Seeking Records of 1st - 10th International Conferences of American States

Dear Mr. Dudant,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located 67 record series in the Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions (Record Group 43) that were created by the U.S. delegations to the International Conferences of American States. None of these records are available online. Only 158 items from Record Group 43 have been digitized and can be viewed through the Catalog but none relate to these conferences.

The staff of the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) will be pleased to make the finding aids to these records available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room located 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, near the University of Maryland--College Park campus. The Textual Research Room (Room 2000) hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. The RDT2 consultation room hours are 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. No appointment is necessary. Prior to your visit, please consult College Park websites at https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/,  https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/self-service-copying.html, and https://www.archives.gov/research/start/getting-started.pdf.

We searched online and located The International conferences of American states, 1889-1928; a collection of the conventions, recommendations, resolutions, reports, and motions adopted by the first six International Conferences of the American States, and documents relating to the organization of the conferences, / edited, with an introduction, by James Brown Scott; and The International Conferences of American States First Supplement 1933-1940 at HathiTrust.

We also searched the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series published online by the Department of State’s Office of the Historian and located 492 references to "International Conference of American States" and 26 references to "International Conferences of American States."

You may also wish to contact the Organization of American States’ Columbus Memorial Library.

We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!