FRUS, produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian since 1861, presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
This guide aims to provide a road map for researchers seeking to go beyond documents included in Foreign Relations to archival resources housed both in Washington and in various locations around the country.
Links to declassified document collections, Department of State telegrams, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Association of Southeast Asian Nations material, UN materials, and pre-1861 materials
The Hiller Collection documents cities, industries, farming, and everyday life in China during the second phase of the Chinese Civil War, 1945-1948, taken by an American couple stationed in Shanghai. Some objects have been digitized; all may be viewed on request.
Multi-line search interface for Discover@MU. If you ONLY want to look at books, not articles, you must limit your search results via checkboxes in the sidebar.
To locate primary sources using the Discover@MU Advanced search:
Add a line to your keyword search for the word sources in the Subject (Example: Line 1: Cold war, Line 2: China OR Chinese, Line 3: sources)
Do author searches for historical figures (last/family name first). Example: Line 1: "Kennedy, John F" in the author. Line 2: Cuba*
Searchable full-image of the Chicago Defender (1909-2010), Chicago Tribune (1849-1996), Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-2003), New York Times (1851-2015), Wall Street Journal (1889-2002) and the Washington Post (1877-2002).
Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
Provides access to scholarly journals in the arts and sciences.
Specifically contains access to Arts and Sciences I, II, III, IV, Complement, Ecology & Botany and General Science Collections.
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The single most comprehensive source of treaties and other international agreements to which the United States has become a party. In addition, includes law and law-related periodicals.
Also includes a number of treaty guides and indexes, including Treaties in Force. Date Coverage: 1925-date Maximum Users: Unlimited Truncation: Truncation * Wildcard ?
A weekly compilation of Russian press materials in English translation, in 43 volumes. You may check the volumes out from the 3rd floor East stacks of Ellis Library.
Declassified historical materials from archives around the world—much of it in translation and including diplomatic cables, high level correspondence, meeting minutes and more.
