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Declassified Documents Reference System Find the answers to yesterday’s secrets
Search 90,000 documents
Comprising more than 550,000 pages of material from 90,000 documents, Declassified Documents Reference System is an unprecedented tool for scholars and policymakers, providing the foundation for research in American studies, diplomacy, history, international studies, journalism, political science, U.S. foreign and domestic policy studies and more. It enables users to examine documents originating from a wealth of U.S. government official bodies and agencies, including:
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On July 4, 1967, the Freedom of Information Act was signed into law, enabling the public to access federal government files. Subsequently, hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. government documents have been made available for public view. Now these documents are easily identified and viewed from Declassified Documents Reference System.
With its ease of use, this database enables researchers and students to enhance their understanding of international events and the inner workings of U.S. domestic affairs involving both the military and the White House.
End “needle-in-a-haystack” syndrome
Declassified Documents Reference System organizes a tremendous volume of materials from a wide range of source institutions, greatly facilitating the research process. The full text of every document has been keyed, allowing word, phrase, name or date searches. Special search fields provide more targeted retrieval options. Digital facsimiles are simple to download and print.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Justice Department National Security Agency North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) State Department White House
Confidential memo from Arthur Schlesinger to John F. Kennedy, 1963
Materials available for review include:
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Cabinet meeting minutes CIA intelligence studies and reports Correspondence Diary entries Joint Chiefs papers National Security Council policy statements Political analyses Presidential conferences Technical studies
20th C. Political & Cultural Change
Secret CIA memorandum on the Panamanian coup, 1968
Conditions and Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940–1945 Explore attitudes, experiences and choices in an occupied land
For historians and scholars of wartime and postwar society, Conditions and Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940–1945 provides remarkable access to fully searchable, full-text primary source reports and correspondence from the British Foreign Office.
Europe
Among many other resources, this collection offers:
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More than 200,000 pages of material selected by Dr. Michael Stenton, University of Cambridge Newly commissioned thematic essays by leading scholars with links to relevant documents, as well as a World War II chronology Clips from the SOE film, “Now It Can Be Told” (1946)
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Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-1950
General Editor: Professor Dan Stone, Royal Holloway College, University of London
A modern-day treasure of primary sources
This online collection of primary source materials comes from the holdings of the Wiener Library, London and The National Archives in the United Kingdom, which supports research and teaching of post-World War II Europe. An ideal companion to Conditions and Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-1945, this archive covers the international politics leading the administration, care, repatriation and emigration of the Displaced Persons as well as the plight of the survivors of the Holocaust and World War II, and their reintroduction to life and community. Essays offer an insight into key themes and provide direct links to the documents mentioned and a means to access for students unfamiliar with the original materials. Five documentary British Pathe films provide visual evidence of key issues covered by the documents.
Resistance poster (France) 1945
Index cards, compil ed by private individ uals, listing biogra information on pro phical minent Nazi figures
Testaments to the Holocaust
General Editor: Ben Barkow, Director of the Wiener Library
Experience one of the darkest periods in human history
The Wiener Library is the oldest institution in the world established to document the Nazi regime and its crimes against the Jewish people. Now, remarkable documents from its archives – complemented by secondary literature – can be viewed anytime, anywhere with Testaments to the Holocaust. Some 1,200 full-text eyewitness accounts bring this dark era into a vivid new light. Other hard-to-find primary sources include Nazi propaganda materials and calendars; the Sigilla Veri, a rare encyclopedia of anti-Semitism; Hitler Youth materials; and much more.
MiddleEast
From the National Archives at Kew comes an unparalleled digital collection. The Middle East Online: Series 1: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917–1970 is a full-text archive covering the period from the Balfour Declaration to the Black September war in Jordan. Along with conference reports, ministerial memos and diplomatic dispatches, there are letters from the King of Jordan and other regional leaders, press releases and arms deal reports – making this the most comprehensive research resource ever presented on the region and period.
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Kuwaiti demonstrators supporting the Iraq revolution, 1962
The Middle East Online: Series 1: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917–1970
Step into the global drama of the last century
Vivid primary sources delivers wide-ranging content, including:
Typescript reports, minutes and correspondence by, to and from British government departments, embassies and consulates – totaling nearly 150,000 page images The workings of the British Mandate in Palestine, 1922–1948 Documents tracing the civil war that erupted between Jewish and Palestinian urban centers following the Partition The June War of 1967
The Middle East Online: Series 2: Iraq 1914–1974
Learn how one of the most turbulent countries in the world evolved
These searchable documents cover the political and administrative history of the modern state that emerged from the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. Conference reports, ministerial memos, diplomatic dispatches and letters of correspondence make this the most comprehensive research resource ever presented on the region and period. Series 2 covers such events as:
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The war in Mesopotamia and the capture of Baghdad in 1917 Independence and Iraq’s membership in the League of Nations in 1922 Coups d’etat in the 1930s and 1940s The Baghdad pact of 1955 and the military coup of 1958 leading to the establishment of a republic The rise of Ba’athism and Saddam Hussein
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Future releases in The Middle East Online Collection include:
Series 3: Syria and Lebanon, 1920-1976 Series 4: Egypt Series 5: Gulf States Series 6: Iran Series 7: French North Africa Series 8: Saudi Arabia Series 9: Turkey
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Women, War & Society, 1914–1918
Discover hardship, heroism and loyalty
The First World War had a permanent impact on the personal, social and professional lives of all women. Their essential contribution to the war in Europe is fully documented in this definitive collection of primary sources from the Imperial War Museum, London, Women at Work collection. Now these unique documents – along with interpretive essays from leading scholars – are available in digital format.
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Maternity and Ch ild Welfare leaflet
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An unsurpassed record
Women, War and Society, 1914–1918 offers:
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A gallery of color images, including posters Photos and press handouts on women’s service committees and national shell factories A view into daily life in wartime hospitals
Analysis of the employment of women in industrial production and how it facilitated suffrage in 1918 Reports and correspondence on prisoners and war relief efforts And much more
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Northern Ireland: A Divided Community, 1921–1972:
Cabinet Papers of the Stormont Administration, from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Explore an essential history of peace and war
Primary documents are key to any study of the turbulent history of Britain and Ireland. This digital resource makes available the details of every aspect of local administration in peace and war, and covers the re-emergence of the civil strife that was to last for more than 30 years. It’s a must-have for libraries supporting international studies, British history and the history of modern Ireland. Comprehensive searches yield ideal content Northern Ireland presents a full record of every Cabinet meeting, including notes and memoranda. Topics debated and reported in just one sample year of the Troubles (1970) include:
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Policing Arms and explosives Prevention of Incitement to Religious Hatred Army occupation of factories Road spiking
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Routing of Orange Day parades Dock strikes Riots and the roles of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Stormont Cabinet members, 1922
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