US State Department Files on Russia and the Soviet Union, 1914-1966

Hollis Titles, Call Numbers, and Finding Aids

Confidential US Diplomatic Post Records: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1914-1941
Film A 489.1 in Lamont basement. Finding Aids are books with call number Index Film A489.1 shelved in Lamont basement (3 volumes, covering 1914-1918, 1919-1935, and 1934-1941 respectively). These books are organized by document type ("Commerce, commercial relations"; "Charities"; "Residence, Trade and Travel") and year, with a brief description of each document and its length in pages.

Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of the Soviet Union
Film S 1040 (T1249) covers 1930-1939; Film S 1040 (T1250) covers 1940-1944. This title probably duplicates some documents of "Confidential US Diplomatic Post Records" above. I was unable to locate a finding aid for this set of documents.

Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
Film S 1040 (T1241) covers 1930-1939; Film S 1040 (T1242) covers 1940-1944. This title probably duplicates some documents of "Confidential US Diplomatic Post Records" above. I was unable to locate a finding aid for this set of documents.

Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between the Soviet Union and other states
Film S 1040 (T1247) covers 1930-1939; Film S 1040 (T1248) covers 1940-1944. This title probably duplicates some documents of "Confidential US Diplomatic Post Records" above. I was unable to locate a finding aid for this set of documents.

Confidential US State Department Central Files: Soviet Union
Film A575.1 in microfilm cage in Lamont basement. Printed finding aids (Index Film A575.1, in the Lamont basement shelved with other bound microfilm finding guides) are organized as follows:

Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs of USSR, 1945-1949 (one volume)

Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs, 1950-1954 (one volume)

Internal Affairs, 1955-1959 (one volume)

Foreign Affairs, 1955-1959 (one volume)

Internal Affairs, 1960-1963 (one volume)

Foreign Affairs, 1960-1963 (one volume)

Political, Government, and National Defense Affairs, 1963-1966 (one volume)

Each volume of the finding aids includes:

1. A reel by reel enumeration of document numbers organized by date and very general topic summary (i.e. "Military Affairs: Army Maneuvers" or "Political Affairs".

2. A fairly detailed subject index showing documents dealing with a specific subject.