Office of the Historian

List of Sources

  • Department of State
    • Ankara Embassy Files, Lot 57 F 72
      • Classified files for the years 1944–1954 as maintained by the Embassy at Ankara and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 68 A 5159 (4 ft.)
    • Athens Embassy Files, Lot 59 F 48
      • Classified correspondence for the years 1945–1957 as maintained by the Embassy at Athens and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 68 A 5159. (½ ft.)
    • Athens Embassy Files, Lot 60 F 16
      • Classified subject files for the years 1953–1955 as maintained by the Embassy at Athens and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 61 A 17. (4 ft.)
    • Athens Embassy Files, Lot 66 F 94
      • Classified records for the years 1956–1958 as maintained by the Embassy at Athens and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 68 A 5159. (¼ ft.)
    • Balkan Affairs Files, Lot 59 D 383
      • Consolidated subject files relating mostly to Yugoslavia and the Trieste negotiations for the years 1948–1956, as maintained by the Balkan Section of the Office of Eastern European Affairs. (Combines Lots 59 D 383, 54 D 315, 54 D 514, 58 D 394, 59 D 341 and 65 D 137) (2 ft.)
    • Belgrade Embassy Files, Lot 56 F 149
      • Classified correspondence files for the years 1945–1953 as maintained by the Embassy at Belgrade and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 68 A 5159. (2 ft.)
    • Belgrade Embassy Files, Lot 58 D 35
      • Classified subject files for the years 1951–1954, as maintained by the Embassy at Belgrade and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 59 A 545. (12 ft.)
    • Belgrade Embassy Files, Lot 61 F 43
      • Classified and unclassified subject files for the year 1955 as maintained by the Embassy at Belgrade and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 61 A 473. (6 ft.)
    • Bohlen Files, Lot 74 D 379
      • Records maintained by Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen, 1942–1970. (17 ft.)
    • CFM Files, Lot M–88
      • Consolidated master collection of the records of conferences of Heads of State, Council of Foreign Ministers and ancillary bodies, North Atlantic Council, other meetings of the Secretary of State with the foreign ministers of European powers, and materials on the Austrian and German peace settlements for the years 1943–1955 prepared by the Department of State Records Service Center. (254 ft.)
    • Conference Files, Lot 59 D 95
      • Collection of documentation on official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1949–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (13 ft.)
    • Conference Files, Lot 60 D 627
      • Collection of documentation on official visits by heads of government and foreign ministers to the United States and on major international conferences attended by the Secretary of State for the years 1953–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. This file is a continuation of Lot 59 D 95. (25 ft.)
    • EE Files, Lot 67 D 238
      • Economic and political files maintained on Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Poland for the years 1946–1965 by the Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs. (1½ ft.)
    • EUR Files, Lot 59 D 233
      • Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs for the years 1945–1957. (6 ft.)
    • INR Files, Lot 59 D 27
      • Miscellaneous files for the years 1948–1954 as retired by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, including master file of minutes of the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC). (2½ ft.)
    • Italian Desk Files, Lot 58 D 357
      • Consolidated subject files of the Officer in Charge of Italian Affairs, Office of Western European Affairs, for the years 1944–1955. (Combines Lots 58 D 357, 56 D 289, 57 D 56, 58 D 156 and 58 D 243.) (5 ft.)
    • Luce Files, Lot 64 F 26
      • Records of Clare Boothe Luce as Ambassador in Italy, 1953–1956, as maintained by the Embassy at Rome. (4 ft.)
    • NAC Files, Lot 60 D 137
      • Master file of the documents of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems for the years 1945–1958, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs of the Department of State and which are now part of Washington National Records Center Accession No. 71 A 6682. (15 ft.)
    • OCB Files, Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (17 ft.)
    • PPS Files, Lot 64 D 563
      • Master file of documents, drafts, records of meetings, memoranda, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the years 1947–1953. (42 ft.)
    • PPS Files, Lot 65 D 101
      • Master file of documents, drafts, records of meetings, memoranda, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1954. (8 ft.)
    • Presidential Correspondence, Lot 64 D 174
      • Exchanges of correspondence between President Eisenhower and heads of foreign governments, excluding the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union, for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (4 ft.)
    • Presidential Correspondence, Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and the heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (9 ft.)
    • Presidential Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 66 D 149
      • A complete chronological record of cleared memoranda of conversations between the President and foreign visitors for the years 1956–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (1 ft.)
    • PSB Files, Lot 62 D 333
      • Master file of minutes and papers of the Psychological Strategy Board for the years 1951–1953, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (17 ft.)
    • S/S–NSC Files, Lot 63 D 351
      • Serial master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for the years 1947–1961, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (20 ft.)
    • Secretary’s Actions, Lot 61 D 258
      • Summary statements, under varying titles, of major activities of the Secretary and Under Secretaries of State for the period November 1954–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (1½ ft.)
    • Secretary’s Letters
      • Correspondence of the Secretary of State for the years 1945–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (3⅓ ft.)
    • Secretary’s Memoranda, Lot 53 D 444
      • Comprehensive chronological collections of the Secretary of State’s memoranda, memoranda of conversation, and memoranda of conversation with the President for the years 1947–1953, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (15 ft.)
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 65 D 238
      • Chronological collections of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation with the President for the years 1949–1952, memoranda of the Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State for the years 1951–1952, and the Secretary [Page XXX] of State’s memoranda of conversation with Senator Tom Connally of Texas for the years 1950–1951, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat and which is now part of Record Group 59 at the National Archives. (1 ft.)
    • Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 64 D 199
      • Chronological collections of the Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation and the Under Secretary of State’s memoranda of conversation for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (7 ft.)
    • Secretary’s Staff Meetings, Lot 63 D 75
      • Chronological collections of the minutes of the Secretary of State’s staff meetings during the years 1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (4 ft.)
    • State–JCS Meetings, Lot 61 D 417
      • Top secret records of meetings between representatives of the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the years 1951–1959, and selected problem files on the Middle East for the years 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State. (3 ft.)
  • United States Mission to the United Nations, New York
    • USUN Files
      • Files of the United States Mission to the United Nations, 1950–present, as maintained by the Reference Section of the United States Delegation to the United Nations.
  • Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Dwight D. Eisenhower Papers
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States for the years 1953–1961. The collection, which was maintained by Ann Whitman and has subsequently been called the “Whitman File,” has several major parts, including the National Security Council file, the International Meetings file, and the International file.
    • Dwight D. Eisenhower Records
      • Daily appointment books of President Eisenhower for the years 1953–1961.
    • James C. Hagerty Papers
      • Papers of James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President, for the years 1953–1961.
    • C.D. Jackson Papers
      • Papers of C.D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President for International Affairs, for the years 1953–1954.
  • Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Dulles Papers, Dulles Appointment Book
      • Daily log of Secretary of State Dulles’ meetings and appointments for the years 1953–1959.