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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 the government documents stacks along the main hallway on the Ground Floor of Shadek-Fackenthal Library.
US Docs GS 4.113: (1929-1933; 1945-1983)
US Docs AE 2.114: (1984 to 2016)
- Public Papers of the PresidentsThis official online version only covers 1991 to 2017..
- Public Papers of the PresidentsThis version, from HathiTrust,,is from the University of Michigan's collection and 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.
- White House Web SiteThe official White House web site provides current information, press releases, speeches, blogs, directories, and much more.
- 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 George W. Bush. The libraries contain documents, artifacts, and audio-visual materials (such as campaign speeches and debates and advertisements).
- Obama Administration ArchiveThis is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.
- Obama White House Social Media ArchiveArchiveSocial and the White House digital transition team have worked together to consolidate the social media records of the Obama presidency into a searchable public archive. This historic archive contains over 250,000 social media records from more than 100 official White House social media profiles, including the President’s @POTUS Twitter timeline, the official White House Facebook page, and the First Lady’s Instagram feed.
- Economic Report of the PresidentPrepared annually by the White House Council of Economic Advisors and usually released in February. Reports from 1995 to the present are available online. A print copy can be found at Ref. HC 106.5 .A47. The 2017 Report is 588 pages, with a large section of statistics.
- Commission on Presidential DebatesContains the full transcripts of all presidential debates (and vice presidential debates, when they were held): 1858; 1948; 1956; 1960; 1976 - 2016..
- Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2019.PUBLIC LAW 116–121—MAR. 3, 2020
- Subverting Justice: How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 ElectionThe Majority Report from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary