Government Information Resources

Includes presidential papers, documents, proclamations, executive orders, addresses (inaugural, convention, commencement, UN, etc.), party platforms, and much more. Useful for searching for terms in everything said by a president in these publications.

An impressive compilation of material about each President, including election results, highlights of the term, cabinet members, and links to internet biographies and historic documents.

Information from and about the current U.S. administration.

A library guide to American History resources and research at Middlebury.

A library guide to Political Science resources and research at Middlebury.

Includes presidential papers, documents, proclamations, executive orders, addresses (inaugural, convention, commencement, UN, etc.), party platforms, and much more. Useful for searching for terms in everything said by a president in these publications.

From the Miller Center of Public Affairs. Features facts and essays about the President's life before, during, and after each presidential term. It additionally provides information about the First Lady and cabinet officials of each administration. Also includes presidential recordings and speech archive.

The official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary. 1993 - present online.  1965+ available in print in the Bound Periodicals section. 

Links to all major sources for these materials which includes Presidential directives, proclamations, signing statements, executive orders, memoranda, and others documents, such as CRS reports.

Covers from the Truman Administration to the present, some with links to the full text.

Political cartoons with campaign overviews and biographical sketches.

Transcripts and recordings of interviews with important figures from the administrations of recent presidents.

An impressive compilation of material about each President, including election results, highlights of the term, cabinet members, and links to internet biographies and historic documents.

Online covers Hoover (1929) to Clinton. For presidents before Hoover, do an author search in MIDCAT using the president's last name, first name [author search].
Also in Print: Davis Family Library Stacks J80 A283, except FDR which is J82 D64.

Full text of Presidential addresses and messages from 1790 to date

Covers 1789 - present

Information from and about the current U.S. administration.

Includes transcripts of debates from current and previous elections (some debates available on video for a fee).

Aggregates official election results from all 50 states + DC from 1860 to present (once available). Free access for state and national level data and maps. County and congressional-district maps are free. For county data, see a librarian for password-protected access to our purchased datasets.

Maps covering presidential elections 1789 - 2012

From the Museum of the Moving Image. 'An online exhibition presenting more than 300 television commercials from every election year since 1952, when the first campaign TV ads aired.'

Transcripts of the most important presidential speeches from 1789 to date. More recent speeches have audio or video as well

Secretly recorded tapes of presidential meetings and telephone conversations, covering 1940 to 1973