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Primary sources for historical research: Modern Europe

This guide lists important collections of primary sources on Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries 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.

Table of Contents

France

Note: If you are new to research using French government documents, you may find it helpful to consult Gloria Westfall, French official publications Social Science Reference Center (SSRC) Z2169 .W47 1980.
Journal officiel de la République française
  • Gazette national; ou, le Moniteur universel [1787-1810] Oversize 0850.649f
  • Moniteur universel; journal officiel [1811-1871] Oversize 0850.649f and 0850.649e
  • Journal officiel de l'Empire français [1869-1870] Rare Books and Special Collections (Ex) Oversize 0850.65e
  • Journal officiel de la République française [1870-1975] Oversize 0850.65q
  • Journal officiel de la France combattante: lois et décrets, ordonnances, ordres, arretes, circulaires, communications et annonces. [1941-1943] Oversize 0850.652q
Annales de l'Assemblée nationale
Firestone 0850.651    
Covers 1871-1876.
[Laws and decrees]
  • Journal officiel de la République française [1870-1975] Oversize 0850.65q
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Édition des lois et décrets [1976-199]) Microfiche 594
  • Journal officiel de la France combattante: lois et décrets, ordonnances, ordres, arretes, circulaires, communications et annonces. [1941-1943] Oversize 0850.652q
[Debates and questions]
  • Journals des débats politiques et littéraires [microform] Includes the parliamentary debates of the Etats généraux, Assemblée nationale constituante, Assemblée nationale legislative, Convention nationale, Corps legislatif. [1789-1944, with gaps] Microfilm S00289 (184 reels)
  • Archives parlementaires de 1787 à1860 Firestone 0850.356 -- this is a reprint of debates. [1787-1839, with gaps] We also have part in microform: Microfiche 1847
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Débats parlementaires, Sénat.Oversize 0850.65.01q [1882-1975] and Microfiche 144 [1976-1993]; MICROFILM S00342 fills gaps
  • Débats de l’Assemblée consultative provisoire [1943-1945] MICROFILM S00007
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Débats parlementaires, Conseil de la République [1946-1958] Oversize 0850.65.083q
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Débats parlementaires, Assemblée nationale. [1946-1993] Oversize 0850.65.081q and Microfiche 143
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Débats de l’Assemblée de l’Union française. [1947-1958] Oversize 0850.65.086q
[Parliamentary working documents]
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Documents parlementaires, Sénat. [1881-1938, with gaps] Oversize 0850.65.02q

  • Documents parlementaires: annexes aux Procés-verbaux des séances [1882-1938, with gaps] Oversize 0850.65.07q

  • Documents parlementaires: annexes aux procès-verbaux des séances [1946-1957/58] Oversize 0850.65.084q

  • Documents parlementaires: annexes aux procès-verbaux des séances [1946-1958] Oversize 0850.65.O82q and 0850.65.O811q

  • [Journal officiel de la République française]. Assemblée de l’Union française. Documents : annexes aux procès-verbaux des séances [1947-1958] Oversize 0850.65.087q
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Édition des documents parlementaires de l’Assemblée nationale [1959-1971/72] Oversize 0850.65.O82q

  • Journal officiel de la République française. Documents, Sénat. [1958-1974] Oversize 0850.65.04q and [1974-1993] Microfiche 1420
Journal officiel de la République française. Avis et rapports du Conseil économique et social
Oversize 0850.65.085q and Microfiche 1501
1948-1959
[Administrative documents]
Microfiche 1500
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Annexe.
    1906-1938
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Annexe administrative.
    1939-1955

  • Journal officiel de la République française. Document administratif.
    1955-1959
  • Journal officiel de la République française. Edition des documents administratifs.
    1960-1993
Documents diplomatiques français
This complex series documents French foreign policy in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • Série avant 1914: 1511.363.3

  • Série 1914-1919: [missing; on order]

