Other Microtext Resources
Description of Genealogical Resources at the Boston Public Library's Microtext Department
Microfilmed Presidential Papers Collections
The Microtext Department has accumulated a number of microfilmed collections of personal and family papers of New England persons and families. The acquisition scope includes diaries and clipping collections for individuals, as well as organizational papers of business and social entities. This list notes the name of person/family or organization, the period of coverage and the shelf call number. Many have printed inventories or finding aids on shelf within the department, often under the same call number as the microfilm collection.
| Term | LC Number | |
| 1789-1797 | George Washington | Z8950.U64 |
| 1797-1801 | John Adams | -- |
| 1801-1809 | Thomas Jefferson | Z6616.J4U5 |
| 1809-1817 | James Madison | Z8540.U53 |
| 1817-1825 | James Monroe | Z8587.8.U5 |
| 1825-1829 | John Quincy Adams | -- |
| 1829-1837 | Andrew Jackson | Z8443.U53 |
| 1837-1841 | Martin Van Buren | Z6616.V33U5 |
| 1841 | William Henry Harrison | Z8387.97.U5 |
| 1841-1845 | John Tyler | Z6616.T9U5 |
| 1845-1849 | James K. Polk | Z8702.U5 |
| 1849-1850 | Zachary Taylor | Z8863.5.U5 |
| 1850-1853 | Millard Fillmore | -- |
| 1853-1857 | Franklin Pierce | Z8689.9.U5 |
| 1857-1861 | James Buchanan *Papers from PA Historical Society |
Z6616.B865B8 |
| 1861-1865 | Abraham Lincoln | Z8508.U53 |
| 1865-1869 | Andrew Johnson | Z8455.567.U5 |
| 1869-1877 | Ulysses S. Grant | Z6616.U76U5 |
| 1877-1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes | E682.H74 |
| 1881 | James A. Garfield | J82.C3 |
| 1881-1885 | Chester Arthur | Z8045.O3U5 |
| 1885-1889; 1893-1897 |
Grover Cleveland | Z6616.C6U5 |
| 1889-1893 | Benjamin Harrison | Z6616.H28U5 |
| 1897-1901 | William McKinley | Z6616.M18U5 |
| 1901-1909 | Theodore Roosevelt | J82.C9 |
| 1909-1913 | William Howard Taft | J82.D1 |
| 1913-1921 | Woodrow Wilson | Z6616.W53U54 |
| 1921-1923 | Warren G. Harding | J82.D3 |
| 1923-1929 | Calvin Coolidge | Z6616.C78U5 |
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