visual materials (such as campaign speeches and debates and advertisements).
- Commission on Presidential DebatesContains the full transcripts of all presidential debates (and vice presidential debates, when they were held): 1858; 1948; 1956; 1960; 1976 - 2012.
- The White HouseThe official site for the White House and the Executive Office of the President. Here you can find the text of recent speeches, executive orders, press briefings, and much more.