  • Série 1920-1932: DC 396.C655 and DC296.D638

  • Série 1932-1935: 1511.262.35

  • Série

    1939-1944: [missing; on order]
  • Série 1955-1954: Pitney JZ683.D63
  • Série après 1954: DC 296.D62 [many missing; on order]
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. France, 1945-1949. Foreign affairs [microform]
Microfilm 09631 4 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DC404 .C662
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 751 and 711.51

Confidential U.S. State Department central files. France, 1945-1949. Internal affairs [microform]
Microfilm 09630 68 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DC404 .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. Decimal numbers 851.0-851.3 and 851.4-851.9

Confidential U.S. State Department central files. France, 1950-1954. Foreign affairs [microform]
Microfilm 09633 5 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DC404 .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 651 and 611.51

Confidential U.S. State Department central files. France. Internal affairs, 1950-1954 [microform]
Microfilm 09632 25 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DC398 .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.

Confidential U.S. State Department central files. France, 1955-1959 [microform]: foreign affairs--decimal numbers 651 and 611.51
Microfilm 11865 11 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DC404 .C6633
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.
La Revolution industrielle française, 1810-1870: statistiques, enquêtes, expositions, documents
Microfiche 916 531 microfiche Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z7164.O7R48
Selected material on the economy of France in the 19th century. Arranged by topic: statistics, overviews, industrial expositions, canals and railroads.
Dreyfus affair in the making of modern France [microform]: rare books and pamphlets from the Dreyfus collection of the Harvard College Library / L. Scott Lerner, editor.
Microfilm 10613 68 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DC354 .D758
"Comprising over 1,000 volumes, the collection contains all the well-known Dreyfus publications ... as well as rarely seen archival materials. Documents from many different countries and all sides of the controversy reflect the depth and breadth of attention the Dreyfus Affair generated at the turn of the 19th century." From the holdings of the Houghton Library Collection, Harvard University. See http://microformguides.gale.com/Data/Introductions/20170FM.htm

Prussia, Germany, and Austria

Papers of Hermann von Boyen, ca. 1787-1848 [microform]
1585.205 12 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms CD3026.A52
Description: "This collection of Von Boyen’s private and official papers consists chiefly of correspondence, memoranda, manuscript studies of military and political subjects, tables of organization and distribution of the Prussian Army, and records containing data relating to the military budget."
Eduard Lasker papers [microform]
1580.186.565 40 reels Printed guide: none
"Eduard Lasker was a political leader during the Bismarck regime in Germany. His collection consists of ... manuscript material, correspondence and pamphlets." The originals are in Brandeis University Library.
Stresemann papers [microform]
1580.191.887 78 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD231.S83C64
Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929) was the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was an important political figure in Weimar Germany, serving briefly as Chancellor and then as secretary of foreign affairs. The originals are in the German Foreign Ministry archives.
Stenographische Berichte über die Verhandlungen [Prussia]
     
Legislative proceedings of the Prussian government:
  • Oversize 0857.736q [Preussische Nationalversammlung]
  • Microfiche 257(1849-1869/1870) [Prussia. Lantag, Herrenhaus.]
  • Microfiche 194 (1855/6 to 1870)

    [Prussia (Germany). Landtag.]
  • Oversize 0857.739.2q (1872-1895) [Prussia (Kingdom). Landtag.]
Stenographische Berichte über die Verhandlungen des Deutschen Reichstages [Germany]
Legislative proceedings of the German government:
  • Oversize 0857.36q (1867-1870) [Norddeutscher Bund. Reichstag.]

  • Oversize 0857.37q (1868-70) [Deutscher Zollverein. Zollparlament.]
  • Annex A Oversize 0857.38q (1871-1936) [Germany. Reichstag.]

Verhandlungen des Deutschen Bundestages. Stenographische Berichte
The proceedings of the Bundestag (the German legislative assembly), including debates, resolutions, drafts of law, and related documents.
  • Annex A Oversize 0857.394q (1949-1990)

    [Germany (West). Bundestag.]
  • Annex A J351 .K25 (1991 onwards) [Germany. Bundestag.]
Verhandlungen des Deutschen Bundestages. Drucksachen
See above.

