Presidents

Resources in this category:

Abraham Lincoln: The Lincoln Institute
http://abrahamlincoln.org/

This is a resource for those interested in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Included are sections about freedom, his friends, New York, and the Whitehouse.

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

Created at the University of California, Santa Barbara, it contains presidential documents starting with George Washington. Read FDR's fireside chats and compare the number of words in presidential inauguration addresses.

The American President
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident

This informative website provides biographies, essays, key events, personnel, and multimedia resources for the current and all past Presidents of the United States. Recent additions to the website include biographies of each First Lady, biographies of each cabinet member, listings of presidential staff and advisors, and timelines.

American Presidents: Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/

This site presents brief facts about each United States President. You can also search by state or President for landmarks--birthplaces, gravesites, museums, etc.--associated with each President.

The First Ladies of the United States
/about/first_ladies/

A White House Historical Association site with pictures and biographies of the U.S. First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush.

Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies
http://www.gvsu.edu/hauenstein/

Read about the current presidential administration, former U.S. presidents, and the election. Have a question about a president? Ask Gleaves – "The Nation’s First Presidential Q and A." Need primary sources? Try the Founders’ Blog.

McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley’s Assassination
http://mckinleydeath.com/

MAI is dedicated to collecting full-text primary resources relating to William McKinley and his assassination. Also included are resources concerning Roosevelt’s succession, materials on the assassin, Leon Czolgosz, and various quotes concerning the time period. Documents are searchable by title, author, type and keyword allowing for better access.

National First Ladies Library
http://www.firstladies.org/

"As the first and only facility of its kind, the National First Ladies' Library will serve as a unique, national resource for patrons from school children to scholars. As a national archive devoted to educating people about the contributions of First Ladies and other important women in history, the Library's holdings will fill an informational void that has long frustrated academicians and armchair history buffs alike." A great resource for discovering print materials by and about the First Ladies of the United States. Click on "National First Ladies' Library Bibliography" for bibliographies of resources on each individual First Lady, and the First Ladies in general.

Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html

"The Library of Congress has extensive resources for the study of the United States presidents and first ladies. Frequent requests for presidential portraits inspired Prints and Photographs Division staff to compile this ready reference aid of formal and informal pictures in the division's custody. The selected images include at least one likeness of each of the forty-one presidents and most of the first ladies." The collection is searchable by keyword or browsable by name or subject. Each painting or photograph comes with a description, including subject headings and medium.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Do you need information about any of the Presidents of the United States? Find it here, along with links to historical documents, audio, video, and other presidential sites.

Presidential Baseball
http://www.prezbaseball.org/

This interactive game was developed by history professors to teach about parallels between America's national pastime and national leaders.

Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48519

In addition to the IPL POTUS collection and IPL's U.S. Presidency FAQ, this IPL pathfinder provides other print and Internet sources on the Presidents of the United States.

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Contains information on the Executive Branch, the First Family, and the history of the White House itself and past inhabitants. Also includes the U.S. Budget, State of the Union addresses, daily updates, photos, videos, audio, and other interactive features.