Spanning from 1947 to the early 90s, the Archive specializes in Foreign Policy. The archive is arranged in 12 complete collections and contains photographic reproductions of declassified documents. The Digital National Security Archive is a proprietary database and is available to Duke students, staff and faculty and other subscribers. This journal covers documents from 1861 but only 1945 to 1968 is available online. The print version is available in the Public Documents department in the basement of Perkins.
Many government departments have online reading rooms featuring popular declassified documents.
Central Intelligence Agency - searchable archive of documents declassified since November 1996. A collection of selected declassified documents with links to other relevant government collections. A guide to the various reading rooms in this large department. Finally, there are many resources for finding declassified documents in our print and microfilm collections. For more information, contact the Public Documents department .