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HIST 3111J: Historical Research and Writing

Primary Sources on the Cold War

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Source: Open Ended Social Studies, Creative Commons Attribution

ProQuest History Vault 

Includes:

  •     American Politics and Society from Kennedy to Watergate, 1960-1975
  •     NAACP Papers: The NAACP's major campaigns--education, voting, housing, employment, armed forces
  •     NAACP Papers: The NAACP's major campaigns--Scottsboro, anti-lynching, criminal justice, peonage, labor, and segregation   
  •     World War II: U.S. Documents on Planning, Operations, Intelligence, Axis War Crimes, and Refugees 
  •     Office of Strategic Services (OSS)-State Department Intelligence and Research Reports, 1941-1961 
  •     Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Europe and Latin America, 1960-1969 
  •     Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1975

Declassified Documents Reference System

  • Includes declassified documents and reports from the CIA, FBI, and U.S. State Department 

Digital National Security Archives

  • Includes declassified U.S. government documents and reports of relevance to national security and military affairs

Archives Direct

Includes the following British foreign office collections:
    • Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966
    • Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969
    • Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
    • Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981 

  • Conflict in Indochina: Foreign Office Files for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, 1959-1979. Comprising correspondence, maps, photographs and memoranda, this collection examines how the conflict crossed international borders and impacted the wider region. Administrative reports offer insight into the internal politics of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, covering key themes such as trade, economic development and increasing political instability.
Subjects: History