  • Annex A J351 .K25 Suppl. (1991 onwards)

    [Germany. Bundestag.]
  • Annex A 0857.394q suppl. (1977-1991)

    [Germany (West). Bundestag.]
  • Annex A 0857.394q suppl. (1953-1976) [Germany (West). Bundestag.]
Verhandlungen des Bundesrates
  • Firestone Oversize 0857.394.2q (1949-1990)

    [Germany (West). Bundesrat.]
  • Firestone Oversize JN3972.A2 G474q (1991-present) [Germany. Bundesrat.]
Reichs-Gesetzblatt (to 1943) AND Bundesgesetzblatt
The official register of legislation and treaties.

  • RECAP 7922.386 (1871-1943)

  • Firestone KK10 .G474 (1949-1990)

  • Firestone Oversize KK10.G475aq (1991-2003)
Akten der Reichskanzlei
This series documents the German chancellery. There are two subseries: Weimarer Republik (1919-1933) and Regierung Hitler (1933-1938). Because the volumes are cataloged individually, search the Main Catalog for "Akten der Reichskanzlei" for call numbers.
Akten zur deutschen auswärtigen Politik, 1918-1945
Firestone Oversize 1582.386.31q
Retrospective compilation that document German foreign policy, similar to Foreign Relations of the United States. In German, but see below.
Documents on German foreign policy, 1918-1945
Firestone 1582.386.3
An English-language translation of series C and D (1933-1941) of the above.
Akten zur auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Firestone DD258.8 .A385
Covers 1949-1977 (the most recent volume)
German Foreign Ministry Archives
0448.386 50 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms CD1237.5.A43 1958
Includes papers from the archives of the former German embassy in Washington, files of individuals whose papers were preserved in the archives of the former German Foreign Ministry, and two groups of Asservate. Microfilm of originals now in the Foreign Ministry of the Federal German Republic.

German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1867-1920
Microfilm 01017 16 reels Printed guide: none
A selection of documents related to the Ottoman Empire from the German Foreign Ministry Archives.
Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between the United States and Germany, 1910-1929
1096.386.92.16 4 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. Germany, 1930-1941 [microform]: internal affairs
Microfilm 12397 59 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD253.A1 C66 1984
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 [microform]: Germany foreign affairs, 1930-1939
Microfilm 12400 12 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E183.8.G3 C617 1985
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 762 and 711.62.
Confidential U.S. State Department central files [microform]: Germany internal affairs, 1942-1944
In process 35 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 [microform]: Germany foreign affairs, 1940-1944.
In process 5 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. [microform] Germany, internal affairs, 1945-1949: decimal number 862
Microfilm 12398 109 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD257.4 .C668 1985
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: Federal Republic of Germany: internal affairs: part 1, political, governmental, and national defense affairs, 1950-1954 (inclusive), [microform]
Microfilm 12392 56 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD259 .C666 1986
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 762A-762A.6
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Germany--Federal Republic of Germany [microform]: foreign affairs, 1950-1954, decimal numbers 662A and 611.62A
Microfilm 12403 9 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD259.5 .C662 1986
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. Germany, 1950-1954 [microform]: internal and foreign affairs, decimal numbers 762, 862, 962, 611.62, and 662
Microfilm 12396 45 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD257.4 .C67 1990
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. Federal Republic of Germany, 1955-1959. Foreign affairs [microform]: decimal numbers 662A and 611.62A
Microfilm 09650 5 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD259.5 .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. Federal Republic of Germany, 1955-1959. Internal affairs [microform]
Microfilm 09637 69 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD259 .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. Germany, 1955-1959. Internal and foreign affairs [microform]: decimal numbers 762, 862, 962, 611.62, and 662
Microfilm 10616 37 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD257.4 .C68
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. Germany, 1960-January 1963 [microform]: internal affairs and foreign affairs
Microfilm 12402 35 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD257 .C63 2004
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 762, 862, and 962 and foreign affairs, decimal numbers 662 and 611.62
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Federal Republic of Germany, 1960-January 1963. Foreign affairs. [microform]: decimal numbers 662A abd 611.26A
Microfilm 11687 5 reels

Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD259 .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.
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Federal Republic of Germany, 1960-January 1963. Internal affairs [microform]
Microfilm 11712 46 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD257.4 .C686
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. Germany: subject-numeric files, February 1963-1966. Part 1, Political, governmental and national defense affairs [microform]
Microfilm 12399 14 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E183.8.G3 C62 2006
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. Federal Republic of Germany, February 1963-1966. Part 1, Political, governmental and national defense affairs [microform]: subject-numeric categories: AID, CSM, DEF, and POL
On order 40 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.

Ireland

Díosbóireachtaí pairliminte: tuairisg oifigiúil = Parliamentary debates: official report / Dáil Éireann
Firestone 0849.492
Covers 1922-1928. Debates of the Dáil. Usually in English.
Achtanna an Oireachtais mar a Fógraíodh iad = Acts of the Oireachtas as promulgated
Firestone 7899.4915
Covers 1959-1994. Usually in English.
Díospóireachtaí parlaiminte: tuairisc oifigiúil = Parliamentary debates: official report
Firestone 0849.488
Covers 1960-2003; current issues in Periodicals Room. Debates of the Dáil. Usually in English.
Díospóireachtaí parlaiminte: tuairisc oifigiúil = Parliamentary debates: official report
Firestone J307.3 .J3
Covers 1991-2003. Debates of the Seanad. Usually in English.
Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of the Republic of Ireland and of Northern Ireland, 1930-1944 [microform]: decimal file 841D and 841E
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.
Documents on Irish foreign policy
Firestone DA964.A2 D63 1998 and online
This series documents Irish foreign policy, 1919-1939.

Italy

Atti parlamentari
Annex A, Oversize 0854.4.2q
Documents the activities, legislative and otherwise, of the Parlamento. We have 1848-1943 and 1948-1958; see also Atti (Assemblea costituente), 1946-1948: Firestone 0854.389. We do not hold the records published by the Camera di Fasci e delle Corporazioni, which covers 1934-1943. There is an index to the Atti for 1848-1939 at General and Humanities Reference (DR) J388 .H21 Index

Le Assemblee del risorgimenti. Atti raccolti e pubblicati per deliberazione della Camera dei deputati.
Firestone 0854.39
Retrospective collection of documents from Italian regional legislatures, 1821-1870.
Bollettino delle assemblee legislative
Firestone 0854.4.4
Covers 1927-1940.
Gazzetta ufficiale
The official record of legislation enacted by the government of Italy:
  • Gazzetta ufficiale del regno d’Italia [1875-1946; incomplete]: Annex A Oversize 0854.388q

  • Gazzetta ufficiale della Repubblica italiana [1946-2007; some gaps] Annex A Oversize 0854.388q

  • See also http://www.gazzettaufficialeonline.it for an online version of the Gazzetta after 1988.
Documenti diplomatici italiani
Firestone 1550.492
This series documents Italian foreign affairs. It is based on material from the Archivio Storico Diplomatico del Ministero degli Affari Esteri. It is arranged chronologically in subseries covering 1861 to the 1950's, and is still in progress.

There are other related series:

  • Documenti diplomatici [older version of the above; covers 1865-1901 in roughly 100 volumes]: Firestone Oversize 1547.49q
  • Documenti diplomatici italiani sull’Armenia, Seconda serie, 1891-1916: Firestone DG499.A7 D639 1999
  • L’Italia in Africa; serie storica (covers roughly 1850-1890): Firestone 15545.491.02
  • L’Italia in Africa: serie giuridico-amministrativa: RECAP JQ3580 .I81 1963
Personal Papers of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)
1548.19.667 316 reels Printed guide: none
Together with some official records of the Italian Foreign Office and the Ministry of Culture, 1922-1944, received by the Department of State as part of the collection of records seized by the U.S. after World War II. See http://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/foreign-records-seized.html.

