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Primary sources for historical research: South and East Asia

This guide lists important collections of primary sources on the history of Asia held by the Princeton University Library. It covers microform, print and digital collections. 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.

Note: this guide lists English-language sources for Asian history. For sources in Asian languages, please contact staff at the East Asian Library.

Table of Contents

General

East India Company factory records [microform]: sources from the British Library, London
Microfilm 11896 reels Printed guide: none
Consists of Factory Records of the East India Company from the Oriental and India Office Collections at the British Library. The records document the business activities of the agents and factors of the Company and also provide insight into local matters. See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/
east_india_company_factory_records_parts_1_and_2/Contents.aspx
Dutch trade in Asia, c. 1800-1835 [microform]: papers of Hendrik Doeff on Japan and the East Indies
Microfiche 2213 140 fiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Oversize HF3616 .D633 2006q
Doeff was a prominent figure in the Dutch East India Company, and the material in this collection primarily covers political and commercial relations with Japan and Indonesia; however, there is also material collected by Doeff on Japanese customs and religion. See http://www.moranmicropublications.nl/documents/Doeffguide.pdf
Church Missionary Society Archive. Section I: East Asia Missions. Pt. 21: Periodicals for South Central and West China 1899-1970 and Japan 1905-1941 including papers of Fukien Conferences 1906-1937 [microfilm]
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
20 reels. See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/cms_series_one_part_21/Contents.aspx
O.S.S./State Department intelligence and research reports [microform]
Microfilm 05132 See below. Printed guide: Firestone Microforms D839.3.G84
Pt. 1. Japan and its occupied territories during World War II (16 reels); pt. 2. Postwar Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, [1945-1949] (6 reels); pt. 3. China and India (6 reels); pt. 8. Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Far East generally, 1950-1961 suppl. (7 reels); pt. 9. China and India, 1950-1961 suppl. (5 reels). Comprises reports prepared by the Office of Strategic Services and the Dept. of State to inform U.S. policy. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Isiaas/OSS.asp.
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. The Far East, 1955-1959 [microform]
Microfilm 10618 30 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS503 .C663
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html decimal numbers 790, 890, and 990 (internal affairs) and decimal numbers 690 and 611.90 ( foreign affairs) . See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=464
John F. Kennedy national security files. Asia and the Pacific [microform]: national security files, 1961-1963
Microfilm 08674 10 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E841 .J63
This collection comprises documents on U.S. foreign policy and international relations from the John F. Kennedy Library, including correspondence and reports. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Isiaas/NationalSecurityFiles.asp
Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Asia and the Pacific [microform]: national security files, 1963-1969
See below 15 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E846 .L964

This collection comprises documents on U.S. foreign policy and international relations from the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, including correspondence and reports. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Isiaas/NationalSecurityFiles.asp

Microfilm 08677
Microfilm 10607 [First supplement]

Rockefeller Foundation archives series 1.1 (projects). Series 600 (Asia) & series 601 (China) [microform]
Microfilm 09658 43 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms R812 .R624
Material from the Rockefeller Archive Center of the Rockefeller University. This collection documents the Rockefeller Foundation's programs in China and elsewhere in Asia. The programs addressed health, agriculture, and education in rural areas. Most of the material dates from the 1930's and 1940's, but some is earlier.
CIA research reports [microform]
Microfilm 01861 See below Printed guide: Firestone Microforms D839.3.C52
Comprises reports and memos prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency to inform U.S. policy. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=440
This collection covers China, 1946-1976 (6 reels); Japan, Korea, and the security of Asia, 1946-1976 (5 reels); Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1946-1976 (7 reels); Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Supplement (6 reels)
Asia, special studies, 1980-2002 [microform]
See below See below Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS35.2.A78X
This collection comprises studies prepared by a variety of government and non-governmental organizations to inform U.S. policy making.
1980-1982 Microfilm 10229 (5 reels)
1981-1985 Microfilm 10230 (12 reels)
1985-1988 Microfilm 10231 (12 reels)
1989-1991 Microfilm 10232 (9 reels)
1992-1994 Microfilm 10456 (12 reels)
1995-1997 Microfilm 10708 (13 reels)
1998-2002 Microfilm 11960 (14 reels)

