Public Policy Papers

American History/20th Century

Examples of papers in our collections include the Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, Allen Dulles Papers, John Foster Dulles Papers, American Civil Liberties Unions Records, Bernard Baruch Papers, Council on Foreign Relations Records, David E. Lilienthal Papers and more.

Cold War

Research Guide: History of the Cold War: Selected Resources at the Mudd Manuscript Library

Diplomacy

Princeton holdings are particularly strong in in documenting the architects of the Cold War and include the papers of Hamilton Fish Armstrong, James A. Baker III, George W. Ball, Bernard M. Baruch, Allen W. Dulles, John Foster Dulles, James V. Forrestal, George F. Kennan, David E.

Economic history

Research Guide: Economics Collections at the Mudd Manuscript Library

International organizations

Collections include the Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, Athur Bullard, Bernard Baruch Papers, David E. Lilienthal Papers, Freedom House Records, Hugh Moore Fund, United Service to China and more.

Legal history

Collections include the American Civil Liberties Union Records, Americans United for Separation of Church and State Records, Fund for the Republic Records, John Marshall Harlan Papers, Roger Nash Baldwin Papers.

Middle East

To find materials related to the Middle East in the Public Policy Papers please use the View Finding Aids Collections button.

Native American History

The Records of the Association on American Indian Affairs (MC147) document the corporate life of an influential and resilient player in the history of twentieth-century Native American advocacy.

Political cartoons

The collections include color boards during World War I,original drawings, including a significant number by Charles Lewis Bartholomew, Otho Cushing, Homer C. Davenport, John Tinney McCutcheon, and Frank Arthur Nankivell, Alois Derso, Emery Kelen (1920 and 1950) and William H.

Public policy/20th century

Princeton holdings are particularly strong in the area of civil liberties including the records on the American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause, and Freedom House.

World War I

Related Sources in the Public Policy Collections (selected)

American Committee for Devastated France Records, 1919-1926

World War II

Collections about World War II at Princeton include personal remembrances by participants in that conflict, the records of organizations that intervened to promote particular policy aims during the war, and records of organizations that participated in post-war reconstruction.