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Primary Sources

Below are some primary sources that can be found at Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon; Hillman Library, the University of Pittsburgh; the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; and on the Web. Repositories of other primary sources can be found using the resources at History: Databases and Indexes: Archival Resources. If you need help finding primary sources, ask at the Hunt Library reference desk.

• Audio Materials
• Collections, Papers, and Diaries
• Government Documents
  • Treaties

Primary Sources:

Audio Materials

See also the resources in History: Audio Resources: General.

• History and Politics Out Loud
  Search or browse audio materials which can be played from the Web. There are several items on the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as Nikita Krushchev's remarks on meeting President John F. Kennedy.

• National Gallery of the Spoken Word
  • Cuban Missile Crisis: President John F. Kennedy
  • Sir Winston Churchill: Sinews of Peace

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Primary Sources:

Collections, Papers, and Diaries

• Adams, John Quincy. Writings of John Quincy Adams. Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. 7 vols. New York: Greenwood Press, [1968].
  HUNT STACKS-2 E337.8 .A22

• Buchanan, James. The Works of James Buchanan, Comprising his Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence. Collected and Edited by John Bassett Moore. 12 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1908-11.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, E337.8 .B9

• Calhoun, John C. The Papers of John C. Calhoun. Edited by Robert L. Meriwether. 25 vols. Columbia: Published by the University of South Carolina Press for the South Caroliniana Society, 1959-1999.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E337.8 .C148

• Clay, Henry. Papers. 6 vols. [Lexington]: University of Kentucky Press, c1959-63.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E337.8 .C597 vols. 1-4, 6.

• Clay, Henry. The Works of Henry Clay, Comprising his Life, Correspondence and Speeches. ed. by Calvin Colton. 10 vols. New York: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1904.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E337.8 .C562

• Foster, John Watson. Diplomatic Memoirs. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E661.7 .F75

• Hull, Cordell. The Memoirs of Cordell Hull. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan Co., 1948.
  OFFSITE By Request

• Jefferson, Thomas. Papers. Julian P. Boyd, editor. 34 vols. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950-74.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E302 .J442 1950A

• Kennan, George Frost. Memoirs. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967-1972.
  OFFSITE By Request

• Lansing, Robert. War Memoirs of Robert Lansing, Secretary of State. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press [1970].
  HUNT STACKS-2 D619 .L347 1970

• Madison, James. Papers. Edited by William T. Hutchinson and William M. E. Rachal. 17 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1962-1991.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E302 .M19

• Madison, James. The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series. Edited by Thomas A. Rutland, et al. 3 vols. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983-1996.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E302 .M19 1983 vols. 1-5

• Madison, James. The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series. edited by Robert J. Brugger. 4 vols. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986-1998.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E302 .M19 1986 vols. 2-7
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, E302 M49 1986 vols. 1-8

• Marshall, George C. The Papers of George Catlett Marshall. 2 vols. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981-1996.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, E745 .M37 1981.

• Monroe, James. The Writings of James Monroe, Including a Collection of his Public and Private Papers and Correspondence now for the First Time Printed. Edited by Stanislaus Murray Hamilton. 7 vols. New York: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1898-1903.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, E302 .M75 1898

• Moore, John Bassett. The Collected Papers of John Bassett Moore. 7 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1944.
  OFFSITE By Request

• Seward, William H. The Works of William H. Seward. Edited by George E. Baker. 5 vols. New York: Redfield, 1853.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, E415.6.S51

• Stettinius, Edward R. The Diaries of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., 1943-1946. New York: New Viewpoints, 1975.
  OFFSITE By Request

• United States. President. Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Washington: Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929-.
  Print: 1929-present (earlier years incomplete).
  HUNT STACKS-2 J80 .A283
  Full text: 1995-1997.
  Available: Search the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. (National Archives and Records Administration)
  Photographs and HTML versions of the table of contents, indexes, and the list of Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register, with links to the page numbers cited, from Photographic Portfolios/Contents/Indexes/ Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register.
  Public messages, speeches, executive orders, promulgations of ratified treaties, statements of the President, etc.

• Webster, Daniel. Papers of Daniel Webster. Edited by Charles M. Wiltse. Ann Arbor, University Microfilms; Hanover, N. H.: issued in collaboration with Dartmouth College Library, 1971. Microfilm.
  HUNT MFILM-3 973.5 W37P
  Includes general correspondence, business papers, and congressional and official departmental papers. The printed guide provides a Webster chronology, bibliography, and a general description of the materials on each reel, as well as a detailed index.