Japan, Korea, and the security of Asia. Special studies, 1970-1980 [microform]
Microfilm 10546 4 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS518.1 .J362
See above.
British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part I. From the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War. Series E. Asia, 1860-1914
JZ633 B745 1989q    
British documents on foreign affairs is a multivolume printed edition of records from the British Foreign Office Confidential Print. These records are diplomatic papers and reports originally published for the British government. See the Main Catalog record for this title for a list of countries and dates of coverage in each volume. See also http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Isiaas/
BritishDocumentsForeignAffairs.asp

British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part II, From the First to the Second World War. Series E, Asia, 1914-1939
Oversize JZ632 .B755 1991q    
See above.
British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part III, From 1940 through 1945. Series E, Asia
Oversize JZ632 .B75 1997q    
See above.
British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part IV, From 1946 through 1950. Series E, Asia 1946
Oversize JZ632 .B775 1999q    
See above.
British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part V, From 1951 through 1956. Series E, Asia
Oversize JZ632 .B779645 2005q    
See above.

China

China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
English-language textual and visual sources relating to China and the West, with key documents relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs service, letters, diaries, color paintings, maps, drawings, photographs, and fully searchable missionary periodicals such as the Chinese Recorder, from mainly British libraries.
China through western eyes [microform]: manuscript records of traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats, 1792-1942
Microfilm 10582 138 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS755 .C436
This collection "offers the diaries, journals, letters, photographs and scrapbooks of a host of American and British businessmen, tourists, missionaries, journalists and diplomats from the first British mission to China, 1792-94, to the onset of World War II some 150 years later." See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/
china_through_western_eyes_manuscript/index.aspx
and guides linked from http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/c.aspx.
German books on China from the late 15th century to 1920 [microform] = Deutschsprachige Schriften zu China vom spaten 15. Jahrhundert bis 1920
Microfiche 2157 685 fiche Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z3106 .G47 2004
"The microfiche edition German Books on China from the late 15th Century to 1920 contains independently published German literature on China. This work provides the complete texts of several hundred titles, many of which are very rare, and documents the changing view of China in Germany between the late 15th century and the early 20th century."
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1911 [microform]
Microfilm 10566 83 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms UNCAT
The Board of Foreign Missions of the American Presbyterian Church was founded to spead the gospel in a number of countries, including China, Japan, India and Thailand. The material documents the activities of missionaries and conditions in the countries in which they worked. Princeton University Library holds only the reels for China. See http://www.gale.com/pdf/scguides/presbyterian/bfmscope.pdf
Confidential prints. China. F.O. 405
1457.252.41 27 reels Printed guide: none
Material from the British Foreign Office (FO 405). "This series contains confidential print relating to China and after 1954, Taiwan." Covers 1848-1936.
[Registers (modern series) and indexes of general correspondence: China microform]
1457.252.41.2 8 reels Printed guide: none
Materials from the British Foreign Office (FO 605). "This series contains microform of registers and indexes of general correspondence. The registers provide a means of reference to papers for the years 1808 to 1890 contained in the volumes of general correspondence before 1906. The registers provide details of the correspondence of ambassadors, consuls and some individuals with the Foreign Office." Covers 1815-1890. Note that this is an index only; the documents may be found in various other FO series.
General correspondence before 1906: China. [Microform]
1457.252.41.3 23 reels Printed guide:none
Material from the British Foreign Office (FO 17). "This series contains general correspondence relating to China. Also includes despatches from the consul general at Seoul in Korea for the period 1890 to 1905." Covers 1815-1905.
[Registers of general correspondence: China. [Microform]
1457.252.41.4 6 reels Printed guide: none
Material from the British Foreign Office (FO 566). "This series contains registers of general correspondence."
Despatches from United States consuls in Amoy, 1844-1906 [microform]
1096.252.92.10 15 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Canton, 1790-1906
1096.252.92.6 20 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Chefoo, 1863-1906
1096.252.92.13 9 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Chungking, 1896-1906
1096.252.92.14 1 reel Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Foochow, 1849-1906.
1096.252.92.12 10 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Hankow, 1861-1906
1096.252.92.9 8 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Hong Kong, 1844-1906
1096.252.92.3 21 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Newchwang, 1865-1906
1096.252.92.5 7 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Ningpo, 1853-1896
1096.252.94.8 7 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Shanghai, 1847-1906
1096.252.92.4 53 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Tientsin, 1868-1906
1096.252.92.11 8 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Chinkiang, 1865-1902
1096.252.92.7 7 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Dispatches from United States ministers to China [microform]
1096.252.92 8 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html. This collection consists of Vol. 108-116 of a series generally referred to as Diplomatic despatches, China. Records from March 1, 1900-December 31, 1901.
Records of the Department of State relating to the internal affairs of China, 1910-29 [microform]
Microfilm 04820 227 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between China and other states, 1910-29 [microfilm]
Microfilm 05347 34 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. China. Internal affairs, 1940-1944 [microform]
Microfilm 05840 51 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.518 .C664
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
U.S. Military Intelligence reports--China, 1911-1941 [microform]
Firestone Microforms: East Asian Microfilm 00048 15 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E183.8.C5L47.
Originals held by the National Archives as part of Record Group 165, Records of the War Department General and Special Staff. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/165.html and http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=499
British military intelligence on China and the Boxer Rising, c. 1880-1930 [microform]: secret gazetteers of the provinces of China, confidential print and intelligence reports
Microfiche 2152 185 microfiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Oversize DS764.2 .B75 2004q
Confidential reports and intelligence produced by the British government in India and now part of the India Office records in the British Library. See http://www.idcpublishers.com/ead/374.xml
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. United States-China relations, 1940-1949 [microform]
Microfilm 06932 7 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E183.8.C5 C66
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. China, 1945-1949. Internal affairs [microform]
Microfilm 09849 75 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.535 .C664
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html .
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. China. Internal affairs, 1950-1954 [microform]
Microfilm 05630 47 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html .
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Formosa, Republic of China, 1950-1954 [microform]
Microfilm 05631 17 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS798.945 .C663
Records from the U.S. Dept. of State, Record Group 59, which comprise correspondence and reports. internal affairs, decimal numbers 794A, 894A and 994A, and foreign affairs, decimal numbers 694A and 611.94A. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=455
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. China, People’s Republic of China, 1955-1959. Internal affairs. [microform]
Microfilm 09635 48 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.75 .C665
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html . Pt. 1. Political, governmental, and national defense affairs, decimal number 793 (31 reels) and pt. 2. Economic, industrial, social communications, transportation, and science, decimal numbers 893 and 993 (17 reels). See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=452
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. China, People’s Republic of China. Foreign affairs, 1955-1959. [microform]
Microfilm 09636 10 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.8 .C663
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html decimal numbers 693 and 693B, and 611.93, 611.93B, and 611.93C. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=450
Shanghai Municipal Police file, 1929-1945 [microform]
Firestone Microforms: East Asian Microfilm 5 67 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms: East Asia DS796.S257 S53
 