Portugal

Despatches from United States consuls in Bilbao, 1791-1875 [microform]
1096.867.92.5 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
Documenting the Portuguese revolution, 1962-1994 [microform]
Microfilm11946 25 reels Printed guide: none
A collection of unpublished conference and research papers, newspapers and periodicals, and ephemera. The originals are held by Princeton University Library. See the record in the Main Catalog for a link to the online finding aid.

Spain

Diario de sesiones de las Cortes
  • Diario de sesiones de las Cortes [1810-1905, with many gaps] Oversize 0852.1810q (and following)
  • Diario de las sesiones de Cortes [microform] [1839-1923] Microfiche 115 and Oversize JN8321.S62
  • Diario de las sesiones de Cortes [microform] [1919-1923] Microfilm S01192
  • Diario de sesiones de las Cortes Constituyentes de la RepuŽblica Espan~ola [microform] [1931-1933] Microfilm S01193
  • Diario de las sesiones de Cortes [microform] [1933-1938] Microfilm S01194
Despatches from United States consuls in Barcelona, 1797-1906
1096.867.92.3 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 Cadiz, 1791-1904 [microform]
1096.867.92 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 Málaga, 1793-1906 [microform]
1096.867.92.4 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 Valencia, Spain, 1816-1906 [microform]
1096.867.92.2 4 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
Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Spain. Internal affairs 1930-1939 [microform]
Microfilm 03643 88 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DP257 .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 852.0-852.9

Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Spain. Foreign affairs, 1930-1939 [microform]
Microfilm 06047 3 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DP257 .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. Decimal numbers 752 and 711.52
Blodgett collection of Spanish Civil War pamphlets
Microfiche 508 600 fiche Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z2700.xH37
Pamphlets from Spain and elsewhere documenting the Spanish Civil War. In Spanish and other languages. The originals are held by Harvard University Library.
Spanish Civil War pamphlet collection at Princeton University Library [microform]
Microfiche 1475   Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DP269.17.S6
Pamphlets from Spain and elsewhere documenting the Spanish Civil War. In Spanish and other languages.
Spanish political and economic transition groups, 1940s-1980s [microform]
Microfilm 07893; Microfilm 11947 103 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z2700.3 .J63
Collection of pamphlets, periodicals and ephemera documenting political movements in Spain under Franco and in the era immediately following the end of Franco's regime. For Microfilm 11947, Supplement, see the Main Catalog record for a link to the finding aid.
Spanish and Catalan political transition publications [microform]
Microfilm 05724 reels Printed guide: none
Materials produced by political parties, trade unions, and other groups. In Spanish & Catalan. See http://libweb2.princeton.edu/rbsc2/misc/Bib_4538783.pdf

