Since 1789, U.S. Presidents have exercised authority through orders, proclamations, directives, memoranda, pardons, correspondence, statements, and other types of communication. As part of the U.S three-branch system of checks and balances, Presidents have undertaken actions to direct foreign policy, interpret enacted law, impact the enforcement of laws, and further social change. This unique collection offers over 100,000 examples of executive actions from 1789-2017. More than 50% date from prior to 1936, approximately 25% belong to our complete numbered executive order and proclamation series, and 75% were collected by human editors seeking to document the history of executive actions. The collection was created on a document by document basis in consultation with archivists and librarians at the National Archives and Records Administration, as well as dozens of government, academic, and public libraries. Includes subject indexing.
An Unprecedented Window into U.S. History
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提供对易于发现的数字化政府文件的最大集合的一致访问，以便于使用和理解
授权研究人员
使学生和研究人员能够搜索和探索这些基本资源，以帮助建立批判性思维、分析和数字识字技能
跨学科的
探索和揭示与移民、医疗保健、社会正义、气候变化等历史和持续问题相关的政策和法律的制定和实施
