AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1945
University of Sussex
Sources in the Main Library
1. The Presidency
(a) Public Speeches
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Harry S. Truman (3 volumes), E812
Dwight David Eisenhower (21 volumes), E837
John F. Kennedy (3 volumes), E842.A2
Lyndon B. Johnson (10 volumes), E847.A2
Richard Nixon (2 volumes), E 856.A2
Gerald Ford (3 volumes), E866.A2
Jimmy Carter (6 volumes), E872.A2 Car
Ronald Reagan (7 volumes), E 877.A2
HeinOnline: Presidential, Judicial, and Congressional documents database, from the
early Republic to the present. [available through the electronic library; all keyword
searchable].
(b) Autobiographies, Correspondence, and Memoirs
Robert H. Ferrell, ed., The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman (Boulder: Colorado
Associated University Press, 1980), E814.A32
William Hillman, ed., Mr President: Personal Diaries, Provate Letters, Papers, and
Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman (London: Hutchinson, 1952), E814 Hil
Monte M. Pien, ed., Letters Home by Harry S. Truman (New York: G. P. Putnam’s
Sons, 1984), E814.A4
Harry S. Truman, Memoirs, 2 vols. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955-56), E814
Tru
Dwight David Eisenhower, The White House Years, 2 vols. (London: Heinemann,
1963 and 1966), E837
Edward B. Claflin, ed., J.F.K. Wants to Know: Memos from the President’s Office,
1961-1963 (New York: Morrow, 1991), E842.A4
Lyndon B. Johnson, My Hope for America (London: Heinemann, 1964), E850 Joh
Lyndon B. Johnson, A White House Diary (London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1970),
E846 Joh
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Lyndon B. Johnson, The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969
(London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1972), E846 Joh
Richard Milhous Nixon, Six Crises (London: W. H. Allen, 1962), E838 Nix
Richard Milhous Nixon, The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (London: Sidgwick &
Jackson, 1978), E856.A35
Bill Clinton, My Life E886. A3
Hillary Clinton, Living History
2. Foreign Policy
(a) Government Documents
HeinOnline: Presidential, Judicial, and Congressional documents database, from the
early Republic to the present. [available through the electronic library; all keyword
searchable].
American Foreign Policy: Current Documents (Washington, D.C. Government
Printing Office, 1958, 1961-67, 1981, 1983), E811 Ame
United States in World Affairs: Council on Foreign Relations, vols. 1945-1966 E 744
Cou
The State Department Policy Planning Staff Papers, 1947-1949, 3 vols. (New York
and London: Garland, 1983), E744 Uni
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs Historical Office, Papers Relating
to the Foreign Relations of the United States, E744 USA (1861-1942 on microfilm;
1943-57 in hard copy)
Lyndon B. Johnson, The Promise of the New Asia: United States Policy in the Far
East as Stated by President Johnson on his Pacific Journey (Washington, D.C.:
United States Government Printing Office, 1966), DS518.8 Joh
The Pentagon Papers: The Defense Department History of United States Decision
Making on Vietnam, 4 vols. E 183. 8 .v5 Pent
South Africa: The Making of US Policy, 1962-1989 3 vol. (microform) E 183.8 .s6
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(b) Autobiographies and Memoirs
Dean Acheson, This Vast External Realm (New York: W. W. Norton, 1973),
E814.A32
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Lyndon B. Johnson, et al., Why Vietnam (London: The Information Service, American
Embassy, 1965), Docs 3. Ask staff / U box
Henry Kissinger, The White House Years (London: Weidenfeld, 1979), E 840.8.K58
A38
The Journals of David Lilienthal, 1939-1959, 4 vols. E 748 Lil
Dean Rusk, As I Saw It: A Secretary of State’s Memoirs (London and New York: I. B.
Tauris, 1991), E748.R94 A3
Robert S. McNamara, The Essence of Security: Reflections in Office (London: Hodder,
1968), 1968 UA 23 Mac
3. The Civil Rights Movement
(a) Government Reports
United States Commission on Civil Rights, Report of the United States Commission
on Civil Rights, 1959 (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office,
1959), JD 1920 USA (Uni). Federal government assessment of civil rights protest and
racist opposition.
