Primary WWII Sources at Alma

Primary Sources on the Second World War In Alma College Library

(including official histories and general reference works)

 Composed by Dr Furlong, Updated in 2007

Download Sources Overview PDF (50 pages)

Download Microfilm Overview PDF (13 pages)

Brief outline of subject areas referenced in sources document:

I. GENERAL AND GUIDES
a) Bibliographies, Encyclopedias and General Reference Books
b) British Public Record Office Guides

II. GREAT BRITAIN
a) Official Records of War Cabinet
b) Other Official Civilian/Diplomatic Records
c) Prime Ministers: Chamberlain and Churchill
d) Other Diplomatic and Civilian Records
e) Military, Secret Service and Home Guard Records
        i. Conventional Military Forces,
        ii. Unconventional Warfare, Special Services, Intelligence and the Home Front
f.) Official Histories

III. FRANCE

IV.GERMANY
a) Government and Party Records
b) Personal Records (Civilian)
    i. Adolf Hitler
    ii. Other Senior Government Officials
    iii. German Resistance Figures
    v. Other- General v. Other- Holocaust)
c) Military Records
d) Records of War Crimes Trials and Postwar Military Government
e) Official Histories

XX. UNITED STATES
a) Microfilm Collections [474 reels]
    i. Roosevelt Office Files
        Part 1: “Safe” and Confidential Files. 22 reels.
        Part 2: Diplomatic Correspondence File. 36 reels.
        Part 3: Departmental Correspondence File. 39 reels.
        Part 4: Subject Files. 45 reels.
        Part 5: The John Franklin Carter Files on German Nazi Party Members. 25 reels.
    ii. Map Room Files (Complete in 6 parts; 101 reels; printed guide for each part)
    iii. Other Military Records and Records of the High Command
    iv. State Department Records
    v. Records of Other Government Officials
b) Official Diplomatic Records (Print)
c) The Presidency: Roosevelt and Truman
d) Private Diplomatic and Governmental Records (Civilian)
e) Military Records
    i. Individual Records
    ii. Other Records