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Presidents - Resource List
Resource list of selected books, DVDS, etc available in the Library.

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The American Presidency by Christopher Mari; Paul McCaffrey
Call Number: 352.230 REF
ISBN: 9780824210816
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
Presidents by Allen Weinstein (Foreword by); Carter Smith
Call Number: 973.09 SMI
ISBN: 1592580661
Publication Date: 2004-06-25
The Presidents: the lives and legacies of the 43 leaders of the United States (DVD) by Rhys Thomas
Call Number: DVD 920 PRE
ISBN: 0767077598
Publication Date: 2005
Presidential Courage by Michael R. Beschloss
Call Number: 973.09 BES
ISBN: 9780684857053
Publication Date: 2007-05-08
Sold to the Highest Bidder by Daniel M. Friedenberg; Howard Zinn (Foreword by)
Call Number: 973.72 FRI
ISBN: 1573929239
Publication Date: 2002-01-01

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Presidents - Official Page - White House The current Official Page at Whitehouse.gov
C-SPAN - Life Portraits The Peabody Award-winning series profiles the men who have served as chief executive of the United States. This website, created as a companion to C-SPAN's 20th anniversary television series, provides an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations.
The Presidency - Miller Center / UVA "The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history and strives to apply the lessons of history and civil discourse to the nation's most pressing contemporary governance challenges."
Inaugrual Addresses - Bartleby Text of all Presidential Inaugural Addresses on Bartleby.com
Library of Congress Digital Resources "The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a large selection of primary source materials associated with the presidents of the United States, including manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, prints, photographs, sheet music, sound recordings, and films." NOTE: documents are only listed through Gerald Ford / 1977. HOWEVER, the material available is high quality and primary.
Politics and Government Multnomah Library - Homework Help Information and resources about the branches of American government, citizenship, elections, and political parties. Compiled by Multnomah County Library.
Presidents USA "owned and operated by Baaron's Hill, LLC, an independent entity not affliated with any government agency, university, or business. The goal of PresidentsUSA.net, which was first published in 2000 and assumed its current domain name in 2002, is to provide researchers, students, teachers, politicians, journalists, and citizens a complete resource guide to the United States Presidents and the Presidency." Ad supported. Unclear who or what "Baaron's HIll, LLC" is.
Official Page (archived 44th) Archive of Previous Official Page as of 2016
Official Page (archived 43rd) Official Page, archived as of 2008
Archives.gov - presidential pages
POTUS.com Basic information and links about the Presidents. Seems to be a continuation of the now-defunct "Internet Public Library" site, compiled/edited by Robert S. Summers.

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Messages and Papers of the Presidents - via Archive.org Scans of a 20 volume set published at the turn of the 20th century. Link is to a page that lists each volume.

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