• Wilson, Woodrow. Papers. Edited by Arthur S. Link. 69 vols. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1966-1994.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E660 .W717

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Primary Sources:

Government Documents

Below are just a few examples of the types of government documents that are relevant to foreign policy. To find more, use the databases and indexes listed at History: Databases and Indexes: Government Documents. If you need help locating government documents, ask for assistance at the Hunt Library reference desk.

• CIA Research Reports: Latin America, 1946-1976. Edited by Paul Kesaris. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, c1982. Microfilm.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, MICROFORMS (2ND FLOOR) F 72

• CIA Research Reports: Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1946-1976. Edited by Paul Kesaris. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1982. Microfilm.
  HUNT MFILM-3 959.7 C565

• CIA Research Reports. Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Supplement. Edited by by Robert E. Lester. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1987, c1986. Microfilm.
  HUNT MFILM-3 959.7 C565A

• Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1984.
  CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES
  Originals held by the National Archives as Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files, which cover a variety of countries.

• Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. France, 1950-1954: Foreign Affairs. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1987. Microfilm.
  HUNT MFILM-3 327.44 C748A

• Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. France, Internal Affairs, 1945-1949. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1986. Microfilm.
  HUNT MFILM-3 944.082 C748

• Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. France, Internal Affairs, 1950-1954. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1987-1989. Microfilm.
  HUNT MFILM-3 944.082 C748A

• Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. Panama, 1930-1939. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1990. Microfilm.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, MICROFORMS (2ND FLOOR) F 129

• Council on Foreign Relations. American Foreign Relations. New York, New York University Press, 1976-1979.
  Print: 1971-1978 (Shelved with Documents on American Foreign Relations).
  HUNT BND-JOUR-3
  Continues Documents on American Foreign Relations (see below).

• Degras, Jane T. Soviet Documents on Foreign Policy. 3 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1951-53.
  HUNT STACKS-2 JX1555.A2 D4
  Covers 1917-1941.

• Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977. Washington, D.C.: University Publications of America, c1980. Microfilm.
  CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES

• Electronic Research Collection (U.S. State Department, the University of Illinois at Chicago Library and the Federal Depository Library Program)
  Archived electronic documents from the U.S. State Department website and U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Archived biographies, briefings and statements, country background notes, etc.

• Great Britain. Foreign Office. Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919-1939. 58 vols. Series 1-3. London: H. M. Stationery Office 1946-1986.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DA566.7 .A18

• Jones, Samuel Shepard, ed. Documents on American Foreign Relations. New York, Published for the Council on Foreign Relations by Simon and Schuster, 1940-1973.
  Print: 1938/39-1970.
  HUNT BND-JOUR-3
  Continued by American Foreign Relations. (see above)

• Iran, the Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1980. Edited by Eric Hooglund. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey; Washington, D.C.: National Security Archive, c1990. Microfiche and guide.
  CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES

• United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-1949. 81st Congress, 1st session, 1950, S. Doc. 123.
  Full text: A Decade of American Foreign Policy - Basic Documents 1941-1949 (The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School)
  Print: HUNT REF-1 GOVDOCS 81st Congress, 1st session, 1950, S. Doc. 123.
  For later years, see American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents and American Foreign Policy: Current Documents (below).

• United States. Department of State. American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents. 2 vols. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957.
  HUNT REF-1 GOVDOCS S1.71.117/v. 1-2.
  For other years, see A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-1949, (above), and American Foreign Policy: Current Documents (below).

• United States. Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1948-present.
  Print: v. 1, 1932-present.
  HUNT BND-JOUR-3
  Guides and supplements v. 3, 1955-1957.
  HUNT MFICHE-3
  Full text: Foreign Relations Series: Volumes Online (Department of State)
  Official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
  Continues Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States (see below).

• United States. Department of State. Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945. Series C: The Third Reich: First Phase. 5 vols. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957-1966.
  HUNT REF-1 GOVDOCS S1:82:C/1-5.

• United States. Department of State. Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945. Series D: From the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry. 13 vols. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957-1966.
  HUNT REF-1 GOVDOCS S1:82:D/1-13

• United States. Department of State. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1870-1946.
  Print: 1874-1931 (incomplete).
  HUNT BND-JOUR-3
  Continued by Foreign Relations of the United States (see above).

