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Primary sources for historical research: Society and politics in 20th century America
This guide lists important collections of primary sources on the political and social life of American in the twentieth century held by the Princeton University Library. Unlike most guides in this series, it primarily covers microform collections. Princeton also has extensive holdings in print in Firestone Library, a nd archival materials in the Public Policy Papers collections at Mudd Manuscript Library, including the papers of the American Civil Liberties Union. Microforms listed in this guide are housed in Firestone Library Microforms Service on C floor. Printed guides to these collections are usually also housed in Microforms Service and have call numbers beginning "FilmB." A few collections held by Princeton Theological Seminary or by the Center for Research Libraries are also listed in this guide. Please consult a librarian for help if you would like to use these collections. For further information, please see Guides to primary sources for historical research: introduction.
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Other relevant guides
| Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Series A, Subject correspondence files [microform] |
| Microfilm 10010 |
65 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms JV6455 .R326 |
| "Series A, the Subject Correspondence Files, covers the central correspondence files of the Bureau of Immigration, the predecessor of the INS. This massive file records the administration of virtually every immigration issue during the time of the greatest influx of pre–World War I foreigners." See pt. 1. Asian immigration and exclusion, 1906-1913 (30 reels) -- pt. 2. Mexican immigration, 1906-1930 (17 reels) and pt. 3. Ellis Island, 1900-1933 (18 reels) |
| Passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, CA, 1893-1953 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11726 |
429 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Register of citizen (1943-1947) and alien (1936-1949) arrivals by aircraft at San Francisco, California [microform]. |
| Microfilm 11729 |
2 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Register of Chinese laborers departing from and returning to the United States under Act of May 6, 1882 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11731 |
12 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Lists of Chinese passengers arriving at San Francisco, CA, 1888-1914 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11732 |
32 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Case files of Chinese immigrants from District No. 4 (Philadelphia) of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1900-1923 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11733 |
51 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco from insular possessions, 1907-1911 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11735 |
2 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Case files of Chinese immigrants, Portland, Oregon, 1890-1914, INS, Portland, Oregon [microform] |
| Microfilm 11736 |
15 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Index to passenger arrivals at San Diego, California, ca. 1904-ca. 1952 [microform]. |
| Microfilm 11737 |
6 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California, 1907-1936 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11738 |
7 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California, June 29, 1907-June 30, 1948 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11739 |
118 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco from Honolulu, 1902-1907 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11741 |
1 reel |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, CA, December 1, 1954--February 1, 1957 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11743 |
19 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Customs passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, CA, January 3, 1903-April 1, 1918 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11734 |
13 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| See above. |
| Census data with maps for small areas of New York City, 1910-1960 [microform] |
| Microfilm 10609 |
10 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HA730.N5 C467 |
| "This unique collection includes all of the census data taken for New York City on the tract level (1910-1960), health area (from 1930-1960) and city block levels (from 1940-1960) of geography. The census for each level is accompanied by a map specifying and illustrating each small area's boundaries. Every census series includes the questionnaire that was used to derive the data and maps detailing the small area enumerated in the tables that follow, along with any explanatory text accompanying the original tables." |
| Records of the American Council for Nationalities Service, 1921-1971 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11746 |
26 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms JV6403 .R436 |
| "The four successive organizations whose records make up this collection—the Foreign Language Information Service, the Common Council for American Unity, the American Federation of International Institutes, and the American Council for Nationalities Service—were among the most prominent groups involved in the orientation of immigrants to American society in the 20th century." |
| Bureau of Social Hygiene project and research files, 1913-1940 [microform] |
| Microfilm 05108 |
31 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HV99.N6B853 |
| The Bureau of Social Hygiene was a research institute founded by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and charged with investigating social problems and crime, especially prostitution. The project files are arranged by topic. Covers primarily 1928-1935, with some earlier and later material. |
| Archives of the Work Projects Administration and predecessors 1933-1943. series one, the final state reports, 1943 [microform] |
| Microfilm 11861 |
13 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E806 .U547 1987 |
| The WPA "provided jobs to unemployed workers on public projects sponsored by federal, state, or local agencies." See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/069.html#69 |
| The Origins of the Cold
War |
| Microfiche 1542 |
