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Document Collections

Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Declassified documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. Documents include presidential directives, memos, diplomatic dispatches, meeting notes, independent reports, briefing papers, White House communications, email, confidential letters, and other secret material. Coverage: 1942 to present.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set This link opens in a new window
Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for the 15th through the 96th Congresses. Includes a map collection. Coverage: 1817-1980.
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Foreign Relations of the United States
The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian.
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1945-1980 volumes - U.S. Department of State. Office of the Historian
1861-1960 volumes - University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
UNBISNet
Catalogue of United Nations (UN) documents and publications, 1979-present.
Older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis.
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Voting Records (General Assemly, Security Council), 1946-present
Speeches (General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council), 1983-present
History Lab/Freedom of Information Archive (FOIArchive)
History Lab offers searchable databases and basic text analysis tools for the Freedom of Information Archive (FOIArchive), which consists of over 4.6 million declassified documents in foreign relations.