Guide to Presidential Papers

Documents Dept.* Mary & John Gray Library * Lamar University * Beaumont, Texas * 880-8261 * http://library.lamar.edu/

Gray Library owns a large collection of presidential papers. These include compilations, messages, and public papers, as well as personal papers. The majority of these titles are located in the Government Documents collection on the second floor.

Compilations

These sets contain brief biographies of each President and the speeches, messages, and proclamations made during their administrations. The two series contain the administrations beginning with George Washington and ending with Herbert Hoover.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1897

v.1-8 STACKS J 81 .B96

v.1-10 DOCS REF J 81 .B96

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1932

v.1-20 DOCS Y 4.P 93/1/3/v.1-20

Presidents (in order by Administration)

The resources listed in this section vary.

The sets located in the STACKS were printed by private publishers and may contain personal papers.

Presidents’ Papers series

This microfilm series contains copies of the manuscript holdings of presidential papers located at the Library of Congress. These holdings contain correspondence, personal papers and other documents related to the presidents. This series is located in DOCS MICROFILM LC 4.7: see DOCS REF LC 4.7: for the index to each series.

Presidents' Papers Index Series

Published by the Library of Congress to accompany the microfilm series. Each index contains the Provenance, a selected bibliography, a reel list, the index, and appendices. This series is located at DOCS REF LC 4.7:

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents

This series accompanies the Public Papers of the Presidents providing a cumulative subject index to each administration. This series is located at DOCS REF J 82.

Public Papers of the Presidents

This series is a compilation of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and contains speeches, messages, and other public documents. The series includes the papers of all the presidents from Hoover through the current administration, except Franklin Roosevelt whose papers were privately published. These volumes can be found at DOCS GS 4.113: and DOCS AE 2.114:

Presidential Papers available via Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collections

These papers are digitized copies of the original manuscripts. The digital images have been transcribed and are keyword searchable.

Presidential Libraries

There are libraries and collections for many of the presidents some are part of the National Archives and others are collections found in other libraries or private organizations. Many of the libraries under the National Archives Office of Presidential Libraries have digitized key de-classified documents for access via the Internet.

George Washington

Papers of George Washington STACKS E 312.72 1987b v.1-8

Index to the George Washington Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:W 27

John Adams

Works of John Adams STACKS E 302 .A263 v.1-10

Thomas Jefferson

Index to the Thomas Jefferson Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:J 35

Papers of Thomas Jefferson STACKS E 302 .J463 v.1-28

James Madison

Papers of James Madison STACKS E 302 .M19 v.1-17

Index to the James Madison Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:M 26

James Monroe

Index to the James Monroe Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:M 75

James Monroe Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:M 75-m

John Q. Adams

Andrew Jackson

Papers of Andrew Jackson E 302 .J35 1980

Andrew Jackson Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:J 13-m

Index to the Andrew Jackson Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:J 13

Martin Van Buren

Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:V 27

William H. Harrison

Papers of William Henry Harrison MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:H 24-m

Index to the William H. Harrison Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:H 24

John Tyler

John Tyler Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:T 97-m/

Index to the John Tyler Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:T 97

James K. Polk

Correspondence of James K. Polk STACKS E 417 .A4 1969 v. 1-9

James K. Polk Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:P 75-m

Index to the James K. Polk Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:P 75

Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:T 21-m

Index to the Zachary Taylor Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:T 21

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:P 61-m

Index to the Franklin Pierce Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:P 61

James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:L 63-M

Index to the Abraham Lincoln Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:L 63

Andrew Johnson

Papers of Andrew Johnson STACKS E 415.6 .J65 1967 v.1-16

Andrew Johnson Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:J 63-m

Index to the Andrew Johnson Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:J 63

U.S. Grant

Papers of Ulysses S. Grant STACKS E 660 .G756 1967 v.1-22

Index to the Ulysses S. Grant Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:G 76

Rutherford B. Hayes

James A. Garfield

Index to the James A. Garfield Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:G 18

Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:Ar 7-m

Index to the Chester A. Arthur Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:Ar 7

Grover Cleveland

Index to the Grover Cleveland Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:C 59

Benjamin Harrison

Index to the Benjamin Harrison Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:H 24/2

William McKinley

Index to the William McKinley Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:M 21

Theodore Roosevelt

Works of Theodore Roosevelt STACKS E 660 .R842 v.1-20

Index to the Theodore Roosevelt Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:R 67

William H. Taft

Index to the William Howard Taft Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:T 12

Woodrow Wilson

Papers of Woodrow Wilson STACKS E 660 .W717 v.1-69

Index to the Woodrow Wilson Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:W 69

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge Papers MICROFILM DOCS LC 4.7:C 77-M

Index to the Calvin Coolidge Papers DOCS REF LC 4.7:C 77

Herbert Hoover

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113:1929-1933

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .D5 1979

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt STACKS E 806 .R749 1969 v.1-13

Harry S. Truman

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1945 to 1952-53

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .D7 1979

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower STACKS E 742.5 .E37 1970

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1953 to 1960-61

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .D8 1978

John F. Kennedy

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1961 to 1963

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .D9 1977

Lyndon B. Johnson

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1963-64 to 1968-69

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .E1 1978

Richard M. Nixon

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1969-1974

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .E2 1978

Gerald R. Ford

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1974 to 1976-77

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .E3 1980

Jimmy Carter

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1977 to 1980-81

Ronald Reagan

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS GS 4.113: 1981 to 1983

DOCS AE 2.114: 1984 to 1988-89

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .E5 1985

George Bush

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS AE 2.114:1989 to 1992-93

Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS REF J 82 .E6 1995

William J. Clinton

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS AE 2.114:1992 to 2000-01

George W. Bush

Public Papers of the Presidents DOCS AE 2.114: 2001-

For more recent information see:

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents DOCS AE 2.109:

Federal Register DOCS AE 2.106:

White House web site http://www.whitehouse.gov

Other Sources

Code of Federal Regulations Title 3-this title is the compilation of Presidential documents taken from the Federal Register. This title is kept until a compilation is issued.

1986-current DOCS AE 2.106/3:

1936-1984 cumulative set DOCS GS 4.108:

Online (1994-current) CFR Online via GPO Access

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Federal Register-this daily publication contains regulations for public review and is compiled in the Code of Federal Regulations. The first section of each issue contains any Executive Orders and Proclamations issued by the President.

Paper (held until fiche received) DOCS AE 2.106:

Microfiche (1976- ) DOCS MICROFICHE

Online (1994-current) Federal Register Online via GPO Access

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

GPO Access [http://www.gpoaccess.gov]--web site offers access to the

CFR Online via GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Federal Register Online via GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Public Papers of the Presidents http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/index.html

State of the Union Addresses http://www.gpoaccess.gov/sou/index.html

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Presidential Libraries (National Archives)--web site has links to the Presidential Libraries for Presidents Hoover through Clinton. Presidential libraries offer information about their collections, online research tools and exhibits.

http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/contact/libraries.html

Public Papers of the Presidents--compilation of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.

Hoover - Reagan (1929 - 1933 ; 1945 - 1983) DOCS GS 4.113:

Reagan - present (1983 - current) DOCS AE 2.114:

Online (1992 - current) http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/index.html

The White House [http://www.whitehouse.gov]--this site provides links to the White House Press Room and the most current information about the President and the administration.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents--this is a weekly compilation of speeches and other public documents made during the current administration. Eventually these issues are compiled into the Public Papers of the President.

v.1-21 (1970 to 1985) DOCS GS 4.114:

v.22-current (1986-current) DOCS AE 2.109:

Online (1993 - current) http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html

American Presidency Project http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php

Site includes the Public Papers of the Presidents, State of the Union Addresses, Inaugural Addresses, National Party Platforms, Fireside Chats, Documents related to the 2000 election dispute, Historic Data, Presidential elections data (1828-2000) and other resources.

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