Tag: government documents
Primary Sources: Foreign Office Files for the Middle East
The Library has acquired the first module of the online resource Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, which covers 1971-1974: The 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Oil Crisis. Two additional modules, 1975-1978: The Lebanese Civil War and the Camp David Accords and 1979-1981: The Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War will be added by early 2017.
The content is sourced from the British Government records at the UK National Archives. The following Foreign and Commonwealth Office file classes are included in their entirety:
- FCO 8/1552-4276, The Arabian and Middle East Department
- FCO 9/1353-3353, The Southern European Department
- FCO 17/1374-1798, The Eastern Department
- FCO 39/768-1282, The North and East African Department
- FCO 67/427-808, The Commodities and Oil Department
- FCO 93/4-2658, The Near East and North Africa Department
Selections from the Prime Minister’s Office files (PREM) and Defence Intelligence files (DEFE) are also included.
Primary Sources: ProQuest Regulatory Insight
The Library has recently acquired ProQuest Regulatory Insight, which contains administrative law histories organized by public law. Created as a companion product to Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight reveals what happens after a law is passed — what rulemaking process is undertaken to implement the law. It provides regulatory histories compiled by editors that bring together the various rules and notices associated with a specific public law.
This resource is still being developed and additional content will be added throughout 2016. Currently it includes:
- ProQuest Regulatory Histories for Public Laws enacted from 2001-2015**
- Federal Register documents for 2001-present*
- Code of Federal Regulations from 2001-2015*
The database can be searched by keyword, but more precise results are retrieved if you search using a Federal Register or Code of Federal Regulations citation. You can also search by Public Law number, Statutes at Large citation, U.S. Code citation, Regulation Identifier Number, and agency docket number.
Primary Sources: British Documents on the End of Empire Project
British Documents on the End of Empire (BDEEP) is an online platform providing access to full-text downloadable copies of three series of books produced by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. The volumes contain largely previously unpublished materials from the official archives of the British Public Record Office (now U.K. National Archives).
Each volume was edited by a leading scholar in the field of decolonization, who located and analyzed “key documentation charting shifts in the political, social, and economic policies of officials, both at home and in the colonies.” As stated at the site, the volumes “contain a wealth of material on issues such as constitutional reform, economic development and foreign relations which remain remarkably relevant to the work of contemporary policy-makers in the UK and across the Commonwealth.”
Series A is volumes of general British government documents relating to the British Empire. Series B is volumes on particular countries. Series C volumes are guides to archival sources at the Public Record Office.
Series A
1. Imperial Policy and Colonial Practice, 1925-1945 (in two parts, 1996), edited by SR Ashton and SE Stockwell
2. The Labour Government and the End of Empire, 1945-1951 (in four parts, 1992), edited by Ronald Hyam
3. The Conservative Government and the End of Empire, 1951-1957 (in three parts, 1994), edited by David Goldsworthy
4. The Conservative Government and the End of Empire, 1957-1964 (in two parts, 2000), edited by Ronald Hyam and Wm Roger Louis
5. East of Suez and the Commonwealth, 1964-1971 (in three parts, 2004), edited by SR Ashton and Wm Roger Louis
Series B
1. Ghana (in two parts, 1992), edited by R Rathbone
2. Sri Lanka (in two parts, 1997), edited by KM De Silva 3. Malaya (in three parts, 1995), edited by AJ Stockwell 4. Egypt and the Defence of the Middle East, 1945-1949 (in three parts, 1998), edited by John Kent
5. Sudan (in two parts, 1998), edited by Douglas H Johnson
6. The West Indies (in one part, 1999), edited by SR Ashton and David Killingray
7. Nigeria (in two parts, 2001), edited by Martin Lynn
8. Malaysia (in one part, 2004), edited by AJ Stockwell
9. Central Africa (in two parts, 2005), edited by Philip Murphy
10. Fiji (in one part, 2006), edited by Brij V Lal
11. Malta (in one part, 2006), edited by Simon C Smith
Series C
1. Records of the Colonial Office, Dominions Office, Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office (in one part, 1995), edited by Anne Thurston
2. Records of the Cabinet, Foreign Office, Treasury and Other Records (in one part, 1998), edited by Anne Thurston
The Library has only a few of the print volumes in its collection. Many thanks to James Vernon for making me aware of this valuable resources. A link to this site has been added to the History: Britain & Ireland subject guide at http://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/uk/empire.
Primary Sources: ProQuest History Vault: Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1975
Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1975 contains documents generated and collected by the media, the military, the CIA, the U.S. State Department, the National Security Council, Presidents, and selected Cabinet members. The resource is focused on the Vietnam War, but the collections in the module address all of the most important foreign policy issues facing the United States between 1960 and 1975.
The documents can be browsed and searched (Advanced Search is recommended). ProQuest’s brochure includes a list of all the collections.