Government Documents

Historical Documents Collections

• 100 Milestone Documents (National Archives)


• America's Historical Documents (National Archives)


• Archival Research Catalog - Galleries (Nat'l Archives)


• Army Heritage Collection Online

Search for personal papers, books and other materials.

• Avalon Project (Yale Law School)

Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy.

• Century of LawMaking for a New Nation (American Memory, Library of Congress)


• Cold War International History Project

Information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War.

• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (GPO Access)


• CyberCemetery (University of North Texas)

Provides access to publications of defunct U.S. government agencies including:

• The Advisory Commission of Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR)


• Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)


• Bureau of Mines (NTIS)

Search publications from 1990.

• Clinton Presidential Materials Project (NARA)

White House Web sites during the Clinton Administration.

• Declassified Documents Reference System

Index to U.S. federal declassified documents.

• Department of Defense FOIA Reading Room


• Documents from the Continental Congress (American Memory)


• DOSFAN Electronic Research Collection (UIC Library)

Archived electronic documents from the U.S. State Department and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

• ETOH Archival Database (1972-2003)

Covers alcohol and alcohol problems related literature.

• FRASER: Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

Historical economic statistical publications and releases.

• Historic Documents (University of Michigan)


• Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (University of Maryland)


• Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Archived Web pages from 1996.

• The National Security Archive (George Washington University)

Declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act.

• Presidential Directives (Library of Congress)

Guide to sources.

• Presidential Directives and Executive Orders (Federation of American Scientists)


• Presidential Documents (National Archives)


• Public Papers of the Presidents (USCB)

The American Presidency Project.

• Smithsonian Institition, Bureau of American Ethnology

Index to its publications.

• Uncle Sam - FOIA Information (University of Memphis)

A list of U.S. departments and agencies with FOIA Web sites.