Office of the Historian

List of Sources

  • Department of State
    • Central Files
      • Decimal files of the Department of State.
    • Athens Embassy Files: Lot 64 F 5
      • Classified and unclassified subject files, 1956–1958. These files were retired by the U.S. Embassy in Athens, accessioned by the Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland, as FRC 64 A 845.
    • Bohlen Files: Lot 74 D 379
      • Records maintained by Charles E. Bohlen, 1942–1970.
    • 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 1953–1955, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181
      • 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 1956–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Conference Files: 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 the years 1955–1958, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Daily Summaries: Lot 60 D 530
      • Master set of the Department of State classified internal publication Daily Secret Summary and Daily Top Secret Summary for the years 1953–1958, maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • EE Files: Lot 57 D 514
      • National Security Council documents relating to Soviet and satellite vulnerabilities, maintained by the Office of Eastern European Affairs.
    • EUR Files: Lot 59 D 233
      • Files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs for the years 1945–1957.
    • GTI Files: Lot 58 D 610
      • Files relating to Turkey, September 1949–May 1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • GTI Files: Lot 58 D 765
      • Files relating to Turkey, December 1946–October 1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • GTI Files: Lot 59 D 4
      • Classified and unclassified economic files relating to Turkey, 1956, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • GTI Files: Lot 59 D 36
      • Files relating to Greece and Cyprus, 1955–1956, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • GTI Files: Lot 60 D 39
      • Files relating to Greece and Cyprus, 1955–1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • GTI Files: Lot 61 D 96
      • Files relating to Turkey, 1956-1958, maintained by the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs.
    • INR Files: Lot 58 D 776
      • Miscellaneous files of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research for the years 1946–1957.
    • INR Files: Lot 61 D 67
      • Miscellaneous files of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research for the years 1950–1957.
    • INR–NIE Files
      • Files of National Intelligence Estimates, Special Estimates, and Special National Estimates retained by the Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • INR Files: Soviet Affairs
      • Master set of the classified Department of State monthly publication, “Soviet Affairs,”. December 1948–May 1959, maintained by the Office of Research and Analysis for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
    • IO Files
      • Master files of the Reference and Documents Section of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs of the Department of State, comprising the official U.N. documentation and classified Department of State records on Unite
      • 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 currency.
    • OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385
      • Master set of the administrative and country files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430
      • Master files of the Operations Coordinating Board for the years 1953–1960, maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • P Files: Lot 61 D 318
      • Files of the Deputy Assistant Secretaries of State for Public Affairs, 1954–1959, accessioned by the Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland, as part of FRC 64 A 867.
    • P/PG Files: Lot 60 D 605
      • Files of the Policy Plans and Guidance Staff, Bureau of Public Affairs, 1952–1959, accessioned by the Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland, as part of FRC 72 A 248.
    • 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.
    • PPS Files: Lot 65 D 101
      • Master file of documents, drafts, records of meetings, memoranda and related correspondence for the year 1954 of the Policy Planning Staff.
    • PPS Files: Lot 66 D 70
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1955.
    • PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the year 1956.
    • PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548
      • Subject files, country files, chronological files, documents, drafts, and related correspondence of the Policy Planning Staff for the years 1957–1961.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 64 D 174
      • Exchanges of correspondence between President Eisenhower and heads of foreign governments, excluding the UK, France, Germany and the USSR, for the years 1953–1960, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
      • Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments for the years 1953–1964, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • President’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
      • Chronological record of memoranda of conversations with foreign visitors for the years 1956–1964, 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 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.
    • 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.
    • S/P–NSC Files: Lot 61 D 167
      • Serial file of memoranda relating to National Security Council questions for the years 1950–1961, as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.
    • S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1
      • Serial and subject master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence for the years 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 the years 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 the years 1947–1963.
    • SOV Files: Lot 69 D 162
      • Subject files of the Bilateral Political Relations Branch of the Office of Soviet Union Affairs on various aspects of Soviet-U.S. relations, 1943–1966.
    • 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 period 1951-1959 and selected problem files on the Middle East for the period 1954–1956, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State.
    • USIA/IAE Files: Lot 60 D 439
      • Files of the Office of Eastern European Affairs, U.S. Information Agency, 1955–1957, accessioned by the Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland, as FRC 63 A 190.
    • USIA/IAE/E Files: Lot 64 A 536
      • Miscellaneous files of the Office of Eastern European Affairs, U.S. Information Agency, 1955–1961, accessioned by the Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland, as FRC 64 A 536.
    • USIA/IBS Files: Lot 59 D 242
      • Files kept in the Office of the Director, International Broadcasting Service, U.S. Information Agency, covering all phases of the Voice of America for the years 1948–1957. These files are part of Federal Records Center Accession 63 A 190.
    • USIA/IOP/G Files: Lot 70 D 398
      • Alphabetical subject files containing Policy Guidance records as maintained by the Policy Guidance Staff, Office of Policy and Plans, U.S. Information Agency, for the years 1952–1967. These files are part of Federal Records Center Accession 72 A 5121.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas
    • Eisenhower Library, CFEP Chairman Records
      • Records of the Office of the Chairman, United States Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Joseph M. Dodge and Clarence B. Randall), 1954–1961.
    • Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers
      • Papers of John Foster Dulles, 1952–1959. Dulles was Secretary of State, 1953–1959.
    • Eisenhower Library, Hagerty Papers
      • Papers of James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President, 1953–1961.
    • Eisenhower Library, President’s Appointment Books
      • Daily appointment books of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961.
    • Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up
      • Project “Clean Up” collection. Records of Gordon Gray, Robert Cutler, H. Roemer McPhee, and Andrew J. Goodpaster, 1953–1961.
    • Eisenhower Library, Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Records
      • Records of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, and Gordon Gray), 1952–1961.
    • Eisenhower Library, White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary Records, 1952–1961
      • Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary (Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. Russell), 1952–1961.
    • Eisenhower Library, Whitman File
      • Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States, 1953–1961, maintained by his personal Secretary, Ann C. Whitman. The Whitman File includes the following elements: the Name Series, the Dulles–Herter Series, Eisenhower Diaries, Ann Whitman (ACW) Diaries, National Security Council Records, Miscellaneous Records, Cabinet Papers, Legislative Meetings, International Meetings, the Administration Series, and the International File.
  • Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Princeton University, Dulles Appointment Book
      • Daily appointment books of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State, 1953–1959.