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On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama will be inaugurated the forty-fourth president of the United States. For many reasons, it is a truly historic moment, and the occasion has inspired this small exhibition. In preparing this installation, the continuities across more than two hundred years of American history stand out perhaps more than the differences. While the historical details are always changing, the political issues and rhetorical devices have remained surprisingly consistent. Among them, debates about the meaning of the presidency and about the balance of power; scurrilous attacks on candidates; the desire to create an American political culture distinct from European antecedents; and equal measures of pride and embarrassment at the grand gestures of inaugural celebrations.
The Newberry has developed a large collection of materials related to the American presidency. In addition to the objects on display in this exhibit, the collection includes formal reports on the words and deeds of the presidents, ephemera, and personal accounts of political events. This deep and wide ranging collection will inspire interested readers to pursue a plethora of presidential topics. Register today for a free reader's card and explore.
Object List
Business as Usual
Unidentified author. "Col. Frémont's Religion: the Calumnies Against him Exposed by Indisputable Proofs." [S.l. : s.n., 1856?]
Newberry Library: J 833 .315
Cigarette cards with portraits of Chester A. Arthur, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, and Zachary Taylor.
Newberry Library: Case Wing HF6161.T6 S75 (Bequest of Kay Ashton Stevens)
Sherwin Lawrence Cook. Torchlight Parade; Our Presidential Pageant. New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1929.
Newberry Library: J 3383 .19
Al Stillman and Xavier Cugat. Viva Roosevelt. New York: Edward B. Marks Corporation, 1942.
Newberry Library: Driscoll Box 158
The First Inaugural
"Account of the Reception of General Washington at Trenton, April 21," in The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine.
Philadelphia: T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cist, & J. Trenchard
Newberry Library: Case A5 .221 (May, 1789)
Philip Phile. The President's March. [United States, 1793].
Newberry Library: Case 8A 266
Martha Joanna Lamb. Souvenir of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration (...). New York London: White and Allen, c1889.
Newberry Library: F 8332 .47
Congressional Sub-committee on Army. Report of the Sub-committee on Army, on the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington (...). New York: G.H. Burton, Book and Job Printer.
Newberry Library: F 8332 .62
Inaugural Celebrations
"Taft's First Journey as President," in Harpers Weekly. New York: Harper's Magazine Co., March 13, 1909.
Newberry Library: Oversize A5 .392
The Inaugural Program; Arrangement, Order and Details of the Ceremonies Attending the Inauguration of Grover Cleveland (...). Washington, DC: J.H. Soulé & Co., 1885.
Newberry Library: J 683 .44
Tammany Society, or Columbian Order of New York. Tammany Hall Souvenir of the Inauguration of Cleveland and Stevenson. New York: J.W. McDonald, 1893.
Newberry Library: K 8851 .864
Presidential Legacies
Thomas Jefferson. The Address of Thomas Jefferson (...) on his Taking the Oath of Office. Baltimore, MD: W. Pechin, 1801.
Newberry Library: Case 4A 3354
Thomas Jefferson. "President's Message. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the President of the U. States communicated, by his secretary to both House of Congress (...)," published printed as Baltimore American, American-Extra. Baltimore: December 3, 1806.
Newberry Library: Case Broadside J82.A36 B3
Congressional Joint Committee on Printing. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents (...) with Additions and Encyclopedic Index by Private Enterprise. New York: Bureau of National Literature, [1917?].
Newberry Library: J 683 .91521, vol. VII
James S. Barcus. Science of Selling for Canvassers, Drummers and Clerks, Rev. and Specially Adapted to the Sale of Messages and Papers of the Presidents. New York: Bureau of National Literature, Inc., 1917.
Newberry Library: 3A 5126
Laura Carter Holloway. The Ladies of the White House; or, In the Home of the Presidents. Being a Complete History of the Social and Domestic Lives of the Presidents from Washington to Garfield. Philadelphia: Bradley & Co., 1881.
Newberry Library: E 3983 .481