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Coolidge, Calvin
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election 
 This collection "consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918-1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. Speakers include: Warren G. Harding, James Cox, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel Gompers, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John J. Pershing. Speeches range from one to five minutes." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/ Topics: Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship with the United States
The Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress has digitized a collection of little known documents, 13 volumes of an 111 volume set given to President Calvin Coolidge in 1926 from Poland. Approximately 1/6 of the total population of Poland at that time signed original illustrated graphical art works. These signatures included "national, provincial, and local government officials, representatives of religious, social, business, academic, and military institutions..." A beautiful site to browse. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/pldechtml/pldechome.html Topics: International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Sep 22, 2005 Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-1929
"Assembles a wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the [Calvin] Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition." Contains materials related to merchandising, advertising, consumer activism, African Americans and consumerism, wealth, and poverty. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject and title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html Topics: Presidents by Name Last updated Feb 6, 2005 |
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