China and the West [microform]: the Maritime Customs Service Archive from the Second Historical Archives of China, Nanjing
Microfilm 11931 151 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HJ7071.A3 C446 2004
One of the most important archives for the study of China and its relations with the Imperial West in the late Quing and Republican periods (1850-1949), the Maritime Customs Service was an organ of the Chinese state set up by the British to control external and internal trade. By the 1890s the Maritime Customs Service was delivering a quarter of China's state revenue, and the archive kept meticulous records from all its ports and customs posts monitoring trade in arms, opium and all other goods, smuggling, climate and disease statistics, personnel records, intelligence reports, postal and financial administration, refugee movements, political affairs, the Boxer Rebellion and international relations." Note that we have only parts 2 and 4-5 of this series.
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. China 1960-January 1963. Foreign affairs [microform]
Microfiche 11682 5 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.55 .C663
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html decimal numbers 693 and 693A, 693B, 693C, 611.93, 611.93A, 611.93B, and 611.93C. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=450
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. China, 1960-January 1963. Internal affairs [microform]
Microfilm 10726 27 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.55 .C665
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=450
Foreign Office files, China, 1949-1976 (Public Record Office class FO 371) [microform]
Microfilm 11862 123 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.55 .F673 1999
This series reproduces records from the British Foreign Office, FO 371. The material consists of correspondence and reports covering Great Britain's trade and political relations with China. See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/fo-china-1/description.aspx?h=china for a general description, plus additional online guides for each year.

China, special studies, 1970-1980 [microform]
Microfilm 05860 8 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS777.548 .C486
This collection comprises studies prepared by a variety of government and non-governmental organizations to inform U.S. policy making.

