United States and the Cold War Research Guide

Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, this online archive is extensive and especially notable for including English-translations of documents from Soviet-bloc countries.

Sponsored by the Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School, the Avalon Project hosts thousands of historical primary source documents, including a strong collection on the Cold War.

The National Archives and Records Administration supervises the Presidential Libraries, most of which now provide online access to selected documents. For example, see the Eisenhower Library’s online collection on the U-2 Spy Plane Incident.

Sponsored by George Washington University, the National Security Archive hosts thousands of declassified documents.

Drawing from the records of the U.S. State Department, the FRUS series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.