Digital access to documents from the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon presidencies, and records from federal agencies. Chronicles the expansion of women's rights, environmental issues, urban renewal, rural development, tax reform, civil rights, space exploration, international trade, War on Poverty, and the Watergate trials.
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American Politics and Society from Kennedy to Watergate, 1960-1975
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CIA Cold War Research Reports and Records on Communism in China and Eastern Europe, 1917-1976
Digital access to two major series of records: CIA Research Reports from 1946-1976 and records collected by Raymond Murphy on Communism in China and Eastern Europe from 1917-1958.
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Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Africa and the Middle East, 1960-1969
Digital access to U.S. State Department Central Files, including documents relating to American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social, and economic developments in Africa and the Middle East.
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Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Asia, 1960-1969
Digital access to U.S. State Department Central Files, including documents relating to American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social, and economic developments in China, Far East (general), Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Philippine Republic, and Vietnam.
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Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Europe and Latin America, 1960-1969
Digital access to U.S. State Department Central Files, including documents relating to American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social, and economic developments in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany); Germany (focusing on Berlin); Soviet Union; Cuba; Mexico; Panama; and Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and State Department Intelligence and Research Reports, 1941-1961
Access to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and State Department reports covering political, industrial, and military affairs of Cold War era Asia, Europe, the Soviet Union, Latin America, and Africa.
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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Records, 1853-1999
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, the oldest company of private investigators in the United States, pursued some of the nation's most notorious criminals including Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Jesse James, Alfred Brady, John Dillinger, and countless others. The collection consists of an Administrative File, Criminal Case Files, and the Family Directors File.
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Women at Work during World War II: Rosie the Riveter and the Women's Army Corps
Consists of two major sets of records documenting the experience of American women during World War II: Records of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, and Correspondence of the Director of the Women's Army Corps.
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Women's Studies Manuscript Collections from the Schlesinger Library: Voting Rights, National Politics, and Reproductive Rights
Digital access to collections from the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College covering voting rights, national politics, and reproductive rights. The voting rights papers include documentation of national, regional, and local leaders. Collections on reproductive rights are the Schlesinger Library Family Planning Oral History Project, and the papers of Mary Ware Dennett and the Voluntary Parenthood League.
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Workers, Labor Unions, and the American Left in the 20th Century: Federal Records
Digital access to a range of collections documenting the American workers and labor unions in the 20th century, with a special emphasis on the interaction between workers and the U.S. federal government.
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Agricultural and Environmental Science Database
Collection of resources related to environmental science, engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology, and biology.
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ProQuest Supreme Court Insight
Comprehensive collection of Supreme Court documents. Includes full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases, including per curiam decisions, dockets, oral arguments, joint appendices and amicus briefs.
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Online tables and charts of basic statistics about the social, political and economic conditions of the United States.
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Boston Globe (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Boston Globe.
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Baltimore Afro-American (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Access to the Baltimore Afro-American, one of the most widely circulated Black newspapers on the Atlantic coast. It was the first Black newspaper to have correspondents reporting on World War II, foreign correspondents, and female sports correspondents. Includes news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more.
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American Israelite (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Digital access to the longest-running English-language Jewish newspaper still published in the United States.
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Baltimore Sun (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
The Baltimore Sun reported on pivotal issues and events of the 19th and early 20th centuries: immigration, the slave trade, commerce, the Civil War, Washington D.C. politics, Americana, and literature.
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Cincinnati Enquirer (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Provides full text access to The Cincinnati Enquirer from 1841 to 2009.
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Chicago Defender (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Chicago Defender, African-American newspaper founded in 1905.
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Pittsburgh Courier (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Pittsburgh Courier, African-American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.