Primary Sources

Online version of the well known print source.

Digital version the book published in 1913 that captures the process of the Constitutional Convention through primary documents.

Online collection of source documents on the US Constitution, including: The Documentary History of Ratification of the Constitution, Adams Papers, Hamilton Papers, Jefferson Papers, Madison Papers and Washington Papers.

Digital collection includes sections on member's credentials, the constitutional convention, and ratification and forming the government.

The papers were meant to be influential in the campaign for the adoption of the Constitution by New York State. But the authors not only discussed the issues of the constitution, but also many general problems of politics.

Along with the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist papers documented the political context in which the Constitution was born. The authors did not only discuss the issues of the constitution, many general problems of politics were also put under debate.

Online collection of more than 12,000 items from the James Madison Papers held at the Library of Congress.

One of the largest collections of online documents concerning Thomas Jefferson, from the Library of Congress collection.

Digital collection of 277 documents relating to work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution (extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of Constitution, Declaration of Independence)

Compilation of official presidential materials by the White House Press Secretary.

Find texts of speeches and documents of the Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, H. W. Bush and Clinton Administrations.

Transcripts and videos (when available) of all presidential inauguration speeches.

Transcripts and some audio of the annual speeches given to Congress on the state of the government and US policies.

Transcripts of Presidential News Conferences included in the Public Papers of the President.

Transcripts of weekly radio addresses from President Reagan to the most recent addresses by President Obama.