Links to Spots Online

An historical overview of Presidential campaign advertising can be viewed at The American Museum of the Moving Image (AMMI) web site:
Living Room Candidate

Television commercials from the 2000, 2004 and 2008 presidential elections can be viewed at the University of Stanford - Political Communication Lab web site:
Political Communication Lab

An archive of 200 US presidential campaign ads from the 1952 to 2004 elections
EASE History

An educational web site that includes an historical timeline of presidential advertising can be seen at the following site:
The 30 Second candidate-PBS

A selection of famous ads can be viewed at the following All Politics site:
CNN/TIME

Announcements

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Financial support for on-campus work in the Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive is now available.

If you are interested in requesting materials from the collection to be used off-site, please click on the 'Access & User Information' link on the left to review the policies and guidelines for special compilations.

PLEASE NOTE: The online catalog provides the listings of candidate's ads alphabetically by last name; and the listings of ballot initiatives by state and national issue ads. Call or email the curator or archives assistant for information regarding radio spots and other holdings.

Streaming video access to the archival materials is not available on this site; however, many famous ads can be viewed by following the 'Links to Online Spots' button on the left.

Lewis Mazanti
Curator/Archivist