This database presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents.
■ It includes the following collections.
- Cambodia : Records of the U.S. Department of State,
1960-1963 :
This collection provides a window into the political, social, and economic development of Cambodia, the rapidly maturing “modern” state in the heart of Southeast Asia. Traced here is the critical legacy of Prince Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012), the nation’s controversial and paradoxical leader. - The
Chinese Recorder and the Protestant Missionary Community in China, 1867-1941 :
Along with spreading knowledge of Western religion and technology, the Christian missionaries in China during the 19th century spread knowledge of Western religion and technology. This collection contains a complete run of the Chinese Recorder, an important missionary journal which was first published in Fuzhou in 1867 and then in Shanghai from 1874 till 1941. - Correspondence
from German Concentration Camps and Prisons
Collection consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps, during and just prior to World War II. Most of the collection consists of letters written or received by prisoners, but also includes receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects; paper currency; and realia, including Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear. - Evangelism in Philippines: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions,
1898-1910 :
Archive of correspondence of the American Presbyterian Church's Board of Foreign Missions relating to their Philippines Mission during the period of 1898 to 1910. - Evangelism in Thailand: Correspondence of the Board of
Foreign Missions, 1840-1910 :
The records offered here provide invaluable information on social conditions in Siam (renamed Thailand in 1948) and on efforts to spread the gospel during the nineteenth century. - FBI File：American POWs/MIAs in Southeast Asia
This FBI file, which covers the period 1970 to 1993, began as an investigation into the Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen Detained in North Vietnam (COLIFAM). Included here are interviews with hundreds of Vietnamese refugees as well as information on how the North Vietnamese hoarded personal items of American servicemen to exchange for money. - Global
Missions and Theology :
This collection documents the broad range of Nineteenth Century religious missionary activities, practices and thought in the United States by reproducing pivotal personal narratives, organizational records, and biographies of the essential leaders, simple missionaries, and churches. This collection includes materials on missionary activities among Native Americans and African Americans, both slaves and freedmen. In addition, it highlights activities in far-flung regions and countries, such as Africa, Fiji and Sandwich Islands, India, China, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Hawaii. - Hindu
Conspiracy Cases: Activities of the Indian Independence Movement in the U.S., 1908-1933
:
During World War I, Indian nationalists took advantage of Great Britain’s preoccupation with the European war by attempting to foment revolution in India to overthrow British rule. Their activities were aided politically and financially by the German Government. Indian nationalists in the United States were active in the independence movement effort through fundraising, arms buying, and propagandizing through the Hindustan Ghadar newspaper published in San Francisco. - Indian
Army and Colonial Warfare on the Frontiers of India, 1914-1920 :
For generations of British and Indian Officers and men, the North-West Frontier was the scene of repeated skirmishes and major campaigns against the trans-border Pathan tribes who inhabited the mountainous no-man’s land between India and Afghanistan. This collection contains Army Lists; Orders; Instructions; Regulations; Acts; Manuals; Strength Returns; Orders of Battle; Administration Summaries; organization, commissions, committees, reports, maneuvers; departments of the Indian Army; and regimental narratives. This collection is a welcome addition to the new-flourishing literature on the military history of South Asia and the growing field of serious study of the British military experience in India. - Indochina,
France, and the Viet Minh War, 1945-1954: Records of the U.S. State Department, Part 1:
1945-1949 :
Comprising records of the State Department's Central Classified Files, this collection contains records relating to the internal affairs of Indochina, during the period 1945-49. The records include instructions sent to and correspondence received by the State Department; the State Department's internal documentation, as well as correspondence between the Department and other federal departments and agencies, Congress, and private individuals and organizations; telegrams, airgrams, instructions, inquiries, studies, memoranda, situation reports, translations, special reports, plans, and official and unofficial correspondence. - The
International Women's Movement: The Pan Pacific Southeast Asia Women's Association of the
USA, 1950-1985 :
Formerly known as the Pan Pacific Women's Association of the U.S.A., the Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association was founded in 1930 to strengthen international understanding and friendship among the women of Asia and the Pacific and women of the U.S.A. The group promoted cooperation among women of these regions for the study and improvement of social, economic, and cultural conditions; engaged in studies on Asian and Pacific affairs; provided hospitality to temporary residents and visitors from Pacific and Asian areas; and presented programs of educational and social interest, dealing with the customs and cultures of Asian and Pacific countries. - Jewish
Underground Resistance: The David Diamant Collection
This collection consists of original documents collected by David Diamant over a period of approximately 30 years dealing primarily with the Jewish segment of the French underground resistance during World War II. Many of the documents originate with communist groups, and some deal with Polish groups. - Laos: Records
of the U.S. Department of State, 1963-1966 :
