Oxford LibGuides: US Government Publications: Foreign relations

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Foreign relations of the United States
Presents the official documentary historical record of major US foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Documents are from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, the National Security Council, CIA, Agency for International Development and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating US foreign policy.
1861- available online via HeinOnline
1861- also online via the State Department (latest volumes cover Carter and Reagan administrations)
1932- in print VHL
1861-1960 also online via the University of Wisconsin
US Declassified Documents (formerly Declassified Documents Reference System)
Collection of over 75,000 declassified documents from 1945-.
Digital National Security Archive
Over 60,000 declassified documents from 1945-. The National Security Archive is a non-profit research institute and library in Washington, DC, which provides public access to declassified government documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
United States treaties and other international agreements
Cumulative publication of treaties and international agreements entered into by the United States.
1950-1984 online via HeinOnline
1950- in print VHL KZ 235.3 .U55
Texts of International Agreements to which the US is a Party (TIAS)
Official publication by the Treaty Office of the US State Department of all treaties and international agreements to which the US is a party.
1996- (and some earlier) online via the State Department
Some treaties 1982-2006 available online from the State Department's FOIA site
American foreign policy: current documents
1981-1991 VHL JX 1417 .A33
1984-1986 VHL Micr. USA 231
19th century diplomatic dispatches (microfilm)
Diplomatic instructions of the Department of State, 1801-1906 VHL Micr. USA 396
Despatches from United States ministers to Great Britain, 179?-1906 VHL Micr. USA 395
Various diplomatic despatches from United States consuls/ministers to Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela) VHL Micr. USA 425-434