Guide to Online Primary Sources: U.S. Presidents

Digital images of letters exchanged between John and Abigail Adams; John Adams' diary; and John Adams' autobiography are presented alongside transcriptions.

One of the most comprehensive collection of web resources on the American presidency, including documents, public papers, executive orders, addresses, press conferences, debates, election data, approval ratings and much more.

Search or browse the complete correspondence, speeches and other writings.

The official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks and other materials (1993- ).

"Online exhibition presenting more than 300 television commercials from every election year since 1952, when the first campaign TV ads aired."

Political cartoons from Harper's Weekly, Vanity Fair and other sources. Contextual material is included to provide understanding. Note: website may be inactive; page structure is off, but content appears if you scroll down.

Links to the libraries of Presidents Hoover through George W. Bush.

Tapes secretly recorded between 1940 and 1973 by Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, along with relevant research materials. (The majority of tapes are from the Nixon Administration.)

Presents text, and audio where available, of Presidential speeches and addresses.

"Examines the stands the presidents have taken on the major political, social, and economic issues of their times as well as the stands taken by their opponents."

The complete text of the Warren Commissoin report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, accompanied by a selection of supporting documents.