Office of the Historian

Quarterly Release of Newly Digitized Foreign Relations Volumes

September 6, 2017

The Department of State today announces the release of thirty-two volumes from the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the official documentary record of U.S. foreign relations. These thirty-two volumes cover events that took place between 1920 and 1941 and were originally published in print between 1935 and 1943.

Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1920–1941

  1. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1920, Volume I.
  2. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1920, Volume II.
  3. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1920, Volume III.
  4. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1921, Volume I.
  5. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1921, Volume II.
  6. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1922, Volume I.
  7. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1922, Volume II.
  8. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume I.
  9. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume II.
  10. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1924, Volume I.
  11. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1924, Volume II.
  12. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925, Volume I.
  13. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925, Volume II.
  14. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1926, Volume I.
  15. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1926, Volume II.
  16. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1927, Volume I.
  17. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1927, Volume II.
  18. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1927, Volume III.
  19. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1928, Volume I.
  20. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1928, Volume II.
  21. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1928, Volume III.
  22. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1929, Volume I.
  23. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II.
  24. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1929, Volume III.
  25. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1930, Volume I.
  26. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1930, Volume II.
  27. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1930, Volume III.
  28. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1931, Volume I.
  29. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1930, Volume II.
  30. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1931, The Far East, Volume III.
  31. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Japan, 1931–1941, Volume I.
  32. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Japan, 1931–1941, Volume II.

Today’s release is part of the Office of the Historian’s ongoing project, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, to digitize the entire Foreign Relations series. The University graciously provided high quality scanned images of each printed book, which the Office further digitized to create a full text searchable edition. These volumes are available online and as free ebooks at the Office of the Historian’s website (https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments).