Presidential Papers in Government Documents @ Steen Library

Finding the Public Papers of the Presidents can be somewhat challenging because they are not all together in one place.  A recommendation in 1957 ensured that an annual series of the President’s papers would be compiled beginning with the fifth year of the Eisenhower Administration.  Provision was also made for retrospective collections.  An earlier resolution of July 27, 1894, directed Congress to gather and publish “all the annual, special, and veto messages, proclamations, and inaugural addresses” of the Presidents from 1789 to 1894.  This work was prepared under the Joint Committee on Printing under the direction of James D. Richardson, a representative from Tennessee.  Not every early message and presidential paper is included in this set, and other sources may need to be consulted.  The Steen government documents collection located in the SE corner of the 2^nd floor houses the following compilations:

• A compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by John D. Richardson. Washington, GPO.  1896-1899, 10 volumes. SFA Stacks: J81 .B96 Vol.#
  
  
• (A later edition of 20 volumes contains additional material through the Wilson Presidency, and paging is renumbered) SuDoc: Y 4.P93/1:3/1917 vol # (some volumes also available online through Google Books)
  
  
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States  (Herbert Hoover — Ronald Reagan,excluding Roosevelt) SuDoc: GS 4.113: (Herbert Hoover - Bill Clinton [1931-2002] online at:http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/ppotpus/ )
  
  
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States  (Ronald Reagan [1984] –George W. Bush) SuDoc AE 2.114: (papers of George H.W. Bush—George W. Bush also online at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/search.html)
  
  
• The Congressional Record (contains Presidential addresses to Congress and other messages not of a routine nature.  Check the Record Index under “President of the United States.” SuDoc  X 1.1 (Indexes, Print and Microfilm 1784-2004, 1833-1873 Online, 1998-Present)
  
  
• American State Papers.  Documents, legislative and executive, of the Congress of the United States. 38 vol. SuDoc SERIAL SET 01-38
  
  Some additional library sources include:
  
  
• The writings of George Washington: being his correspondence, addresses, messages and other papers, official and private, selected and published from original manuscripts.  12 vol.  Jared Sparks, contr.  Boston: Russell, Odiorne and Metcalf, 1834-1840. ETRC Call no. E312.7 1834x
  
  
• Papers of Thomas Jefferson.29 vol. and 6 vol. index.  Julian P. Boyd, et al, contr. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950.  Call no. E302 .J442 1950
  
  
• The public papers and addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 13 vol. Samuel Irving Rosenman, contr.  New York: Random House, 1938-1950. Call no. E 806 .R749
  
  
• The State papers and other public writings of Herbert Hoover.  2 vol. William Starr Myers, contr.  New York:  Kraus Reprint, 1970. Call no.  E801 .H66 1970x

Kayce Halstead halsteadkay@sfasu.edu rm. 202g 936.468.1574 Subjects - Government Documents, Collection Development