Middle East Policy Studies (SAIS)
Primary Sources
- Arab-Israeli Relations 1917-1970 This link opens in a new windowA wide range of original source material, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through to the Black September war of 1970-1. These materials - letters, minutes, reports, maps - are selected from primary source documents at the National Archives, London.
- Iraq, 1914-1974 This link opens in a new windowOffers a broad range of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers covering the period from the Anglo-Indian landing in Basra in 1914 through the British Mandate in Iraq of 1920-32 to the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1974.
- Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 This link opens in a new windowDocuments sourced from the National Archives, Kew - UK government's official archive.
- Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981 This link opens in a new windowAn invaluable tool for understanding the modern Middle East. Sources are from the National Archives, UK. Document coverage is currently for 1971-1974, Arab-Israeli War and the Oil Crisis.
- Middle East Institute Rare Books Digitial CollectionMaterials in English, Arabic, French, Farsi, Urdu, Ottoman Turkish, and Turkish, spanning the period from 1700 to 1921.
- British and Foreign State PapersA resource for hard-to-find bilateral and multilateral treaties from 1812-1968 compiled by the British Foreign Office.
- The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary RecordFrom Yale Law School's Avalon project.
- The Contemporary Middle East: A Documentary HistorySelected documents and commentary from 1918-present.
- Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic LibraryYale University's AMEEL is a Web-based portal and a digital collection of information for the study of the Middle East.
- Nashriyah: Digital Iranian HistoryDigital versions of Iranian newspapers and periodicals; access provided by the University of Manchester Library.
- Yale Iranian History Internet Archive (YIHA)A project to digitize and make publicly available valuable Persian-language resources at Yale University Libraries and elsewhere,
- Institute for Palestine Studies, Digital ProjectsA number of databases and collections of documents on the question of Palestine.
- Ba'ath Party RecordsCollection held by Stanford's Hoover Institution and viewable in a DC location.
- Israel State ArchivesDigitized documents in Hebrew and some in English
- Links to Government Ministry WebsitesFrom Northwestern University, a guide with links to websites of national governments and their agencies.
- League of Arab StatesRegional organization of Arab countries in North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula.
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
- Official Gazettes and Civil Society DocumentationA collection of official gazettes and other key historical government documentation from 10 African and Persian Gulf countries where the integrity of the public record is known to be at risk.
- Arab Monetary FundRegional organization with 22 member countries.
- World Constitutions Illustrated This link opens in a new windowIncludes both historic and current constitutions of governments worldwide
- Guide to Law OnlineThe Law Library of Congress maintains this network of links to web sites of primary and secondary legal information from U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.
- Guide to Official Publications of Foreign CountriesIs a good source for identifying government documents of individual countries (official gazettes, legislative proceedings, censuses, etc.).
- Archive Grid This link opens in a new windowA database for locating special collections worldwide. Search for family and corporate histories, personal papers, and historical records.
- Archive Finder This link opens in a new windowA current directory describing over 206,200 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the US, UK, and Ireland. Part of the C19 database.
- Oral History Online This link opens in a new windowProvides in-depth indexing to more than 2,700 collections of Oral History in English from around the world, including many full-text transcripts, audio, and video.
- WorldCatMerged catalogs of almost every U.S. library, as well as many international libraries. Includes books and more.
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowSearches multiple primary document databases at one time, including Gale's historical newspaper collections.
- World Wide Diplomatic Archives IndexA guide to the accessibility of diplomatic archives around the world maintained by the Office of the Historian, Dept. of State.
For more digitized primary sources, see the Primary Source Research in International Relations guide.
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