Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 (Adam Matthew Digital)
Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 (Adam Matthew Digital)
Offers digital access to the Confidential Print series issued by the British Government for distribution to members of the Foreign Office, Cabinet, and British diplomatic missions abroad. The series encompasses essential documents issued or received by the British Foreign and Colonial Offices. Files include dispatches reports, political summaries, economic analyses, and profiles of leading political personalities. The collection comprises documents on the United States, Canada, and the English-speaking Caribbean (see Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969 for coverage of the French- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean). Topics covered include slavery, Prohibition, World War I and II, racial segregation, the League of Nations, McCarthyism, and the nuclear bomb, all from the perspective of British government officials. Sourced from the originals in the collections of The National Archives in Kew.