Japan

Japan through western eyes [microform]: manuscript records of traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats, 1853-1941
Microfilm 10605 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS809 .J362
Consists of "manuscript diaries, journals and letters of western businessmen, tourists, teachers, missionaries, government officials, industrialists and diplomats active in Japan from its opening up in 1853 to the onset of the Second World War." See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/JTWE-1/description.aspx for a general description, and guides linked from http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/listing.aspx?l=J for each part of the series. Note: we have parts 1-3 and 6-7; parts 4-5 are available at Rutgers University Library.
East meets West [microform]: original records of Western traders, travellers, missionaries, and diplomats to 1852
Microfilm 11668 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS506 .E277
Consists of material from British libraries documenting the Western encounter with Japan, China and the East Indies, and the activities of the East India Company. Covers 1564 to 1852. See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/e.aspx for online guides to each separate part of the series.
British Foreign Office, Japan correspondence [microform]
Microfilm 06107 577 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DA47.9.J3B75827
Material from the British Foreign Office (FO 371), primarily correspondence between the Foreign Office and British embassies & consulates. "The documents provide a wealth of information on governmental, political, military, and economic affairs in Japan." Covers 1857-1905 and 1930-1948.
Confidential print, Japan, 1859-1957 [microform]
1457.498.41 7 (of 14) reels Printed guide: none
Materials from the British Foreign Office (FO 410). Covers period 1859-1919
General correspondence before 1906, Japan, 1856-1905 [microform]
1457.498.41.2 17 reels Printed guide: none
Material from the British Foreign Office (FO 46). "This series contains general correspondence relating to Japan."
[Embassy and consular archives; correspondence: Japan. [Microform]
1457.498.41.3 16 reels Printed guide: none
Material from the British Foreign Office (FO 262). "This series contains general correspondence from the British Embassy and consulate in Japan. From 1921 it includes accounts. It also contains a considerable proportion of files on matters of policy, including the treatment of war criminals after the Second World War." Covers 1869-
Registers (modern series) and indexes of general correspondence: Japan microform]
1457.498.41.4 3 reels Printed guide: none
Materials from the British Foreign Office (FO 605). "This series contains microform of registers and indexes of general correspondence. The registers provide a means of reference to papers for the years 1808 to 1890 contained in the volumes of general correspondence before 1906. The registers provide details of the correspondence of ambassadors, consuls and some individuals with the Foreign Office." Covers 1815-1890. Note that this is an index only; the documents may be found in various other FO series.
Registers of General Correspondence: Japan. [Microform]
1457.498.41.5 2 reels Printed guide: none
Material from the British Foreign Office (FO 566). "This series contains registers of general correspondence."
Confidential U.S. diplomatic post records [microform]: Japan
Firestone Microforms: East Asian Microfilm 00045 (Part 1); Microfilm 01810 (Parts 2 and 3) 142 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E744.C664
Material from the National Archives, Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/084.html. Pt. 1. 1914-1918 (11 reels); pt. 2. 1919-1929 (50 reels); pt. 3. 1930-1941 (81 reels). See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=447
Despatches from United States consuls in Hakodate, 1856-1878 [microform]
1096.4875.92.5 2 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Kanagawa, 1861-1897 [microform]
1096.4875.92.2 22 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Nagasaki, 1860-1906 [microform]
1096.4875.92 7 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Yokohama, 1897-1906 [microform]
1096.4875.92.4 5 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Osaka and Hiogo (Kobe), Japan, 1868-1906 [microform]
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States ministers to Japan
1096.4875.92.3 82 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html. Covers period 1855-1906.
Notes from the Japanese Legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1858-1906 [microform]
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
 
Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Japan, 1910-29 [microform]
1735.922 43 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between the United States and Japan, 1910-29 [microform]
1096.4875.92.6 9 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between Japan and other states, 1910-29 [microform]
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Japan, 1930-1939 [microform]: decimal file 894
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between China and Japan, 1930-1944 [microform]
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Japan, 1940-1944 [microform]: decimal file 894
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Japan, 1945-1949 [microform]: Department of State decimal file 894
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. Japan. Internal affairs, 1945-1949 [microform]
Microfilm 05625 42 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Japan. Internal affairs, 1950-1954 [microform]
Microfilm 05466 62 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Japan, 1950-1954 [microfilm]: Department of State decimal files 794, 894, and 994
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Japan, 1960-January 1963 [microform]: internal and foreign affairs
Microfilm 10674 38 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS889 .C663
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=461
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Japan, February 1963-1966 [microform]: internal and foreign affairs.
Microfilm 10675 50 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS889 .C664
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html