United States Commission on Civil Rights, Hearings before the United States
Commission on Civil Rights, JC 4120 USA (Uni) Hearings on voting rights held in
Jackson, Mississippi, February 16-20, 1965
United States Commission on Civil Rights, Law Enforcement: A Report on Equal
Protection in the South (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office,
1965), KF 9223.A8
Committee on Un-American Activities, Activities of Ku Klux Klan Organizations in
the United States (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office
1966), JC 4120 USA (Uni). Congressional investigation of the Ku Klux Klan in the
1960s.
United States Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American
Activities, The Present-Day Ku Klux Klan Movement (Washington, D.C.: United
States Government Printing Office 1967), JC 4120 USA (Uni)
United States National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, Report of the
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Washington, D.C.: United States
Government Printing Office, 1968), JD 1920 USA (Uni). Federal government study
of the causes of urban racial unrest in the post-war United States.
United States Commission on Civil Rights, The Federal Civil Rights Enforcement
Effort (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1977), JC 4120 USA
(Uni)
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United States Commission on Civil Rights, The Voting Rights Acts: Ten Years After
(Washington, D.C: United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1975), JC 4120 USA
(b) Autobiographies and Collected Writings
Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise, eds., Time on Two Crosses: The Collected
Writings of Bayard Rustin, E185.615 Rus
Clayborne Carson, ed., The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (London: Little
Brown, 1999), E 185.97.K5 A3
Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice (London: Cape, 1969), E 185.97.C6 A3
Huey P. Newton, et al., The Black Panther Leaders Speak: Huey P. Newton, Bobby
Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and Company Speak Out Through the Black Panther Party’s
Official Newspaper (Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1976), E 185.615 Bla
Merrill Proudfoot, Diary of a Sit-In (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press,
1990), F444.K7 Pro
James M. Washington, ed., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and
Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. (San Francisco: Harper, 1986), E 185.97.K5 A25
Malcolm X with Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (New York: Grove
Press, 1965), E 185.97.X A3
(c) Sound Recordings
Council for United Civil Rights Leadership, We Shall Overcome: The March on
Washington on August 28th, 1963, A/V 1. Ask staff / /772412
Lyndon B. Johnson, Remarks of President Lyndon B. Johnson to a Joint Session of
Congress, March 15, 1965, A/V 1. Ask staff / /772110. Johnson’s speech in support
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard, eds., A Call to Conscience: The Landmark
Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., A/V 1. Ask staff / /874185
4. Native Americans
United States. Commission on Civil Rights, The Southwest Indian Report: A Report
of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, May 1973 (Washington, D.C.: United States
Government Printing Office, 1973), E 78.S7 Uni
United States. Commission on Civil Rights, The Navajo Nation: An American Colony
(Washington, D.C.: The Commission, 1975), E 99.N3 Uni
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United States Commission on Civil Rights, American Indian Civil Rights Handbook
(Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1973), JC 4120 USA
(Uni)
The American Indian and the United States: A Documentary History E 93 Ame
5. The Kennedy Assassination
The Warren Report: The Official Report on the Assassination of President John F.
Kennedy (New York: Associated Press, 1964), E842.9.A55
6. Watergate
H. R. Haldeman, The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House (New York:
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1994), E855 Hal
Bruce Oudes, ed., From: The President, Richard Nixon’s Secret Files (New York:
Harper & Row, 1989), E838.5.N52
Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives by President Richard Nixon (Washington,
D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1974), E860 Nix
Washington Post, The Presidential Transcripts (New York: Delacorte Press, 1974),
E860 Nix
7. Labor and Working Class
Equal Employment Opportunity Report, 1969, 2 vols. HR 22452 USA (Uni)
8. Gay Rights Movement
The Gay Rights Movement, 1951-1976, Mattachine Society of New York, 24 reels,
HC 6120 USA, located in microfilm reading room
The organizational papers of The Mattachine Society reflect the vigorous debate that took place among
its members from the time of its foundation in 1950. The first major gay organization in the United
States, the Society sponsored discussion groups, encouraged support for civil rights and opposed police
entrapment for sexual acts. The Society’s New York chapter, founded in 1955, became the largest gay
rights group in the U.S. From 1965 onwards, it fought to establish the civil rights of gays, defended
men arrested on morals charges and protested against the continual police practice of harassing people
in gay bars. These papers offer a poignant portrayal of the gay rights movement, through
correspondence with gay men and lesbians throughout the United States, as well as the minutes of
meetings, memoranda and ephemera.
