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Presidential Documents

Public Papers of the Presidents

The Public Papers of the Presidents is an edited yearly cumulation of the daily/weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.
It has been published from the Hoover administration on, except for Franklin Roosevelt's administration. (1929 to 1932, 1945 -     )

During the Carter and Reagan administrations the text of proclamations and executive orders is included in the Public Papers. Volumes for the other administrations have tables which give the Federal Register page number where the text of proclamations & executive orders can be found.

Online via govinfo.gov

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, 1929 to 1932, 1945 --      
1.   Search the Public Papers of the Presidents.   Search Tips    
2.   Indexes to each volume of the Public Papers of the Presidents are at the end of the volume.  

Online at Hathitrust, from the University of Michigan Digital Library
"Unfortunately, the Franklin D. Roosevelt volumes are not in the public domain and are search-only."
 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/mb?a=listis;c=1429005971

In the Library: Lower Level J 80 .A283
Each annual volume has an index
Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. [1945-1993]
Lower Level  J 80 .A283 index