World War II (Pacific theater) and the U.S. occupation of Japan

Documents concerning the Allied occupation and control of Japan [microform]
Microfilm 06282 1 reel Printed guide: none
Consists of v. 1. Basic documents.--v. 2. Political, military and cultural.--v. 3. Financial, economic and reparations.--v. 4. Commercial and industrial.--v. 5. Civil property.--v. 6. Aliens.
Educational reform in Japan, 1945-1952 [microform]
Microfiche 1584   Printed guide: Firestone Microforms LA1311.82 .E382
A selection of documents from U.S. and Japanese sources "that record the planning and implementation of educational reforms during the Occupation of Japan."
Framing the constitution of Japan [microform]: primary sources in English, 1944-1949
Microfiche 305 428 microfiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS889.15 .F73
A collection of documents "related to planning, drafting, enactment, and promulgation of the Constitution of 1947." The documents were drawn from various U.S. archives. Includes English translations of Japanese documents.
Occupation of Japan [microform]
Microfiche 1068 2087 fiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS889.16 .O33
"This microfiche collection makes available significant U.S. Government documents and some private papers ... related directly or indirectly to the U.S. occupation of Japan." Consists of Pt. 1. U.S. planning documents, 1942-1945 (487 fiches); pt. 2. U.S. and Allied policy, 1945-1952 (466 fiches); and pt. 3. Reform, recovery and peace, 1945-52 (1134 fiches)
The occupation of Japan [microform]. Economic reform
Microfiche 1613 1169 fiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HC462.9 .O328
Material from the Economic and Scientific Section of National Archives Record Group 331, Supreme Commander for Allied Powers (SCAP), http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/331.html#331.46, and of the Natural Resources section, http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/331.html#331.49. Consists of: pt. 1. Deconcentration and modernization (651 fiches); pt. 2. Land reform, 1945-1952; Japan in the postwar world economy, 1945-1952 (518 fiches).

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers historical monographs, 1945-1951 [microform]: history of the nonmilitary activities of the occupation of Japan, volumes 1-55
Microfilm 06412 13 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS889.16 .S86
Reproduces a series of reports written immediately after the occupation ended; the reports summarize the activities of the occupation and describe many aspects of life in Japan in this period.
Wartime translations of seized Japanese documents [microform]: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section reports, 1942-1946
Microfiche 1119 2212 microfiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms D767.2 .W37
An index to and reproduction of several large collections of translated Japanese documents, including diaries, military orders, maps, technical manuals, and reports based on interrogations of prisoners. On ATIS records in the National Archives, see 331.37 Records of Organizations of General Headquarters U.S. Army.
MAGIC documents [microform]: summaries and transcripts of the top secret diplomatic communications of Japan, 1938-1945
Microfilm 00046 14 reels For accompanying calendar, see (Gest) DS888.25.C343; for accompanying index, see (GEST) DS888.25.S82
Originals held at the National Archives, Record Group 457, Records of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/457.html. The documents in this collection are Japanese diplomatic communications intercepted and decoded by the U.S. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/
3254_CalendarMagicDocuments.pdf
Intelligence series [microform] / General Headquarters, Far East Command, Military Intelligence Section, General Staff
Microfilm 09149 10 reels Printed guide: none
Originally published by the U.S. Army, this series describes intelligence activities in Asia under MacArthur, 1942-1950. Note that Microfilm 05680, A Brief history of the G-2 Section, GHQ, SWPA and affiliated units, is a useful introduction to this series.
Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [microform]
Microfilm 11959 142 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms UA23.G842
This collection "includes the intelligence gathering, military reporting, and various draft plans out of which U.S. military and political policy arose." The collection is organized geographically. On Asia: pt. 1. 1942-1945: [A] The Pacific theater (14 reels); pt. 2. 1946-1953 [C] The Far East (14 reels); t. 3. 1954-1960: [A] The Far East (22 reels). Note that we also have the rest of this collection.
Records of the Far Eastern Commission, 1945-1952 [microform]
Microfilm 08646 167 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS889.16 .R426
Material from the National Archives, Record Group 43.11.23, Records relating to the Far Eastern Commission. The FEC was established "to control Japan during the Allied occupation after World War II." See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/043.html#43.11.23
Intelligence Series: United States Far East Command, Military Intelligence Section [microform]
Microfilm 09149 10 reels Printed guide: none
Reproduces originals in the Historical manuscript file, Office of the Chief of Military History.