• United States. Department of State. Historical Division. American Foreign Policy: Current Documents. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956-1967.
  Print: 1956-1966.
  HUNT REF-1 GOVDOCS S1.71/2:956-966.
  Print: 1956-1967, 1981-1989
  CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH, SECOND FLOOR, CLOSED REFERENCE r327.73 U25ame
  For earlier years see American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents and A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-1949, above.
  Continued by, and continues, American Foreign Policy Basic Documents, 1977-1980 (see below).

• United States. Department of State. Office of the Historian. American Foreign Policy Basic Documents, 1977-1980. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983.
  CARNEGE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH SECOND FLOOR, CLOSED REFERENCE S 1.69:346
  For earlier years see American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents and A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-1949, above.
  Continues American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1956-1967, 1981-1991 (see above).

• United States. President. Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Washington: Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929- .
  Print: 1929-present (earlier years incomplete).
  HUNT STACKS-2 353.03 U58P
  Full text: 1995-1997.
  Available: Search the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. (National Archives and Records Administration)
  Photographs and HTML versions of the table of contents, indexes, and the list of Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register, with links to the page numbers cited, from Photographic Portfolios/Contents/Indexes/ Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register.
  Public messages, speeches, executive orders, promulgations of ratified treaties, statements of the President, etc.

• Vietnam: National Security Files, November 1963-June 1965. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1987. Microfilm.
  CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965- .
  Print: 1987-1991.
  HUNT REF-1 GOVDOCS GS 4.114:
  Full text: 1993-present (updated weekly).
  Available: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (National Archives and Records Administration)
  Contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.

• Wheeler-Bennett, John W., ed. Documents on International Affairs. 19 vols. London: Oxford University Press, 1929-1973.
  Print: 1928-1963.
  HUNT STACKS-2 D442 .S82
  1928-1963.

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Treaties

• Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
  Comprehensive site of treaties, annual messages of the presidents, inaugural addresses of the presidents, presidential papers, etc. Collection is arranged chronologically, though you can browse through the major collections, titles, and subjects, as well as search the site.

• Bevans, Charles, I. Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. 13 vols. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968-1969.
  HUNT REF-1 GOVTDOCS S9.12/2: vols. 1-3.

• Grenville, J. A. S. The Major International Treaties Since 1945: A History and Guide with Texts. New York: Methuen, c1987.
  HUNT REF-1 JX171 .G745 1987

• Grenville, J. A. S. The Major International Treaties, 1914-1945: A History and Guide with Texts. New York: Methuen, c1987.
  HUNT REF-1 JX171 .G736 1987

• Grenville, J. A. S. and Bernard Wasserstein. The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century: A History and Guide with Texts. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2001.
  HUNT REF-1 KZ64 .M35 2001

• Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Charles J. Kappler, Oklahoma State University Library Digital Publications)

• Internet Law Library: Treaties and International Law

• Israel, Fred L. comp., Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648-1967. 4 vols. New York: Chelsea House in association with McGraw-Hill, 1967.
  HUNT REF-1 JX121 .I8

• Miller, Hunter, ed. Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America, 1776-1863. 8 vols. Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1931-1948.
  HUNT REF-1 GOVTDOCS S9.5:1-8

• Multilaterals Project (Tufts University)
  Texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Initially started for environmental agreements, it now covers human rights, commerce and trade, laws of war and arms control, and other areas. Most texts are from the mid 1900's onward, there are some texts from earlier historical periods.

• Rengger, N. J. and John Campbell, comps. Treaties and Alliances of the World. New York: Stockton, 1995.
  HUNT REF-1 KZ1301 .T73 1995

• United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols, and Agreements Between the United States of America and Other Powers. 4 vols. New York: Greenwood Press, [1968].
  HUNT STACKS-2 JX236 1910B
  Covers 1776-1937.

• United States. Department of State. Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States in Force on.... Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944-present.
  Full text: Treaties in Force...2000 (Department of State)
  Full text: Treaties in Force 2006 (Department of State)
  Print: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003-2005.
  HUNT REF-1 KZ235 .T74
  Print: 1955-present.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, GOV DOCS (Ground Floor - Compact Shelves) S 9.14:
  Print: 1955-present.
  CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH, SECOND FLOOR, CLOSED REFERENCE r 341.2 U256Li4

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