Art, historical documents, oral histories and other records pertaining to the history of the House of Representatives.
Since 1979, C-SPAN has televised the proceedings for the federal government, including congressional sessions, presidential speeches, and more. Browse popular topics or search for something specific.
News articles, blogs, organizational websites, and social media related to the 2013 Supreme Court hearings and subsequent rulings for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Proposition 8.
Provides information concerning the Florida, New Mexico, Texas, and Supreme Court decisions (opinions, briefs, etc.) about the 2000 Presidential election, as well links to Web sites with related resources.
Writings on and about the U.S. Constitution from the 1600s to the 1800s, including writings from philosophers, popular pamphlets, public debates in ratifying conventions and the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day.
Access to the papers of several early American presidents.
Correspondence and other writings from seven founding fathers (George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (as well as the Adams family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Hay, and James Madison), through the National Archives.
Search all Department of State records released to the public through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Produces the official documents of the Federal government, including Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies. GovInfo.gov (linked on GPO site) hosts the Congressional Record, Presidential Documents, Congressional Bills, and more.
Materials documenting the history of American taxation. Includes a Form 1040 archive (1913-2006), Presidential tax returns, some of the Federalist papers discussing federal revenue and taxing powers, and more.
Meetings, briefings, and other events documenting the history of the Commission from 1960 - 2020.
Hosted by the University of California Santa Barbara, this is a non-profit, non-partisan archive of presidential and non-presidential documents. Also includes links to other presidential archives and organizations.
The Living Room Candidate contains more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952. This innovation had a permanent effect on the way presidential campaigns are run.
This archive has the most complete, digital collection of the Nixon tapes in existence, which includes approximately 2,950 hours of the nearly 3,000 hours of tapes currently declassified, as well as transcriptions of many of these conversations.
The speeches and campaign advertising of US women senators and representatives, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, governors and lieutenant governors, and first and second ladies; and international women leaders. It also features the speeches of historically significant women, social activists, and women who have used their position of celebrity to advocate for political causes.