World War I

World War I Pamphlet Collection
Microfilm 07200 84 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms D505.R44 1995
Substantial collection of pamphlets originally held by Princeton University Library.
Rodman Wanamaker Collection
RECAP D505 .W352 Printed guide: D505 .W352
A collection of books and pamphlets relating to the European War, assembled by Herbert Adams Gibbons and donated to Princeton in 1923 by Rodman Wanamaker '86. See http://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/Bib_833474.pdf for lists of the pamphlets in the collection. Gibbons was a journalist who served in WWI and Princeton also holds his personal papers. See http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/w0892996s
Pamphlets in American History: Group V: European War
Microfiche 899 708 microfiches Printed guide: Firestone Microforms E179.P35
European War (EW1-EW704) "includes material published before, during, and after the war. Included in the topics covered are pre-war sentiment toward Great Britain and Germany, German-American thought, accounts of battles and the state of affairs in France, health care, and discussions of the duties of citizens in the United States during the war."
Popular newspapers during World War I [microform]
Microfilm 11669 62 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DA10 .P668
"Complete sets of The Daily Express, The Daily Mirror, The News of the World, The People and Sunday Express (1914-1919) enable researchers to compare and contrast the reporting of the particular issues and events across the breadth of the popular press." See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/ popular_newspapers_of_world_war_one_parts_1_to_3/Contents.aspx
War in the European Theater Collection
This is a substantial collection of pamphlets and ephemera gathered in Europe during or shortly after World War I, possibly by members of President Wilson's staff. They document many aspects of life during and after the War in several countries (and languages). The materials are cataloged with call numbers beginning with "WET" and are in Mudd Manuscript Library. See also: European War Collection: Alphabetical Author List (Princeton, 1918) [(Mudd) P51.74.35] and European War Classed List (Princeton, 1918) [(Mudd) P51.74.71].
Sonnino papers
14094.24.866 54 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DG556.S57B76
Papers of Baron Sidney Sonnino, Italy's foreign minister throughout World War I.
Papers of General Wilhelm Groener [microform]
1580.189.409 27 reels Printed guide: none
Material from the U.S. National Archives collection of German records seized at the end of World War II. "The materials reproduced in this microcopy consist of papers of General Wilhelm Groener, prominent German military leader of World War I .... [it] consists, in general, of correspondence, reports, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of his autobiography and other writings, and some maps and press clippings. Of particular interest are Groener’s war diary and war letters, his essays on military strategy and the Schlieffen Plan, and his correspondence and memoranda after 1918." See http://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/microfilm/m137.pdf
Papers of General Hans von Seeckt [microform]
1580.189.855 28 reels Printed guide: none
Material from the U.S. National Archives collection of German records seized at the end of World War II. "Materials reproduced in this microcopy consist of letters and other papers of General Hans von Seeckt, prominent German military strategist of World War I." See http://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/microfilm/m132.pdf

World War II in Europe

Conditions & Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-1945
Digital collection of British Foreign Office documents from FO371, the National Archives of the UK. Describes political conditions, resistance to the German occupation, economic and social conditions and intelligence operations
Testaments to the Holocaust Digital Archive
Digital edition of material from the Wiener Library collection of eyewitness accounts, photographs, propaganda, and printed material documenting Jewish life in Germany from 1933 to after the war.
France During World War II: Documents from the Howard Rice Collection
Microfilm 04816 reels Printed guide: none
Microfilm of a collection of French resistance periodicals and pamphlets held here in Rare Books and Special Collections. Covers 1940-1944.

Postwar Europe: NATO, the Cold War, and the European Union

Post War Europe, 1945-1950: Refugees, Exile, and Resettlement, 1945-1950
Digital collection of material from the Wiener Library and the UK National Archives on refugees and resettlement of displaced persons in Europe in the aftermath of World War II.
ALCO/M: Allied Commission for Austria, 1945-1955
1647.194.121 8 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DB97.A45
Material from the U.S. National Archives, Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG 260), for the agency responsible for overseeing the administration of occupied Austria after World War II. See http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/finding-aid/military/rg-260-5.html

EXCO/M: Executive Committee of the Allied Commission for Austria, 1945-1955
1647.194.121.2 15 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms 1647.194.121
See above.

Foreign Office files for post-war Europe. Series one, The Schuman plan and the European Coal and Steel Community (Public Record Office class FO 371) [microform].
Microfilm 10637 61 reels Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HD9525.A2 F673
Materials from FO271, Foreign Office records in the UK National Archives. See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/fo_post-war_europe_series_one_parts_1_to_3/Contents.aspx
Europe and NATO, Special Studies, 1970-2002 [microform]
    Printed guide: Firestone Microforms UA646.3 .E887

This collection comprises studies prepared by a variety of U.S. government and non-governmental organizations to inform U.S. policy making.


Microfilm 10225 (1970-1980) 11 reels
Microfilm 10226 (1980-1985) 12 reels
Microfilm 10227 (1985-1988) 8 reels
Microfilm 10228 (1989-1991) 10 reels
Microfilm 10534 (1992-1994) 14 reels
Microfilm 11695 (1995-1997) 14 reels
Microfilm 11872 (1998-2002) 14 reels
Microfilm 12404 (2003-2005) 14 reels
Archives of War Resisters' International, 1921-1974
Microfiche 446 103 fiche Printed guide: Firestone Microforms none
See http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/w/10773401.php for the finding aid to the original documents, now housed at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.