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The Mellon Plan: The Legislative Fight for the First Supply-Side Tax Reforms

By The Honorable French Hill Tax reform isn’t easy, but it is possible. Even dramatic tax reform. Today, when many doubt that proposition, it’s useful to look back at another […]

Calvin Coolidge and the Post-Armistice Chlorine Gas Campaign

By Robert M. Klein, M.D., Columbia University Irving Medical Center On May 18, 1924, First Congregational Church in Washington held its regular service. But this Sunday, one important congregant was […]

GRACE: ON THE AIR

GRACE COOLIDGE’S RADIO DEBUT OVER STATION NAA ON DECEMBER 4, 1922 By Jerry L. Wallace Next year is a centennial year for President Calvin Coolidge. But this year marks a […]

The Great 1928 Budget Debate

We tend to project our own assumptions about party positions onto events long past. For example, we assume that Democrats always advocated for increased government spending, at least more so […]

“The Real Calvin Coolidge” Now Available in Digital Format

October 23, 2018

 

We are pleased to announce The Real Calvin Coolidge periodical series is now available free in digital format online.

The Real Calvin Coolidge is a series of booklets published by the Coolidge Foundation from 1983 to 2005. Comprised of eighteen volumes, The Real Calvin Coolidge offers insights into the life of our thirtieth president, and features a variety of articles written by historians, Plymouth Notch locals, Coolidge family members, and others who knew and were influenced by Coolidge. Earlier issues even featured commentary by the president’s wife, Grace Coolidge.

These booklets have been digitized by Coolidge Foundation archivist John Ferrell, and are uploaded here, along with an index to assist researchers and casual readers alike. This is the latest addition to the Coolidge Foundation’s collection of digital resources, and a further commitment to increasing Americans’ understanding of President Coolidge and the values he promoted.

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