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HIST 4214: United States and the World 1775-1945: Presidential Documents

This guide provides access to library and Internet resources for students taking HIST 4214: United States and the World 1775-1945.

Public Papers of the President

The Public Papers of the President is the official publication of Presidential writings, addresses, and public remarks.

1929- Public Papers of the President (American Presidency Project) (Online)
Browse individual volumes or search the collection.
1929-2001 Public Papers of the President of the United States (University of Michigan) (Online)
Browse individual volumes or search the collection. Note that this collection includes volumes only through 2001. It does not include documents for George W. Bush or Barack Obama.
Public Papers of the President 1929-1932, 1945-2001 (Online)

Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

Grover Cleveland 1885-1889; 1893-1897

William McKinley 1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

William H. Taft 1909-1913

Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

Warren G. Harding 1921-1923

Warren G. Harding: A Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
Selected speeches [sound recording]
Music Listening Center 12/33 Coronet LP-7018
Warren G. Harding (Miller Center)

Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

Calvin Coolidge: A Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
Main Lib - 1st Floor E792.C6
Talkative President ; the off-the-record press conferences of Calvin Coolidge
Main Lib - 1st Floor E742.5.C7
Calvin Coolidge (Miller Center)

Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

Freedom betrayed : Herbert Hoover's secret history of the Second World War and its aftermath
Main Lib - 1st Floor D769 .H68 2011
Herbert Hoover (Miller Center)
Herbert Hoover: A Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
Herbert Hoover Papers (Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum)
Memoirs of Herbert Hoover
Main Lib - 1st Floor CT214.H8
Public Papers of the President: Herbert Hoover
Public Papers of the President: Herbert Hoover 1929-1933
GOV DOCS GS 4.113:
Cumulated index to Public Papers at GOV DOCS FS 4.113:19291933/Index
Two peacemakers in Paris : the Hoover-Wilson post-armistice letters, 1918-1920
Main Lib - 1st Floor E802.A4 1978

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945

Churchill & Roosevelt : the complete correspondence
Main Lib - 1st Floor DA566.9.C5A4 1984 v.1
Churchill and the Great Republic
F.D.R. speaks: authorized edition of speeches delivered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt [1933 to 1945] [sound recording]
Music Listening Center 12/33 Washington M-2243
FDR's fireside chats
Main Lib - 1st Floor E742.5 .R65 1992
FDR's Fireside Chats
Franklin (Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum)
Database of online resources
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Miller Center)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Master Speech File, 1898-1945 (Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
Map room messages of President Roosevelt (1939-1945) [microfilm with guide]
Main Microforms film J82.D61 1981
Messages between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill, 1939-1945 and related materials in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library [microfilm]
NW Regional Depository film 973.917R78m reels 1-6
My dear Mr. Stalin : the complete correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin
Main Lib - 1st Floor E807 .A4 2005
Nothing to fear : the selected addresses of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1932-1945
Main Lib - 1st Floor E806.R7445
Public papers and addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Main Lib - 1st Floor E806.R749 v. 1-2, 12-13
Public Papers of the President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt's foreign policy, 1933-1941 ; Franklin D. Roosevelt's unedited speeches and messages
Main Lib - 1st Floor E744.R78
Roosevelt reader ; selected speeches, messages, press conferences, and letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Main Lib - 1st Floor E742.5.R65
Selected speeches, messages, press conferences, and letters
Main Lib - 1st Floor E807 .R6483
YouTube Channel (Franklin D Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum)

Harry S Truman 1945-1953

The autobiography of Harry S. Truman
Online and MAIN LIB - 1ST FLOOR E814.A32x
Harry S. Truman (Miller Center)
Harry S. Truman: A Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
Harry S Truman Library & Museum: Online Documents
Map room messages of President Truman (1945-1946)
MICROFILM J82.D71 1980 reel 1-5
Memoirs, by Harry S Truman
MAIN LIB-1ST FLOOR E814.T75 v.1-2
Mr. Citizen, by Harry S Truman
MAIN LIB-1ST FLOOR E814.A33
Mr. President; the first publication from the personal diaries, private letters, papers, and revealing interviews of Harry S. Truman, thirty-second President of the United States of America. By William Hillman.
MAIN LIB-1ST FLOOR E814.T7
Off the record : the private papers of Harry S. Truman / edited by Robert H. Ferrell
MAIN LIB-1ST FLOOR E742.5.T6 1980
Public Papers of the President 1945-1953 Harry S. Truman (print)
GOV DOCS GS 4.113:
Cumulated index to Public Papers at: GOV DOCS GS4.113:1945-1953/Index