Diplomatic Documents

The Library holds collections of the diplomatic papers of various countries, published by their respective foreign Ministries for the purpose of documenting national foreign policy.

The material is stored in the Diplomatic Documents Room and can be consulted throughout the Library's opening hours.

Photocopies of individual volumes are also permitted, subject to current copyright regulations (L. 633/41 and L. 248/00).

Australia

Open access version:
Documents on Australian Foreign Policy

Austria

Aussenpolitische Dokumente der Republik Österreich, 1918-1938 : ADÖ - closed series
Open access version:
Vols. 9-12
Print version:
Diplomatic Documents Room vols. 1-12

Österreich-Ungarns Außenpolitik von der bosnischen Krise 1908 bis zum Kriegsausbruch 1914- closed series

Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch - closed series

Die Protokolle des österreichischen Ministerrates : 1848-1867- closed series

Quellen zur deutschen Politik Österreichs : 1859-1866 - closed series

Belgium

Die Belgischen Dokumente zur Vorgeschichte des Weltkrieges : 1885-1914 - closed series

Documents Diplomatiques Belges : Série 1941-1960 - closed series

Canada

Documents on Canadian External Relations - closed series

Open access version:
1909-1962/63 (volumi 1-29)

Print version:
Sala Documenti Diplomatici 1909-1961 (volumi 1-28)

Documents relatifs aux relations entre le Canada et Terre-Neuve: 1940-1949: Confederation - closed series

France

Documents Diplomatiques Français - open series

Open access version:
Bibliothèque diplomatique numérique

Print version:
Diplomatic Documents Room:

Série 1871-1914: série 1 (1871-1900) | série 2 (1901-1911 | série 3 (1911-1914)

Das französische Gelbbuch von 1914 - closed series

Die französischen Dokumente zur Sicherheitsfrage 1919-1923 - closed series

Recueil des Traités de la France : 1813-1906
publ. sous les auspices du Ministère des affaires étrangères par M. Jules de Clerq - closed series

I (1713-1802), II (1803-1815), III (1816-1830), IV (1831-1842), V (1843-1849), VI (1850-1855)
VII (1856-1859), VIII (1860-1863), IX (1864-1867), X (1867-1872), XI (1872-1876), XII (1877-1880)
XIII (1881-1882), XIV (1883-1885), XV (suppl. 1713-1885), XVI (tables générales 1713-1885), XVII (1886-1887)
XVIII (1888-1890), XIX (1891-1893), XX (1893-1896), XXI (1897-1900), XXII (1901-1904), XXIII 1/2 (1905-1906)

Germany

Akten zur deutschen auswärtigen Politik
from 1949 the title changes in Akten zur auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - closed series

Open access version / edited by Institut für Zeitgeschichte:
1949/50-1953 ; 1961-1989

Print version:
Diplomatic Documents Room

Die auswärtige Politik Preußens : 1858-1871- closed series

Documents on German foreign policy : 1918-1945 - closed series

Dokumente der deutschen Politik : 1933-1939 - closed series

Die große Politik der europäischen Kabinette 1871-1914 - closed series

Im Dunkel der europaischen Geheimdiplomatie : Iswolskis Kriegspolitik in Paris 1911-1917 - closed series

Quellen zur deutschen Politik Österreichs : 1859-1866 - closed series

Ireland

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy - open series

Open access version:
1919 - 1951 (volumes 1-9)

Print Version:
Diplomatic Documents Room 1919-1957 (volumes 1-13)

Israel

Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel - closed series

Istria

Codice Diplomatico Istriano - closed series

Italy

Documenti Diplomatici Italiani - open series

Open access version:
Farnesina - Ministero degli Affari Esteri: dalla serie I (1861-1870) alla serie XI (1948-1953)

Print Version:
Sala Documenti Diplomatici

A) Complete Series

1st Series (1861-1870)
2nd Series (1870-1896)
5th Series (1914-1918)
7th Series (1922-1935)
8th Series (1935-1939)
9th Series (1939-1943)
10th Series (1943-1948)

B) SERIES BEING COMPLETED

3rd Series (1896-1907)
4th Series (1908-1914)
6th Series (1918-1922)
11th Series (1948-1953)

C) SERIES IN PROGRESS

12th Series (1953-1958)

Italian Diplomatic Documents on Armenia - open series

Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919-1939 - closed series

Documents on British Policy Overseas - open series

Documents on International Affairs : 1928-1963 - closed series

Survey of International Affairs : 1920-1962 - closed series

Weekly Political Intelligence Summaries : 1 Oct. 1939 - Nov. 1947 - closed series

Romania

Documente Diplomatice Române - Serie 1- 3

The Holy See

Actes et documents du Saint-Siège relatifs à la période de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale - closed series

Open access version:

Holy See Archives - vols. 1-11

Print Version:

Diplomatic Documents Room - vols. 1-11

Serbia

Die auswärtige Politik Serbiens : 1903-1914 - closed series

The Unites States of America

Documents on American Foreign Relations 1938-1953; 1955-1964 - closed series

1938-1953
1955-1964

Foreign Relations of the United States - open series

Open Access electronic version (Not complete - currently being updated):
U.S. Department of State : 1861-

Print Version : Diplomatic Documents Room 1919-1976

1919-1945 (set up catalogue search in GalileoDiscovery)

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952-1954

1955-1957

1958-1960

1961-1963

Public papers of the Presidents of the United States - open series

Open Access Electronic Version - from H. Hoover to W. J. Clinton (except for F.D. Roosevelt, searchable only by the index) : HATHI TRUST Digital Library
Open Access Electronic Version - from H. Hoover to B. H. Obama (except for F.D. Roosevelt) : U.S. Government Printing Office
Print Version - from H. Hoover to R. Reagan: Diplomatic Documents Room

Switzerland

Documents Diplomatiques Suisses - open series

Print Version series 1848 - 8th may 1945 Diplomatic Documents Room - closed series
Open access Version 1848-1946 : Swiss Federal Archives
Open access Version 1848-1978 | 1990 : Databases DoDiS

Soviet Union

The Communist International 1919-1943 : documents - closed series

Documents on Polish-Soviet relations : 1939-1945 - closed series

Die Internationalen Beziehungen im Zeitalter des Imperialismus - closed series

Soviet documents on foreign policy : 1917-1941 - closed series

Miscellaneous

Dictionnaire Diplomatique edited by Academie Diplomatique Internationale - closed series

Vols. 1-7

Nouveau recueil général de traités et autres actes relatifs aux rapports de droit international
Continuation du grand recueil de G. Fr. de Martens - closed series

3. Série: vol. IX - XLI Diplomatic Documents Room
3. Série: vol. 1909-1944 PDF version in HeinOnline database - via the University intranet (on-campus) and remote locations (off-campus)

Trial of the Major War Criminals : Nuremberg, 14 Nov. 1945 - 1 Oct. 1946 - closed series

Open access version / edited by the Library of Congress, Federal Research Division: vols. 1-42
Print Version volumes 1-42: Sala Documenti Diplomatici

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