Korea

Despatches from United States ministers to Korea, 1883-1905 [microform]
1096.537.92 22 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States ministers in Seoul, 1886-1906
1096.537.92.2 2 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Korea (Chosen), 1910-1929 [microform]
1729.922 10 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Korea, 1930-1939 [microform]: Department of State decimal file 895
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Korea, 1940-1944 [microform]: Department of State decimal file 895
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Korea, 1945-1949 [microform]: Department of State decimal file 895
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Korea, 1950-1954 [microform]: Department of State decimal files 795, 895, and 995
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Korea, 1955-1959 [microform]: Department of State Decimal Files 795, 795B, 895, 895B, 995, and 995B
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Confidential U.S. State Department special files. Korea, 1950-1957 [microform]
Microfilm 09825 11 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS918 .C663
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html lot files 55-D-128, Records of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Records relating to the Korean War, 1950-1952: 58-D-643 and 59-D-407, Records of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs (Korea), 1952-1957
Notes from the Korean legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1883-1906 [microform]: September 18, 1883-April 24, 1906
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
 

Indochina, Vietnam, Laos

Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Indochina. Internal affairs, 1945-1949 [microform]
Microfilm 05640 10 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS532.8.C664
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=459
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Indochina. Internal affairs, 1950-1954 [microform]
Microfilm 05641 44 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS532.8.C663
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Indochina, 1955-1959 [microform]
Microfilm 07623 54 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS532.8 .C664
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html : internal affairs, decimal numbers 751G, 751H, and 751J; 851G, 851H, and 851J; and 951G, 951H, and 951J: foreign affairs, decimal numbers 651G, 651H, and 651J; and 611.51G, 611.51H, and 611.51J See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=459
Records of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam [microform]
Microfilm 07715 100 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS557.4 .G84
Consists of material from the holdings of the Library of the U.S. Army Military History Institute. "MACV controlled all U.S. military operations, commanded all army elements, managed military assistance and advisory efforts, coordinated U.S. intelligence operations, advised the U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, and oversaw the many allied units and agencies in Vietnam."
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Vietnam, 1960-January 1963 [microform]
Microfilm 11686 24 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS559.912 .C663
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html . internal affairs, decimal numbers 751K, 751G, 851K, 851G, 951K, and 951G and foreign affairs, decimal numbers 611.51K, 611.51G, 651K, and 651G. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=466
Vietnam and Southeast Asia [microform]: special studies, 1960-1980
Microfilm 05637 13 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS557.7 V538 1982
This collection comprises studies prepared by a variety of government and non-governmental organizations to inform U.S. policy making.
Documents on the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam [microform]
1744.867 8 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS557.4.P5
"The following set of documents was gathered by Mr. Douglas Pike while he was serving as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency in Vietnam. They are internal documents of the National Liberation Front and the People’s Revolutionary Party captured by units of the Vietnamese Army"--P. [1] of Inventory. Includes "Inventory of Communist documents, Saigon, Vietnam, December 1966" on 66 leaves at beginning of the first reel. Vietnamese and English. Microfilm of originals in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for International Studies.
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
Vietnam, National Security Council histories [microform]
Microfilm 05362 8 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z1223.Z7G52
Consists of classified documents from the White House and the military, organized to present a history of U.S. decision-making about the war in Vietnam. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/
3222_WarVietnamNSCHist.pdf
. This collection is also known as The War in Vietnam, Classified Histories by the National Security Council.
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Laos, 1960-January 1963 [microform
Microfilm 11688 36 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS555.5 .C664
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html (internal affairs, decimal numbers 751J, 851J, and 951J and foreign affairs, decimal numbers 651J, and 611J) which comprise correspondence and reports. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/upa_cis/group.asp?g=463
Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam, 1963-1969 [microform]
See below reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms

This collection comprises documents on U.S. foreign policy and international relations from the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, including correspondence and reports. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Isiaas/NationalSecurityFiles.asp

Microfilm 08675 [November 1963-June 1965]
Microfilm 10598 [First supplement]
Microfilm 11694 [2nd supplement]
Microfilm 08676 [Special Subjects]

