To learn more about the 30th U.S. President, Calvin Coolidge, it’s easy to look through encyclopedias or surf the Internet. But on April 6, people can see him face-to -face.

Well, maybe it’s not really him, but those interested can see actor Jim Cooke portray him during his one-man show.

The Ellwood House Museum will present “Calvin Coolidge: More Than Two Words,” presented by Cooke at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Ellwood House Visitor Center, 509 N. First St.

“It will give a sense of what went on back then,” said Jerry Brauer, Ellwood House Museum director. “There were a lot of changes going on during that time.”

Several one-man shows have been presented at the Ellwood House in recent years, including shows about poet Emily Dickinson and Mary Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln.

Coolidge served two presidential terms from 1923 to 1929. He was also the governor of Massachusetts for a time.

Cooke first became interested in performing Coolidge’s life because he found him to be an interesting person.

“I was attracted to him in that no one else is going to be him,” Cooke said. “Every now and then people have approached me about it, but I’m the only one doing it.”

Cooke is an independent actor and has performed the one-man show on Coolidge for more than 15 years. It has been featured on National Public Radio and the “Today Show.” It also has been presented at the Hoover, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Reagan presidential libraries, the National Archives and the Library of Congress.

“Once you develop a solo performance and invested tremendous amounts of time in character, as long as you find people to hear it, you’re going to do it,” Cooke said.

Cooke said he literally becomes the character when he performs; it’s like Coolidge has come back from the dead.

“I will talk about when he was born to his political past to presidency,” Cooke said.

Cooke’s presentations also are never the same. It changes depending on where he is.

“If I was doing it in Massachusetts, I would include information about how he was governor,” Cooke said. “If I was presenting in Washington, I would talk more about his presidency.”

Cooke also will participate in the 75th anniversary dedication of Mount Rushmore in August, considering Coolidge dedicated the monument before the construction.

“He was an honest, moral and decent person,” Cooke said. “He had quite a sense of humor. He tried to conceal his sense of humor, but in my performance, I don’t suppress his humor.”