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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Carter Years, 1977-1981: Highest-Level Memos to the President

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Carter Years, 1977-1981: Highest-Level Memos to the President This collection features every declassified daily or weekly memo to President Carter from National Security Advisor Brzezinski and from Secretaries of State Vance and Muskie; as well as every available meeting record of the National Security Council’s two subgroups – the Policy

The Selected Papers of John Jay: Digital Edition

The Selected Papers of John Jay: Digital Edition John Jay’s accomplishments span pre- and post-Revolutionary history and extend into all three branches of government. Jay was a major contributor to the Federalist Papers, negotiated the ultimately controversial 1794 Jay Treaty with Great Britain, and even served two terms as the governor of New York, but

Foreign Office Files for South East Asia, Section II: Foundations of Economic Growth and Industrialisation,1967-1980

Foreign Office Files for South East Asia, Section II: Foundations of Economic Growth and Industrialisation,1967-1980 The documents in both sections predominantly cover Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. The first section in this collection contains files from DO 169, DO 187 and FO 371. The dates covered in these files range from 1954-1971, with the

U.S. Climate Change Diplomacy: From the Montreal Protocol to the Paris Agreement, 1981-2015

U.S. Climate Change Diplomacy: From the Montreal Protocol to the Paris Agreement, 1981-2015 This collection focuses on two series of international negotiations that dominated U.S. climate policy during this period: the 1987 Montreal Protocol and the 2015 Paris Agreement. It is unrivaled in its scope and primary-source content, with newly declassified documents showing how each

Supreme Court Insight

ProQuest Supreme Court Insight Supreme Court Insight, 1933-present, is a complete online collection of full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases, including per curiam decisions, dockets, oral arguments, joint appendices and amicus briefs. Content associated with each case is compiled on a dynamic page organized to facilitate understanding of the judicial process, and is also

Legislative Insight Part B

ProQuest Legislative Insight Part B The Legislative Insight Collection is a Federal legislative history service that makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full text publications created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws. It includes only documents related to the passage of a law, so hearings, reports,

Territorial Papers of the United States, 1764-1953

Territorial Papers of the United States, 1764-1953 Territorial Papers of the United States is a collection of Native American negotiations and treaties, official correspondence with the federal government, military records, judicial proceedings, population data, financial statistics, land records, and more. Readex’s Territorial Papers contains the entire corpus of the official papers held by the Departments

Foreign Office Files for South East Asia, 1963-1980

Foreign Office Files for South East Asia, 1963-1980 This collection follows the establishment of an independent Malaysia in 1963, following the release of the Cobbold Commission Report. Under President Sukarno, Indonesia strongly opposed this decision and hostilities between the two countries escalated. Alongside tensions with Malaysia, Indonesia would experience growing civil unrest in this period,

Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980

Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 consists of the complete run of documents in the series DO 133, DO 134 and FCO 37, as well as all documents covering the Indian subcontinent in the FO 371 series. Events covered include independence and partition,

Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953

Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953 The late nineteenth century ‘Scramble for Africa’ saw European colonial powers carve up the African continent between themselves. The United Kingdom controlled the largest portion of territory, with its Colonial Regulations requiring an ‘Annual Blue Book’ to be submitted from each colony to the British Colonial Office. The Blue

Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961

Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961 This collection contains annual reports compiled by the British colonial government in Sierra Leone. The documents pre-date the establishment of the Sierra Leone Protectorate in 1896, covering the period up to the creation of an independent Sierra Leone state in 1961. The Annual Departmental Reports provide

British Online Archives: Colonial Law in Africa

Colonial Law in Africa, 1808-1919 Originally known as the ‘Government Gazettes’, each item contains the colonial laws for the year they were published. The legal records also include property for sale, probate records and bankruptcy notices. This is the first part of the three part series ‘Colonial Law in Africa’. These items cover the Napoleonic