Office of the Historian

List of Unpublished Sources

  • Department of State
    1.
    Indexed Central Files. Papers in the indexed central files of the Department of State for 1955–1957 are indicated by a decimal file number in the first footnote.
    2.
    Lot Files. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by lot files of the Department, which are decentralized files created by operating areas. A list of the lot files used in or consulted for this volume follows:
    • Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627 and Lot 63 D 123
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • Current Economic Developments: Lot 70 D 467
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • IO Files: Lot 60 D 113
      • Consolidated files of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs for 1955–1957. (Includes materials from old Lot 58 D 17.)
    • IO Files: Lot 71 D 440
      • Master files of classified records and correspondence of U.S. Delegations to sessions of the U.N. General Assembly for 1945–1965, as maintained by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
    • IO Master Files
      • Master files of the Reference and Documents Section of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, comprising the official U.N. documentation and classified Department of State records on U.S. policy in the U.N. Security Council, Trusteeship Council, Economic and Social Council, and various special and ad hoc committees for the period from 1946 to date.
    • L/SFP Files: Lot 68 D 47
      • Files of the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Political Functions.
    • OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for 1953–1960, as maintained by the Operations Staff of the Department of State.
    • OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Ottawa Embassy Files: Lot 64 F 89
      • Files of the U.S. Embassy in Canada, 1956–1958.
    • P/PG Files: Lot 60 D 661
      • Subject files containing OCB and NSC documents retired by the Policy Plans and Guidance Staff in the Bureau of Public Affairs.
    • S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1
      • Serial and subject master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for 1948–1961, as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • 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 1947–1961, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95
      • Administrative and miscellaneous National Security Council documentation, including NSC Records of Action, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State for 1947–1963.
    • S/S–OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385 and Lot 62 D 430
      • See entries under OCB Files above.
    • S/SA Files: Lot 61 D 333
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
    • 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 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75
      • Chronological collections of the minutes of the Secretary of State’s staff meetings during 1952–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • UNP Files: Lot 59 D 237
      • Subject files of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs for 1946–1957.
    • UNP Files: Lot 62 D 170
      • See entry under Washington National Records Center.
  • United States Mission to the United Nations, New York
    • USUN Files
      • Files of the United States Mission to the United Nations, 1950 to date.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Project Clean Up
      • Project ‘Clean Up’ collection. Records of Gordon Gray, Robert Cutler, Henry R. McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1953–1961.
    • Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Records
      • Records of the Office of the Special Assistant, 1952–1961, including records of Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray.
    • Special Assistant for Science and Technology Records
      • Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for Science and Technology, 1957–1961, including records of James R. Killian and George B. Kistiakowsky.
    • Whitman File
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, as maintained by his personal secretary, Ann C. Whitman. The Whitman File includes the following elements: Name Series, Dulles–Herter Series, Eisenhower Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, National Security Council Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, Administration Series, and International File.
  • Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
    • Conference Files, FRC 59–83–0065
      • 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 1953–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Conference Files, FRC 59–83–0067
      • Lot 63 D 123: 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 1955–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Current Economic Developments, FRC 72 A 6248
      • Lot 70 D 467: Master set of the Department of State classified internal publication Current Economic Developments for 1945–1969, as maintained by the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
    • S/SA Files, RG 59, FRC 65 A 987
      • Lot 61 D 333: Files of documents relating to the International Geophysical Year for 1954–1958, retired by the Office of the Science Adviser.
    • UNP Files, FRC 71 A 5255
      • Lot 62 D 170: United Nations subject files, 1947–1960, as maintained by the Office of United Nations Political Affairs.