The Johnson Administration and Pacification in Vietnam:
Robert Komer-William Leonhart Files, 1966-1968
Microfilm 09824 15 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS558 .J636
Consists of material from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library that documents the American pacification effort in Vietnam. "Topics addressed include agriculture and land reform, the South Vietnamese army, Buddhists and Catholics in Vietnam, defense spending, the Doan Ket National Reconciliation Program, South Vietnamese economic indicators, conditions in the hamlets, Viet Cong infrastructure, intelligence coordination and exploitation, peace negotiations, postwar planning, and psychological warfare."
Transcripts and files of the Paris peace talks on Vietnam, 1968-1973[microform]
Microfilm 05639 12 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS559.7 .T72
Consists of v erbatim transcripts of the peace talks.
U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam, 1954-1975 [microform]
Microfilm 05638 21 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS558.5 .U82
An collection assembled from various sources to document U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Four parts: Indochina Studies; Vietnam: Lessons Learned; Vietnam: Reports of U.S. Army Operations; Vietnam: U.S. Army Senior Officer Debriefing Reports.
The War in Vietnam [microform]: Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Microfilm 09653 25 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E840.5.W4 A2
Consists of correspondence, news clippings, reports and memoranda, and public statements of General Westmoreland.
Westmoreland v. CBS [microform]
Microfiche 847 1,010 microfiche Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E840.5.W4 A2
Records of the libel suit brought by General Westmoreland against CBS for their documentary "The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception." Although the case was settled out of court, some 80,000 documents on the conduct of the war were amassed. See also http://academic.lexisnexis.com/documents/upa_cis/592_WestmorelandvCBS.pdf

India and Indonesia

[Great Britain. Imperial Record Office]
Microfiche 1058 and 1059 reels Printed guide: none
Lists of records from the Imperial Record Office, Calcutta, plus a list of materials relating to the Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-8. Does not reproduce the documents.
Selections from the Records of the Government India, 1849-1937
Microfiche 2113 3158 microfiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Oversize Z3208.A4 S54 1987q
Selected material from the British India Office (See http://www.bl.uk/collections/orientaloffice.html.) The collection consists of "346 volumes of documents dated between 1849 and 1937, pertaining to a variety of aspects of the history of the British administration in India. "Selections from the Records" was a title used by the provincial governments of India for papers intended for circulation among officials and the public. The series was at first envisaged as being appropriate for documents too brief or otherwise unsuited for separate publication, but each government quickly adapted the series for its own purposes, and in some cases they included substantial reports or collections of correspondence."
India gazetteers [microform]
Microfiche 2151 5,684 microfiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Oversize DS405.I65 G39 1991q
"Gazetteers are among the prime reference sources of scholars of the Indian sub-continent. They are treasure houses of historical, archaeological, political, economic, sociological, commercial and statistical data." This series reproduces provincial and district gazetteers from 1833 to 1962 (most are from the late 19th and early 20th centuries). See http://www.idcpublishers.com/pdf/176_guide.pdf. We also have the 9-volume Imperial gazetteer of India, 1881, at Firestone 1763.487.
Despatches from United States consuls in Calcutta, 1843-1906 [microform]
1096.4871.92 17 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
Despatches from United States consuls in Bombay, 1838-1906 [microform]
96.4871.92.2 8 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2
[India legislative series] [microform]
Available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. See Borrowing Microforms from the Center for Research Libraries for more information.
This IDC series (circa 17,000 microfiche) includes most of the pre-1947 India Legislative Assembly and Council Debates, from the central and the provincial governments.
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. India. Internal affairs, 1945-1949 [microform]
Microfilm 06514 43 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DS480.83 .C66
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html
Indian Political Intelligence (IPI) files, 1912-1950 [microform]
Microfiche 2187 624 microfiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Oversize DS480.45 .I529 2000q
The Indian Political Intelligence organization was associated with the British India Office. This collection is an "archival collection of intelligence files concerning the monitoring of organisations and individuals considered a threat to British India." See http://www.idcpublishers.com/pdf/335_guide.pdf
Empire Writes Back: Indian views on Britain and Empire, 1810-1915, from the British Library, London [microform]
Microfilm 11849 10 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DA125.S57 I634 2003
This collection reproduces 17 published accounts of Indian visitors to Britain. See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/empire_writes_back_part_1/Contents.aspx
Despatches from United States consuls in Batavia, 1818-1906 [microform]
1096.4874.92 14 reels Printed guide: none
Originals held by National Archives as part of Record Group 59, General Records of the Dept. of State, Consular Correspondence. See http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/059.html#59.2.2. "Batavia" is modern Indonesia.