17 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms D839.3 .O744
1982 |
| "The historical conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States, and the world events that served to influence relations between the two world powers are presented here." Primarily based on Foreign Relations of the United States. |
| The Rise and Fall of Senator
Joseph R. McCarthy |
| Microfiche 1543 |
23 fiches |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E748.M143 R57
1982 |
| "The brief but dramatic political reign of Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy is examined in this collection, from the Wheeling speech to McCarthy's condemnation by the Senate in late 1954." See also http://www.anb.org/articles/07/07-00188.html |
| FBI File on the House Committee
on Un-American Activities |
| Microfilm 05654 |
9 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms none |
| "From 1938 through 1975, the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the FBI developed a working relationship that both increased the power of the committee and gave the bureau another means of investigating suspected Communists. This file ... contains hundreds of reports centered on HUAC’s major investigations" |
| The Communist Party, USA
and Radical Organizations, 1953-1960: FBI Reports from the
Eisenhower Library |
| Microfilm 06842 |
7 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HX83 .C655
1990 |
| "During the Eisenhower years, the FBI put a number of radical groups under surveillance. It gathered intelligence for use by selected federal offices, including the president’s, in monographs that assessed in great detail the organizations’ structures, inner workings, and beliefs. Most of the documents deal with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) ... also includes reports on three other extremist organizations: The Nation of Islam, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Socialist Workers Party." See http://academic.lexisnexis.com/documents/upa_cis/10834_CPUSAFBIDDELib.pdf |
| Official & confidential files of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover [microform] |
| Microfilm 10682 |
6 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HV7911.H6 O334 |
| "This file was one of two secret files Hoover maintained in his office.... [It] contains important policy documents pertaining to wiretapping, bugging, break-ins, and authorizations to investigate subversive activities. Other documents provide insights into the relationship between the FBI director and several presidents, as well as other prominent Americans. " See http://academic.lexisnexis.com/documents/upa_cis/10756_FBIFileHooverOffConfFile.pdf |
| Norman Thomas papers, 1904-1976 [microform] |
| Microfilm 05627 |
85 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z6616.T47Y64 |
| Thomas was a socialist and among the founders of the ACLU. See http://www.anb.org/articles/15/15-00688.html; |
| Vietnam, the media, and public support for the war [microform] |
| Microfilm 05642 |
11 reels |
Printed guide: none |
This collection "documents relations between the White House and the media during the Vietnam War era, revealing how the White House attempted to create and control a favorable perception of the war by the media and the public." The records are held by the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Texas. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/
2292_VietnamMediaSuppWar.pdf |
| America in protest [microform]: records of anti-Vietnam War organizations |
| Microfilm 12393 |
51 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS559.62.U6 A44 2007 |
| Materials from anti-war organizations, including Vietnam Veterans Against the War; National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam; Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.. Guide linked from http://microformguides.gale.com/GuideLst.html |
| FBI File on the Students
for a Democratic Society and the Weatherman Underground |
| Microfilm 07330 |
8 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HN90.R3 F34 |
| "This is one of the few collections on Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and its spin-off, the Weatherman Underground Organization, between 1962 and 1977. Strong in descriptions of antiwar rallies and SDS-produced materials, the file is particularly useful for its detailed coverage of the SDS-led protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago."
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| COINTELPRO: the Counterintelligence
Program of the FBI |
| Microfilm 05649 |
30 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms none |
| "The FBI Counterintelligence Program file contains details of the bureau’s attempts to “expose, disrupt, and neutralize” groups that J. Edgar Hoover perceived as threatening to national security. The material in this file, spanning COINTELPRO’s existence from 1956 to 1971, is especially valuable for the view it offers of the U.S. political climate in the 1960s."
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| FBI file, Abbie Hoffman [microform] |
| Microfiche 10684 |
8 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HN90.R3 F243 |
| Hoffman was an activist and a key figure in the counterculture movement. See http://www.anb.org/articles/15/15-01140.html. |
| Papers of the Republican Party [microform] |
| Microfilm 09823 |
51 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms JK2356 .P363 |
| Consists of records of the Republican National Committee, 1911-1980. |
| Files of the Communist Party of the USA in the Comintern archives [microform] |
| Microfilm 11816 |
326 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms none |
| "The material in the collection, largely the original headquarters records of the CPUSA shipped to Moscow many decades ago, spans the period from 1912 to 1944 with the bulk in the period from 1922 to 1936. The files contain the original incoming mail, carbons of outgoing correspondence, reports from regional and local organizers, and internal memoranda produced by officials and offices of the national headquarters. In addition to CPUSA records produced in America, these files contain documents created or gathered in Moscow by CPUSA representatives to the COMINTERN. Most of the material in the CPUSA records is in English, although in some files key documents are accompanied by Russian, German, or French translations." |
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