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China and the Modern World: Diplomacy and Political Secrets

China and the Modern World: Diplomacy and Political Secrets provides access to records from the Political and Secret Department, the Burma Office (created as a separate entity in 1937) and the Military Department.  This collection includes: intelligence and diplomatic mission reports, correspondence, official diaries, memoranda, pamphlets, gazetteers and maps

Provider: Gale
Updated: Oct 25, 2019 11:43am

Archives of Refugees, Relief, and Resettlement: Forced Migration and World War II

Archives of Refugees, Relief, and Resettlement: Forced Migration and World War II provides access to approximately 700,000 pages of unpublished manuscript records that document the causes, effects, and responses to refugee crises across the world immediately before, during, and shortly after World War II. Government records, refugee agency files, and correspondence reveal the hidden history of those uprooted within and across national borders as well as the relief, resettlement, and repatriation efforts that followed. This archive can be searched by nationality and ethnicity, country fled, and settlement and resettlement destinations.       

Provider: Gale
Updated: Jan 1, 2020 12:05am

Religions of America

Religions of America provides access to more than 660,000 pages of manuscripts, pamphlets, newsletters, ephemera, and visuals that follow the development of religion in North America. 

Provider: Gale
Updated: Jan 1, 2020 12:05am

Making of the Modern Law (MoML)

Making of the Modern Law (MoML) series includes:

MoML 1:  US & UK Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 MoML 2:  US Sup. Ct. Records & Briefs, 1832-1978 MoML 3:  Trials, 1600-1926 MoML 4:  Primary Sources I, 1620-1926 MoML 5:  Primary Sources II, 1700-1970 MoML 6:  Foreign, Comparative, International, c. 1600-1926 MoML 7:  Foreign Primary Sources I, 1600-1970 MoML 8:  Foreign Primary Sources II MoML 9: Papers of American Civil Liberty Union
Provider: Gale
Updated: Oct 24, 2019 3:43pm

World Scholar Historical Archive: Latin America

World Scholar Historical Archive: Latin America provides access to 1.3 million pages of primary and secondary sources from Latin America from the 15th century to present day.

It includes:

US State Department records on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico and more Conquistadors: The Struggle for Colonial Power in Latin America, 1492-1825 Newspapers and journals from Latin Ameria and more
Provider: Gale
Updated: Jul 1, 2020 12:05am

U. S. Declassified Documents Online

U.S. Declassified Documents Online provides online access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents. Covering major international events from the Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond, this source enables users to locate key information for studies in international relations, American studies, United States foreign and domestic policy studies, journalism and more.

Provider: Gale
Updated: Jan 1, 2020 12:05am

Declassified Documents Reference System

Declassified Documents Reference System is a digital collection of U.S. government documents.  It includes original documents from the the White House and a variety of U.S. government agencies, such as: the CIA, FBI, Defense Department, Justice Department, National Security Council, State Department, and Commerce Department and International Trade Administration.

Provider: Gale
Updated: Sep 24, 2015 1:23pm


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