LibGuides: Executive Branch (the President, the White House, and federal agencies): Home

Locating Executive Branch Agencies

USA.gov's Links to U.S Government Departments and Agencies
Official US Executive Branch Web Sites
Provided by the Library of Congress
U.S. Government Manual

U.S. Presidents in the Own Words

Presidency Collection (University of Virginia's Miller Center)
Includes biographies, presidential speeches, presidential oral histories, and Secret White House tapes.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (U.S. Government Publishing Office)
Includes Herbert Hoover, and then from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.
The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (Univ. of Michigan Digital Library)
Includes volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, (Franklin) Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, (George H.W.) Bush, and Clinton.
Compilation of Presidential Documents (U.S. Government Publishing Office)
Includes executive orders, speeches, press conferences, signing statements, and press releases; goes back to early 1990's and President Clinton.
The Papers of the Presidents (Avalon Project, Yale Law School)
Key speeches, proclamations, etc. for George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.
Presidential Documents (Federal Depository Library Program LibGuide)
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
American Presidency Project
The American Presidency Project is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database:
- Messages & Papers of the Presidents: 1789-1913
- The Public Papers of the Presidents: 1929-2007 & 2010
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: 1977-2009
- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents: 2009-2012
Clinton Digital Library

Public Papers of the Presidents (in print) can be found on the 5th floor of the library (Docs Ref J80.A283) for Presidents Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, (George H.W.) Bush, Clinton, (George W.) Bush, and Obama.

Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt can be found on the library's 4th floor (E806.R749).

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1902 can be found on the library's 3rd floor (J81.B96 1907). This title can also be accessed electronically through the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.