9. Newspapers/Periodicals
Nexis: database of major news outlets, 1970s to the present [available through the
electronic library; keyword searchable]
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The Chicago Defender 1905-1975 [available through Electronic Resources]
This is nation’s largest African American daily newspaper. The resource is fully key-word searchable.
The Nation (1865-present) [available through Electronic Resources]
Prominent liberal newsmagazine, keyword searchable.
African American Newspapers (1827-1998) [available through Electronic Resources]
Massive collection of rare local and regional papers, all keyword searchable.
The National Review 1965-1991, editions from 1965-1985 are held in the microfilm
reading room (16 reels), 1985-1991 editions are in the stacks, AP 2 Nat
This was one of the founding newspapers of modern American conservatism, and remains highly
influential in contemporary politics.
Commentary 1948-2007 AP 2 Com
Published by the American Jewish Committee, this magazine has been one of the most influential
engines neo-conservatism in modern American politics.
Public Interest 1965-1998 HY 110 Pub
This is an influential magazine in modern American conservatism.
The Sunday New York Times, AN 1256, latest two years only, recent issues in the
newspapers area
The International Herald Tribune, latest two years only, AN 1256 INT, latest issues
in the newspapers area
New York Times Book Review, 2000-present, AN 1256, recent issues in newspaper
area
Ramparts 1972-1975 AP 2 RAM
A radical, underground paper of feminists and the left.
Time 1943-1977 AP 2 Tim (some in microfilm room)
Newsweek 1968-present AP 2 New (some in microfilm room)
America: National Catholic Weekly Review 1956-1967 AP 2 Ame
American Quarterly 1990-present AP 2 AME
Atlantic Monthly 1857-present AP 2 ATL
Cultural Critique 1985-present AP 2 Cul
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Daedalus 1958-present AP 2 Dae
Dissent 1954-present AP 2 Dis
Harper’s 1850-present AP 2 Har
The Nation 1964-present AP 2 Nat (some held in microfilm room)
Neurotica 1948-1951 AP 2 New
New Masses 1926-1948 AP 2 New (microfiche, in microfilm reading room)
New Republic 1914-present AP 2 New
New York Review of Books 1963-2006 AP 2 New
New Yorker 1954-1996 AP 2 New
Noble Savage 1960-1962 AP 2 Nob
October 1989-present AP 2 Oct
Partisan Review 1934-2000 AP 2 Par
The Personalist 1961-1968 AP 2 Per
Reporter 1949-1968 AP 2 Rep
Sources in Special Collections
Harvey Matusow Archive
The material in the Matusow is separated into two collections. The first is an archive
of papers relating to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist witch-hunts of the
1950s; the second documents underground culture of New York and London in the
late 1960s and early 1970s. Matusow’s autobiography is also available in the library:
False Witness (New York: Cameron & Kahn, 1955), E743.5 Mat.
Rosey Pool Collection
Rosey Pool’s papers represented five decades of correspondence and editorial work
involving major African American writers, including Langston Hughes and W. E. B.
Du Bois. Pool also collected contemporaneous material commemorating African
American political and artistic movements.
Mass-Observation Archive
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The archive contains material that reveals how ordinary people in the United
Kingdom perceived such issues as the presence of American soldiers in this country
during the Second World War, the American war effort in Korea and the impact of
9/11.
Compiled by Dr. Clive Webb and Dr. Jarod Roll, Summer 2007, revised September
2008
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