Information in the Organizational History section was gathered from material within the Council's records (notably historical information from the Administration Series and Annual Reports from the Publications Series), as well as the Council on Foreign Relations' website, www.cfr.org . Of special interest are the annual reports, located at http://www.cfr.org/about/annual_report/ and Peter Grouse's Continuing the Inquiry: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921-1996, located at http://www.cfr.org/about/history/cfr/ .

Accruals are expected from the Council on Foreign Relations on an annual basis.

Portions of the Council's records from 1921-1951, include Conferences, Study Groups, Meetings, and the War and Peace Project, are also available on microfiche at Princeton's Firestone Library [MICROFICHE 1637]. The creation of this microfiche was conducted between the University Publications of America and the Council on Foreign Relations and did not involve Princeton University. A guide is available, see Film B Uncataloged box for microfiche 1637 at Firestone Microforms Services (Film). Additionally, many of the Council's reports are available in published form. Please consult the Princeton University Library online catalog for available published reports.

Portions of the Council's audio records described in the Sound Recordings Series have been digitized as part on an ongoing project. Contact the library for additional details.

A paper version of the "Records of Groups Index," covering the years 1922-1973, is available at the Mudd Manuscript Library.

The collection was deposited at the Library in 1998 . Title and custody of the collection were formally transferred to Princeton in 2002 . Small transfers of more recent records occur annually.

A box containing recordings of interviews from the Council's Broadcast Media Project on minicassette was discovered at the Mudd Library and added to the collection in 2015 [ML.2015.023].

The Council on Foreign Relations Studies Department Records form part of the The Council on Foreign Relations Records (collection MC104). A Finding Aid for the entire collection is available online: Council on Foreign Relations Records Finding Aid .

The Meetings Records of the Council on Foreign Relations are described in a separate finding aid: Council on Foreign Relations Meetings Finding Aid .

Digital sound recordings of some Council meetings are available online. The digital recordings of meeting are described in a separate finding aid: Council on Foreign Relations Digital Sound Recordings Finding Aid .

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

This collection was processed by Mudd Library Staff including Jennifer Cole, Dan Santamaria, Kristine Marconi, Joanna Peery Polyn, Jennifer Walele, Stasia Karel, Helene Van Rossum, and Princeton University student workers from 2003-2006 . Finding aid written by Jennifer Cole in 2006 .

Researchers interested in the Council on Foreign Relations may also wish to consult the interview transcripts from Columbia University's Council on Foreign Relations Visual Oral History Project .

No information about appraisal is available for this collection.

People

• Keller, Kenneth H.
• Maxwell, Kenneth (1941)
• Murphy, Richard W. (Richard William) (1929)
• Siegman, Henry
• Whittaker, Jennifer

Subject

• Economic history. -- 20th century
• International relations. -- 20th century
• World politics. -- 20th century

Place

• United States -- Foreign economic relations.
• United States -- Foreign relations. -- 20th century

Publisher

Public Policy Papers

Finding Aid Author

Jennifer Cole

Finding Aid Date

2007

Sponsor

Funding for the digitization of records in this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Access Restrictions

All Council on Foreign Relations records are closed for 25 years after the date of their creation.

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