Guides: Politics Research Guide: Primary Sources

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HeinOnline's Social Justice Suite This link opens in a new window
A growing suite of databases that includes Slavery in America and the World, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, Civil Rights and Social Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative, LGBTQ+ Rights databases.

These collections from Archives Unbound include diplomatic communications, letters, memoranda, and other government records for an inside look at the issues.

Afghanistan and the U.S., 1945-1963: Records of the U.S. State Department Central Classified Files This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 9,674 documents from the U.S. National Archives.
America in Protest: Records of Anti-Vietnam War Organizations, The Vietnam Veterans Against the War This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 20,117 documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library.
The American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 14,195 documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library.
Federal Response to Radicalism in the 1960s This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 87,391 images from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library.
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Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984 This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 88,021 documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library.
Japan at War and Peace, 1930-1949: U.S. State Department Records on the Internal Affairs of Japan This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 114,304 documents from the U.S. National Archives.
Records of the Persian Gulf War This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 49,569 documents from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library.
Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China relations, 1989-1993 This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 19,137 images from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library.
Women’s Issues and Their Advocacy Within the White House, 1974-1977 This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of 54,111 documents from the Gerald R. Fold Presidential Library.

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