Historical Documents Online: Search Hints for Selected Topics

U.S. Presidents: Miscellaneous Records

Selected Photographs of United States Presidents
A number of photographs (or copies of portraits) from various presidents have been digitized. These photographs are held by NARA's Still Picture Unit (College Park, MD)
Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized photographs:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
4. Enter the first and last name of the president you seek in the Keywords box.
5. Select the Location filter for Still Picture Records (College Park).
6. Select the limit hits radio button for 1000.
7. Press the Go button.
8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 528388, Title: "Abraham Lincoln, President, U.S, ca. 1860 - ca. 1865 ", Local Identifier: NWDNS-111-B-4246

Records of the Joint Committee on Public Property in the Hands of the President, ca. December 02, 1799 - February 27, 1801
1 report has been digitized from the Joint Committee on Public Property in the Hands of the President concerning furniture for the President's House, attaching an inventory of the furniture and other property in the possession of the President" dated 02/01/1801. This material is held by NARA's Center for Legislative Archives (Washington DC).
Search Hint: To retrieve the one digitized document:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
4. Enter Public Property in the Hands of the President in the Keywords box.
5. Select the limit hits radio button for 100.
6. Press the Go button.
7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 306526, Title: "Report of the Joint Committee on Public Property in the Hands of the President concerning furniture for the President's House, attaching an inventory of the furniture and other property in the possession of the President, 02/01/1801"