History

Political Restraint in a Democratic Age: The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge

ABSTRACT

This conference analyzed the central aspects of President Coolidge’s public career and the public teachings he attempted on behalf of American constitutionalism and citizenship, using original sources from Coolidge's own writings and other relevant documents.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Supplement to the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Covering the Second Administration of Calvin Coolidge. New York: Bureau of Natural Literature, Inc., 1929.

Coolidge, Calvin. “Address to the General Court Beginning the 2nd Year as Governor of Massachusetts [January 8, 1920] .” Online at CalvinCoolidge.org, a project of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation. http://calvin-coolidge.org (Accessed January 3, 2013).

Coolidge, Calvin. “First Annual Message, December 6, 1923.” Online at The American Presidency Project, a project of University of California Santa Barbara. www.presidency.ucsb.edu (January 3, 2013).

Coolidge, Calvin. “Address at the Meeting of the Business Organization of the Government: "Economy in the Interest of All" [speech of June 30, 1924] .” Online at CalvinCoolidge.org, a project of the Calvin Coolidge Foundation. http:/calvin-coolidge.org (January 3, 2013).

Coolidge, Calvin. “Text of President Coolidge’s Appeal for Funds to Help Red Cross in Aiding Flood Refugees.” The New York Times LXXVI, No. 25,291 (April 23, 1927): 1.

Coolidge, Calvin. “Vermont is a State I Love [speech of September 21, 1928] .” Online at CalvinCoolidge.org, a project of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation. http://calvin-coolidge.org (Accessed January 3, 2013).

Coolidge, Calvin. Foundations of the Republic. Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific, 2004.

Coolidge, Calvin. Have Faith in Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages [Reprint]. Lexington: University of Toronto Libraries, 2012.

Coolidge, Calvin. The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific, 2004.

Coolidge, Calvin. The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses. Amsterdam: Fredonia Books, 2001.