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US History Free Primary Sources

This is a guide with links to digital primary sources, mainly archives and other organizational collections.

Diplomacy

Avalon Project

Hosted by Yale Law School, this is a collection of documents on the subjects of law, history, and diplomacy. While not strictly limited to documents from US history, there are many US-focused collections. Organized both by topic and chronologically.


Camp David Accords: Twenty-Five Documents After Twenty-Five Years

From the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, this is part of three-part collection of historical materials to facilitate research on this milestone event.


The Development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Focuses on the creation of and United States participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The collection includes documents covering the years 1948 through 1952. 


The United Nations, 1945-53: The Development of a World Organization

This collection focuses on the development of the United Nations. It includes documents covering the years 1945 through 1953.


US Department of State FOIA Library

Search all Department of State records released to the public through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.


US Department of State, Office of the Historian: The Foreign Relations of the United States

"The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity."