Primary Sources: The 1920s: Coolidge, Calvin

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of primary source materials associated with Calvin Coolidge, including manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, images, newspaper articles, films, and sound recordings.

"... established in 1960 by a group of Coolidge enthusiasts including John Coolidge, the son of President, and Mrs. Coolidge; Franklin S. Billings, Jr., Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court; Edward Connery Lathem, Dartmouth College Librarian and Dean of the Libraries and distinguished author; Vrest Orton; Consuelo Northrup Bailey; Deane C. Davis; and other such luminaries of the period. The Foundation was formed in part to redress the fact that there is no federally funded presidential library for Calvin Coolidge, our 30th U.S. President. "

"The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum contains materials documenting the private life of Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), beginning with his birth and formative years in Vermont, his student days at Amherst College, and his years as a young lawyer in Northampton. " Most materials are not online, but there is a Digital Treasures collection which contains a small number of images of Calvin Coolidge.

"Most of these photos cover the period of Coolidge's presidency (1923-29). Others document his early political career as governor of Massachusetts (1919-21), his years of service after his term in office, notables of his acquaintance, and his family after his death in 1933. They are arranged chronologically by date. "

Access free through the Internet Archive
"The first presidential film with sound recording"

December 6, 1923, December 3, 1924, December 8, 1925, December 7, 1926, December 6, 1927 and December 4, 1928