Publications

Working closely with our partners at the National Archives, the Foundation’s Communications Department researches, writes, edits, and publishes high-quality exhibition catalogs and general-interest books introducing the public to the records of the National Archives and encouraging civic engagement with those records. Proceeds from books sold through the National Archives Store as well as through bookstores around the world support the exhibits, programs, and educational outreach of the National Archives.

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  School House to White House: The Education of the Presidents

  Meet our nation’s Presidents when that title was still only a dream through memoirs, scrapbooks, and letters that reveal the wide range of formative experiences of the Presidents.

   

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  Poetry and Power: The Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy

  Discover the process behind crafting one of the most famous speeches in American history: President Kennedy’s inaugural address. Based on an exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

   

  Available in softcover