Archives & Archival Catalogs (a selected list, see this site for a much more extensive listing).

Archives Made Easy, an online guide to archives around the world with useful trip reports. Hosted by the International History department at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

United States (US)

• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)- Searchable database of collections held by archives across the US. An excellent resource maintained by the Library of Congress.
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)- The US federal records agency administers the following:
  • The National Archives- Archives I in DC and Archives II at College Park, Maryland
  • Presidential Libraries, including Nixon Presidential Materials
  • Various regional archival facilities
  • Archival Research Catalog (ARC), the online catalog of NARA materials
  • Access to Archival Databases (AAD), allows search of some of NARAs electronic resource holdings.
• Library of Congress- Extensive collections including papers of various govermental officials.
• National Security Archive (at George Washington University)- Declassified documents.
• Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University- For foreign relations scholars, the extensive Public Policy Papers collection at the Mudd Library are of particular interest and include the Council on Foreign Relations and Dulles papers.

United Kingdom (UK)

• The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)- Located in Kew (outside central London), the former PRO is a major resource not only for scholars of the UK, but also of the US and Commonwealth nations.
  • The Catalogue (formerly PROCAT)- Database of National Archives collections; allows pre-ordering with a valid reader's ticket (user card).
• Databases for UK archival collections- Lists various searchable databases of UK archival collections including the National Register of Archives and A2A- Access to Archives databases.
• Churchill Archives Centre- The home of Winston Churchill's papers and other related records. Located at Churchill College, Cambridge, England.
• Bodleian Library, University of Oxford- Extensve manuscript collections, including Modern Political Papers and the Conservative Party Archive.
• Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. As the name suggests, modern records (primarily from the mid-19th century onwards) with a particular emphasis on the history of industrial relations, industrial politics, and labour history.

Canada

• Library and Archives Canada consisting of the former National Archives of Canada (Archives Canada), the central repository for Canadian federal government records, and the former National Library of Canada, whose holdings include an extensive collection of Canadian newspapers. Located in central Ottawa.
  • The Archives Search portion of Federated Search is the catalog of the archival materials at Library and Archives Canada.
  • AMICUS catalogs the holdings of the National Library as well as other Canadian libraries.
  • The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online profiles a number of leading Canadians.
  • Cabinet Conclusions (of the Canadian Cabinet) from 1944-1976 are available online in digital format.
• Archives Canada (Canadian Archival Information Network)- This Web site developed by the Canadian Council of Archives includes a searchable database of Canadian archival collections.
• Department of Foreign Affairs: The Department in History- Includes a brief history of the department and links to selected volumes of the Documents on Canadian Foreign Relations (DCER) series, lists of diplomatic heads of posts and consul generals, scholarly papers, and departmental historians.

Germany

• Bundesarchiv- Archive of the Federal Republic of Germany
• H-German Archive Information page

France

• French Diplomatic Archives (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Interviews with Scholars on Topics in French History from 1815-2003
• Institute of Historical Reserarch Book Reviews (includes reviews on topics other than France)
• Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent (Links page)
• H-France Archive Information page

Dissertations

• UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations- Centralized database of dissertations (US and Canadian).
• Theses Canada- Allows searching for Canadian dissertations. Also contains free access to full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations that were published from the beginning of 1998 to August 31, 2002.

• Diplomatic History - official journal of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)
• Journal of Cold War Studies (JCWS)- produced by the Harvard Project on Cold War Studies (HPCWS)
• Cold War History- housed at the LSE Cold War Studies Centre
• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) Bulletin- recently released and translated documents.

Professional Organizations

• Society for Historians of Foreign Relations (SHAFR)
• Society for Military History (SMH)
• Peace History Society

Institutions, Centers, and other Research Organizations

• Cold War International History Project (Woodrow Wilson Center)
• Center for Russian and East European Studies (University of Virginia)
• Center for Cold War Studies (CCWS) (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• German Historical Institute (Washington, DC)
• LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) Cold War Studies Centre
• George Washington (University) Cold War Group (GWCW)
• Mershon Network of International Historians (MNIH)
• Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)

Guides to Doing Research

• The “New Cold War History” Handbook
• "Untangling the Web of Cold War Studies or, How One Historian Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Internet"
• Archives Made Easy (LSE) — (also cross-listed above under "Archives" )
• Marc Trachtenberg's "Doing Cold War History: A Practical Guide"
• Appendices I (Identifying the Scholarly Literature) and II (Working with Primary Sources) to Marc Trachtenberg, The Craft of International History, Princeton University Press, 2006.

Directories

• US Diplomatic History Resources Index