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African, Asian, and Middle Eastern history microforms

This is an index to the library's African, Asian, and Middle Eastern history microfilms and microfiche. For location info, see using microforms.

Guides are usually on top of the cabinet above their respective microforms unless stated otherwise.

Africa

Africa, 1941-1961 ( O.S.S./State Department intelligence and research reports 13)
Micro- film 5105 and guide

Africa, 1946-76 (CIA Reports)
Micro- film 7189

Africa, Special Studies, 1962-1980
Micro- film 7026

Africa Through Western Eyes: manuscript records of traders, travelers, soldiers, missionaries and diplomats in Africa (manuscripts and diaries, 1985-1960)
Micro- film 7686
Online guide, reel 1 & online guide, reel 2

CIA Research Reports - Africa, 1946-1976
Micro- film 7179

Church Missionary Society Archive. Section IV: Africa Missions, pts. 16-23
Available from the Center for Research Libraries. Request via interlibrary loan.

  • Part 16: South Africa, 1836-1843, Kenya, 1841-1888, and Nyanza, 1876-1882
  • Part 17: Kenya, 1880-1934
  • Part 18: Kenya, 1880-1934
  • Part 19: Tanganyika, 1900-1934, Nyanza, 1880-1886, and Rwanda, 1933-1934
  • Part 20: Uganda, 1898-1934
  • Part 21: Kenya, 1935-1949
  • Part 22: Uganda, 1898-1934
  • Part 23: Uganda, Tanganyika and Rwanda, 1935-1949

Despatches from the United States Consuls in:

  • Algiers, 1785-1906: Micro- film 7387
  • Boma, 1888-1895: Micro- film 7468
  • Goree-Dakar, Senegal, 1883-1906: Micro- film 7458
  • Grand Bassa, Liberia, 1868-1882: Micro- film 7449
  • Mozambique, 1854-1898: Micro- film 7459
  • Sierra Leone, 1858-1906: Micro- film 7462
  • St. Paul de Loanda, 1954-1893, Angola: Micro- film 7460
  • Tamatave, 1853-1906, Madagascar: Micro- film 7454
  • Tangier, 1794-1906, Morocco: Micro- film 7385
  • Zaire: Micro- film 7468

Despatches from United States Ministers to:

  • Liberia, 1863-1906; Micro- film 7452
  • Morocco, 1905-6; Micro- film 7384
  • Zanzibar, 1836-1908; Micro- film 7461

International Congress of Africanist 3rd 1973 Addis Ababa
Micro- film 7088

The Slave Trade, 1858-1892: British Foreign Office, Collection 541, Confidential Print Series
Micro- film 2937

Asia

British Foreign Office: Japan Correspondence, 1856-1948
Micro- film 4798
Guide: DA 47.9.J3 B74 1975, Main Reference

Daily Summary of Japanese Press, by the U.S. Embassy
Micro- film 4801

Documents on Contemporary China, 1949-1975: A Selected Research Collection in Microfiche/Red Guard Translations
Micro- fiche 258

Foreign Office Files: United States of America. Series Two: Vietnam, 1959-1975. Part 4, Vietnam 1959-1975 and Part Five, Vietnam, 1964-1966.
Available from the Center for Research Libraries. Request via interlibrary loan.

Japan through Western Eyes: manuscript records of traders, travelers, missionaries and diplomats, 1853-1941. (Online guide reel)
Micro- film 7652

Japan and its occupied territories during World War II (OSS/State Dept. Intelligence Rept.)
Micro- film 4723 and guide

The Johnson Administration and Pacification in Vietnam: The Robert Komer-William Lenhart Files, 1966-1968
Micro- film 7417

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files, 1963-1969

  • Asia and the Pacific: Micro- film 7515, reels 1-15 and guide
  • Asia and the Pacific, First supplement: Micro- film 7516, reels 1-12
  • Vietnam: Micro- film 7517, reels 1-17 and guide
  • Vietnam, First supplement: Micro- film 7518, reels 1-18
  • Vietnam, Second supplement: Micro- film 7715, reels 1-33
  • Vietnam, Special subjects: Micro- film 7519, reels 1-36 and guide

Minutes, 1916-1930; Annual Reports, 1911-1930 (Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. India/Pakistan Mission)
Micro- film 6693

The Occupation of Japan
Micro- fiche 1402

  • Part I: U.S. Planning Documents, 1942-45
  • Part 2: U.S. and Allied policy, 1945-1952
  • Part 3: Reform, recovery and peace, 1945-1952

The Oriental Question, 1840-1900: files from the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle
Micro- film 7442 reels 1-38 and guide

Postwar Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia (OSS/State Dept. Intelligence Report)
Micro- film 4724

Political Reorientation of Japan
Micro- film 7436

Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Korea, 1910-1929
Micro- film 2122

Records of the Office of Chinese Affairs 1945-55
Micro- film 7441
Guide: 03430 8919, 03430 8950

Records of the US Department of State Relating to the Internal Affairs of Japan

  • 1950-1954: Micro- film 7444
  • 1955-1959: Micro- film 7440

Guide: 03430 8893, 03430 8901

Records of the US Department of State Relating to Political Relations between the US and Japan

  • 1950-1954: Micro- film 7438; Guide 03430 8851, 03430 8869
  • 1955-1959: Micro- film 7439; Guide 03430 8877, 03430 8885

The Saionji-Harada Memoirs [1930-1940]: Civil Intelligence Section Special report
Micro- film 4914

Middle East

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe
Micro- film 7429, Reels 1-2 03430 8836
Guide: 03430 8844

Despatches from U.S. Consuls in:

  • Algiers, 1785-1906: Micro- film 7387
  • Tangier, 1797-1906: Micro- film 7385
  • Tenerife, 1795-1906: Micro- film 7014
  • Tetuan, 1877-1888: Micro- film 7380
  • Tunis, 1797-1906: Micro- film 7386

Despatches from U.S. Ministers to:

  • Morocco, 1905-1906: Micro- film 7384

Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1980
Micro- fiche 1843
Guide: E 183.8 I7 I73 1990, Main Reference

The Middle East (OSS/State Dept. Intelligence and Research Reports, Part VII)
Micro- film 4725

The Middle East, 1950-1961 supplement (OSS/State Dept. Intelligence and Research Report)
Micro- film 2956 and guide

The Mission of Arthur C. Millspaugh to Iran, 1943-1945
Micro- film 4741

Records of the US Consulate in Jerusalem, Palestine, confidential correspondence, 1920-1935
Micro- film 7435

  • reel 1: 03430 8687
  • reel 2: 03430 8695
  • reel 3: 03430 8703

Sources for the History of the British in the Middle East, 1800-1978
Micro- fiche 894

Transcripts of the Trial in the Case of the Attorney-General of the Government of Israel v. Adolf, the son of Adolf Karl Eichmann, in the District Court of Jerusalem
Micro- fiche 80