Independence for the National Archives
Signed by President Ronald Reagan on October 14, 1984, Public Law 98-497 established an independent National Archives and Records Administration on April 1, 1985....
Iraq, 1991
On January 15, 1991, President George Bush used national television to announce the commencement of the air campaign to free Kuwait. In this draft of the speech, with...
Jefferson’s confidential message to Congress
On January 18, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent a secret message to Congress. In it, he asked Congress for $2500 to explore the West–all the way to the Pacific...
JFK's grades
This is John F. Kennedy's academic transcript from Harvard University, class of 1940.
John Wayne on the Panama Canal
Actor John Wayne wrote to President Jimmy Carter in October 1977 to express his support for the passage of the Panama Canal Treaty. The treaty returned control of the...
Johnson nominates Marshall
This is a letter to the U.S. Senate from President Lyndon Johnson nominating Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. Marshall was a prominent attorney for the...
Keeping his promise
During Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign for President, he promised to nominate a woman for the Supreme Court. President Reagan followed through on this pledge on...