Primary/Original Sources

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

Archive Websites from the William J. Clinton Administration

Archive Websites from the George W. Bush Administration

Archive Websites from the Barack Obama Administration

Links to older versions of the US Department of State websites from 1990-2017

Housed in the Internet Archive, this includes various open source and declassified documents from the Department of State

This includes: papers of early presidents, information and maps for various wars from the Civil War on and much more.

This is a is a treasure trove of important documents from U.S. history, including the Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, and more.

This online collection includes documents decided upon by the ISCAP starting in Fiscal Year 2012. The documents include records from the Presidential Library system of the National Archives, the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, the Department of Defense, and other agencies.

These are documents made available through the Internet Archive. These include: Venona, Snowden, Cold War, Cuban Missile crisis and more

Use the pull down for the list of documents

This focuses on national security, law enforcement, intelligence, espionage and other related issues,