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  • To inquire about any of these, please contact the individual Presidential Library.
  • For a complete list of presidential materials, please contact the Presidential Libraries directly.

Presidential Perspectives from the National Archives

This series highlights modern American Presidents and the National Archives Presidential Libraries System.

  • Each richly illustrated booklet features a brief Presidential biography and a description of the respective library and its holdings.
  • Also included is a history of the Presidency, which appears in each booklet in the series.

Please order from the appropriate Presidential library:

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1994) 32 pp.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower (1994), 32 pp.
  • John F. Kennedy (1992), 32 pp.
  • Gerald R. Ford (1994), 32 pp.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
    Email: eisenhower.library@nara.gov
    • Agriculture: A List of Holdings (1991), 28 pp.
    • Audiovisual Copyrights and Sources (1990), 15 pp.
    • Cranberry Scare of 1959: A Guide to Historical Holdings in the Eisenhower Library (1994), 9 pp.
    • D-Day: A Guide to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Audiovisual Collection (2000), 71 pp.
    • A Guide to Civil Rights Studies at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library: The 50s A Decade in Black and White (1990), 26 pp.
    • A Guide to Foreign Language Study at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library French (1998), 12 pp.
    • A Guide to Foreign Language Study at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library German (1997), 29 pp.
    • A Guide to Foreign Language Study at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Spanish (1998), 37 pp.
    • A Guide to the Holdings in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library on the Environment and Natural Resources (1995)
    • Historical Materials in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library (2001), 105 pp.
    • Korean War and U.S.-Korea Relations: Historical Materials in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library (2000), 50 pp.
    • Motion Picture Film List (2001), 104 pp.
    • North Atlantic Treaty Organization: A List of Holdings (1982), 21 pp.
    • Nuclear Testing: A Guide to Historical Holdings in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library (1994), 28 pp.
    • Resources in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Related to Prisoners of War (World War II, Korea, and Cold War Operations), (1998), 11 pp.
    • Science and Technology Resources in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library (1990), 16 pp.
    • A Select List of Photographs of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1992), 6 pp.
    • Sports and Recreation: A List of Holdings (1982), 16 pp.
    • Updated Access Status of Oral History Transcripts in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library (1999), 6 pp.
    • Women's Studies: A Guide to Historical Holdings in the Eisenhower Library (1994), 12 pp.
  • Gerald R. Ford Library
    Email: ford.library@nara.gov
    • Guide to Historical Materials in the Gerald R. Ford Library (2005), 93 pp.
    • Core Collections Guides on:
      • Vietnam War (2005), 10 pp.
      • Women's History (2005), 2 pp.
      • The 1976 Presidential Campaign (2005), 2 pp.
      • Science and Technology (2005), 2 pp.
      • Economic Policy (2005), 2 pp.
      • The Nixon Presidency (2005), 3 pp.
      • National Security Adviser's Files(2005), 7 pp.
    • A list of folders on any topic can be prepared from an automated database (PRESNET) upon request.
  • Herbert Hoover Library
    Email: hoover.library@nara.gov
    • Historical Materials in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library (rev. 1995), 53 pp.
    • The Problems of Lasting Peace Revisited, edited by Thomas T. Thalken (1986) 196 pp.
    • Public Papers of the Presidents: Herbert Hoover, 4 vols. (1974-77)
    • Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum [Guide to the Exhibit Galleries] (rev. 2001), 52 pp. $
    • Dining with the Hoover Family, by Dale C. Mayer (1990), 78 pp. $
    • American Individualism, by Herbert Hoover (rev. 1997), 32 pp. $
    • American Individualism and the Challenge to Liberty, by Herbert Hoover (rev. 1989), 219 pp. $
    • Fishing for Fun, by Herbert Hoover (rev. 1990) 86 pp. $
    • Herbert Hoover and the Historians (1989) 141 pp. $
    • Uncle Bert: A Biographical Portrait of Herbert Hoover, by Hulda Hoover McLean (1998), 53 pp., $
    • The Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family, by Hulda Hoover McLean (rev. ed., 1995) 309 pp., $
    • Lou Henry Hoover, Independent Girl: A Curriculum Guide, (1995) 109 pp. $
    • Out of War: A Legacy of Art (1996) 52 pp., $
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
    Email: johnson.library@nara.gov
    • Historical Materials in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library (1988), 121 pp.
    • The Johnson Library has compiled specialized finding aids and lists of answers to commonly asked reference questions available to researchers upon request. Lists of both are available.
  • John F. Kennedy Library
    Email: kennedy.library@nara.gov
    • Historical Materials in the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library (2000), 199 pp.
    • John F. Kennedy: A Reading List (2004), 39 pp.
    • The Kennedy Assassinations: A Bibliography of Sources in the Kennedy Library (2002), 15 pp.
    • The Kennedys: A Reading List for Young People (1990), 6 pp.
    • Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers, Presidential Recordings (2005), 50 pp.
    • Robert F. Kennedy: A Reading List (2002), 7 pp.
    • In addition to these publications, the Kennedy Library has compiled a number of other specialized bibliographies and research guides to the holdings of the Library, which can be made available to researchers upon request.
  • Harry S. Truman Library
    Email: truman.library@nara.gov
    • Greta Kempton: Forty Years on Canvas (photographs, 1988), 28 pp. $
    • Harry S. Truman Portrait Order Form (1985), 4 pp.
    • Truman Family Portrait Order Form (photographs, 1993), 4 pp.
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