This archive treats the political affairs of Laos in the 1960s, when the United States supported the government of Souvanna Phouma in the face of North Vietnamese aggression. The collection is an essential resource for the study of Southeast Asian history and the U.S. role in the war in Vietnam. - 19th
Century English-Language Journals from the Far East :
This collection provides researchers with six rare English-language journals, five of which were founded by Western missionaries in the Far East in the 19th century, covering a wide range of topics such as East-West communication, Christianity in China and other parts of Asia, and China's political, economic, and cultural landscape. - The Observer:
News for the American Soldier in Vietnam, 1962-1973 :
The Observer was a weekly newspaper published by the Command Information Division of the U.S. Military Assistance Command’s Office of Information. It was the official organ of the Military Assistance Command, and it carried official news about and for American troops in Vietnam. - Records of the
U.S. State Department : Briefing Books Relating to the Situation in Vietnam, 1961-1966; From
the Records of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs :
This collection documents the development of America’s Vietnam policy, between the Taylor Mission in 1961 and the first assessment of the situation in Vietnam since the introduction of combat troops in 1966. - The
Russian Civil War and American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, 1918-20 :
This collection reproduces important letters, reports, memorandums, cablegrams, maps, charts, and other kinds of records relating to the activities of the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia (hereafter, AEF in Siberia), 1918-20. - SAFEHAVEN
reports on Nazi looting of occupied countries and assets in neutral countries
:
SAFEHAVEN was the code name of a project of the Foreign Economic Administration, in cooperation with the State Department and the military services, to block the flow of German capital across neutral boundaries and to identify and observe all German overseas investments. - Shanghai
Municipal Council: The Municipal Gazette, 1908-1942 :
The Municipal Gazette provides a unique window into the workings of the Shanghai International Settlement during the period of revolution, the Republic, internationalization of Shanghai, national uprising, and world war. - Sukarno and the
Army-PKI Rivalry in the Years of Living Dangerously, 1960-1963 :
The records in this collection cover the internal and foreign policies, personalities, and events in a pivotal period of Indonesian history.These records consist of essential memoranda, correspondence, telegrams, memoranda of conversations, reports, and news articles and cover all aspects of U.S. relations with Indonesia, Indonesian internal affairs, and Indonesia’s relations with its neighbors. - Testaments to
the Holocaust. Documents and Rare Printed Materials from the Wiener Library,
London
Testaments to the Holocaust is the online publication of the archives of the Wiener Library, London, the first archive to collect evidence of the Holocaust and the anti-semitic activities of the German Nazi Party. It contains documentary evidence collected in several different programmes: the eyewitness accounts which were collected before, during and after the Second World War, from people fleeing the Nazi oppression, a large collection of photographs of pre-war Jewish life, the activities of the Nazis, and the ghettoes and camps, a collection of postcards of synagogues in Germany and eastern Europe, most since destroyed, a unique collection of Nazi propaganda publications including a large collection of 'educational' children's' books, and the card index of biographical details of prominent figures in Nazi Germany, many with portrait photographs. Pamphlets, bulletins and journals published by the Wiener Library to record and disseminate the research of the Institute are also included. 75% of the content is written in German. - Thailand : Records of the Department of State relating to
Internal Affairs, 1945-1954 :
This collection of U.S. State Department files relating to the internal and foreign affairs of Thailand contains a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats. Included here are special reports on political and military affairs; studies and statistics on socioeconomic matters. - Thailand:
Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs,
1955-1963 :
This collection of U.S. State Department files relating to the internal and foreign affairs of Thailand contains a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats. Included here are special reports on political and military affairs; studies and statistics on socioeconomic matters. - U.S.
Civilian Advisory Effort in Vietnam: U.S. Operations Mission, 1950-1954 :
This collection consists of unique records of U.S. agencies established to intervene in Vietnam-the country U.S. foreign policy deemed a lynchpin in the free world’s fight against communism. The Subject Files from the Office of the Director, U.S. Operations Missions, document the myriad concerns and rationales that went into the control and direction of U.S. economic and technical assistance programs, as well as the coordination of mutual security activities,Archives Unbound - About this Collection with respect to Vietnam. - The U.S. Civilian advisory effort in Vietnam : U.S.
Operations Mission 1954-1957 :
This collection consists of unique records of the U.S. Operations Mission established to intervene in Vietnam-the country U.S. foreign policy deemed a lynchpin in the free world’s fight against communism. - The U.S. Military advisory effort in Vietnam : Military
assistance and advisory group, Vietnam 1950-1964 :
The involvement of the United States in the affairs of Vietnam began with grants of money and military equipment. The United States created the Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Indochina, in 1950 to process, monitor, and evaluate American military aid to the French forces fighting in Southeast Asia. - U.S.
Relations and Policies in Southeast Asia, 1944-1958: Records of the Office of Southeast
Asian Affairs :
This collection identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of U.S.-Southeast Asia relations between 1944 and 1958, and places them in the context of the complex and dynamic regional strategic, political, and economic processes that have fashioned the American role in Southeast Asia.
