Reference Hours
9am-9pm Monday-Thursday
9am-5pm Friday
1pm-5pm Saturday
1pm-9pm Sunday
303-492-8834 govpubs@colorado.edu
Government Publications Homepage http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/index.htm
The Government Publications Library is a regional depository of the U.S. government. This means we receive most titles published by the federal government. We also collect materials from the state of
Colorado, some foreign countries (such as the United Kingdom), and international organizations, such as the United Nations, European Union, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development.
Chinook includes many records for federal publications, mostly from 1976 to the present. Selected international and foreign publications have been cataloged from 1989 on. Much of our material, however, is not in Chinook. For example, we have large, uncataloged collections of primary source material on microfiche, such as unpublished hearings from the 1800’s to 1944 and OSS/State Department reports. In the department, we have various print and electronic tools to help identify and locate these publications.
The Government Publications Library has a number of print and electronic collections that contain source material on the Second World War.

Declassified Documents Reference Service
Online Database: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DDRS?vrsn=1.0&locID=coloboulder&ste=1
This database provides access to documents that have been declassified by the United States government.

Digital National Security Archive
Online Database: http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/
This database provides access to documents that have been declassified by the United States government, it focuses on collecting declassified documents in various subject categories.

Foreign Relations of the United States
Selected issues online at: http://libtext.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/
Index available at: S 1.1/b:939-45 vol. 1 and vol. 2
Print available at: S 1.1: (does not circulate)


Presidential Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Available at computers in the Government Publications Library, available from the CD-ROM library at http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/lan/historical.htm
..

Franklin D. Roosevelt Digital Library, from the FDR Presidential Library
Online at: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/online14.html

National Archives Collections on World War II http://arcweb.archives.gov/research_room/arc
The National Archives has a number of collections that pertain to World War II. This is an ongoing project and many of the projects have only digitized a few records. The most complete section probably deals with Franklin D. Roosevelt. To find the associated records please choose
“Advanced Search.” Then “Lookup” by the Organization name. Type “President” in the search box and you will find the series associated with FDR, including the Churchill correspondence.

Nuremburg Trials
Available at computers in the Government Publications Library, available from the CD-ROM library at http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/lan/historical.htm
.
Also available in print at: W 1.2:C86 (GOVPUBS Stacks)

Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919-1939
301-F76 8: (NORBASE)
This is a collection of documents relating to foreign policy issues.

British Documents on Foreign Affairs
301-F76 16: (NORBASE)
This is a four part series that gathers documents from the foreign office confidential print file.

State Papers
301-F76 4: (NORBASE)
Index for 1935-1960: 301-F76 4:165 (NORBASE)
These are the official British and Foreign State Papers. This covers items such as treaties, conventions, and declarations.

Parliamentary Papers
Index available on computers in Government Publications Library, available from the CD-ROM library at http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/lan/foreign.htm
.
We have print copies of the Parliamentary Debates (301-A4/5), but the Sessional Papers and
Parliamentary Journals are available in Microfiche and/or Microprint. There is a guide to what years are covered by which collection at: http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/british/govpub1.htm#Ib .

Churchill Archives Centre http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/gallery/
This website links to some digitized versions of significant documents from Churchill. The majority of these documents should also be available in the print indexes.
Government Publications has a number of microfilm collections of primary source materials from both the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom which pertain to the pertain to the World
War II period. What follows is a list of the titles and the call number where you can find the guide to the collection.

Cabinet Papers: Complete Classes from the CAB and PREM series in the Public Record Office,
London. Series One: PREM 3: Papers Concerning Defence and Operation Subjects, 1940-1945,
Winston Churchill, Minister of Defence, Secretariat Papers
301-C11 6:Ser.1 PREM3 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)


Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records. Part 2: Soviet Union, 1919-1935
S 1.2/2:R89 pt.2 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records. Part 3: Soviet Union, 1934-1941
S 1.2/2:R89 pt.3 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

Guide to O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports: Postwar Europe, 1945-49
S 1.2/2: Eu 7/945-49/Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

Guide to O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports. Part IV: Germany and its
Occupied Territories During World War II
S 1.2/2:G31 (Government Publications Indexes)

Guide to O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports: The Soviet Union
S 1.2/2:So8 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch War Diaries
W 100.2: Os8l/Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Part 1: 1942-45. The European Theatre
D 5.2/2:Eu7/942-45 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Part 1: 1942-45. The Soviet Union
D 5.2/2:So8 942-45 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Part 2: 1946-53. The Soviet Union
D 5.2/2:So8/946-953 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

Special Operations Executive, 1940-1946 . Subversion and Sabotage During World War II. Series
One: SOE Operations in Western Europe.
301-Sp3 15:Ser.1 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)

U.S. Military Intelligence Reports: The Soviet Union, 1919-1941
W 100.12:So8/919-44 Guide (Government Publications Indexes)
The British and American governments have also produced two histories of the Second World War. The
American histories, produced by the Center for Military History, are cataloged in Chinook or can be browsed at D 114.2 (GOVPUB Stacks). The British histories, produced by the United Kingdom Civil
Series, are not cataloged, but can be browsed at 301-C11 5: (NORBASE).
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of the publications available, but rather a guide to some of the major publications that might be useful in this research.
Further questions please contact:
Tim Byrne, Department Head, 303-492-8834 tim.byrne@colorado.edu
Jennie Gerke, Reference, 303-735-6804 jennifer.gerke@colorado.edu
Susan Xue, Reference, 303-492-3900 susan.xue@colorado.edu