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Series consists of 56 overhead visuals of countries where peacekeeping has occurred in the latter half of the twentieth century. They are arranged according to geographical area and includes the following 7 files: Europe; South America; Central America and Caribbean; Middle East; Africa; India and Pakistan; and Southeast Asia. There is also a “John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition” of "Life Magazine" from 1963.

Series consists of a lecture delivered by Lester B. Pearson while he was Prime Minister of Canada, in the DAG Hammarskjöld Memorial Series at Carleton University on the 7 May 1964. The title is “Keeping the Peace” and reviews developments in the field of United Nations peace-keeping. Also includes a copy of a paper “Guidance on types of forces Canada can most readily provide for use when dealing with requests for support of the United Nations”.

Series consists of documents collected by Alan James concerning the Falkland Islands War. There are newspaper clippings and other records concerning the war, including background briefs from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London and the United Nations Information Center for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Series consists of 10 newspaper clippings from The Times concerning the resignation of Alexander Haig, the American Secretary of State in 1982. Reasons were not given for the resignation, although it was indicated that a succession of disputes over matters of key policy was the reason. Also includes a profile of the Secretary of State-Designate, George Shultz.

Series consists of notes and information from meetings and conferences attended by Alan James, often while travelling to foreign countries. Includes notes from discussions with United Nations Military Observers and peacekeeping and foreign policy experts from visits to New York, Washington and India. Also includes notes from a meeting with Mr. Edward Chaplin, Near East & North Africa Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and from conferences and a seminar/workshop attended by Alan James. All notes discuss peacekeeping and peacekeeping missions, especially UNMOGIP (United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan), UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), MFO (Multinational Force and Observers) and MNF (Multinational Force in Lebanon). Series also includes a chapter of a book and other background information on UNMOGIP.

Series consists of records relating to four countries within Asia and Asia Pacific. Records for East Timor (1975-1985), the Western Province of Paupa New Guinea (1969-1978) and Vietnam / Cambodia (1979) consist of newspaper clippings and United Nations documents. Also includes newspaper clippings of the Vietnam Supervisory Mission in 1973.

Series consists of general records related to peacekeeping collected by Alan James from 1969 to 1987. The records include newspaper clippings, magazines articles, handwritten notes, and United Nations (UN) documents giving various conflicts, situations and actions taking by the UN.

Series consists of correspondence between Alan James and various others from 1981 to 1990. His correspondents include James O.C. Jonah, Assistant Secretary-General for Field Operational and External Support Activities, and Erika G. Alin, of the National Council on US-Arab Relations (of America). All correspondence relates to peacekeeping and in particular, to the Middle East and Turkey. Aspects of the 1974 Nicosia Airport incident (United Nations Force in Cyprus – UNFICYP), the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL), and a visit made by Alan James to the UNIFIL Headquarters in Israel in 1986 are discussed.

Series consists of records collected by Alan James concerning the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) from 1979 to 1990. The Nuffield Grant obtained by Alan James in the early 1980s was used to finance an article entitled “Politics of Peacekeeping in the 1980s,” which was published in 1983. The series also contains newspaper articles about the MFO written by Alan James in 1984, as well notes from meetings with MFO personnel. The Annual Reports of the Director General of the MFO from 1983 to 1990 are also contained in the series.

Series consists of 341 prepared questions and answers for an interview series with Alan James conducted by the English PQA Radio Programme. This script was later translated into Arabic and broadcast to the Arabic world. Questions were from journalists from such countries as Jordan, Libya, Iraq and Morocco. Questions are one to two sentences long, and answers are one to two pages in length. Subjects include general information on the United Nations (UN) and international organizations such as Amnesty International and the International Court of Justice. International relations are also discussed, as well as UN organizations such as UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), incidents such as the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and personalities like Dag Hammerskjöld and Henry Kissinger. The series also contains handwritten notes by Alan James regarding an interview from 28 November 1985 with John Kenny and Col. Pete Woolley regarding the Multinational Force (MNF).

Series consists of the manuscript of Margaret Joan Anstee’s book "Orphan of the Cold War: The Story Behind the Collapse of the Angolan Peace Process, 1992-1993", published in New York by St. Martin’s Press in 1996. The author sought the advice of Alan James regarding the shortening of the book for publication. This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission (United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II)) there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence following the democratization of Portugal in 1975. After independence, disagreement emerged between Angola's main ethno-political groups which resulted in one of the most bloody civil wars the world has known. The author, the first woman to head a peacekeeping mission, intersperses personal experiences with events as they unfold, describing the sufferings of the Angolan people and analyses the reasons for the collapse of the process and the lessons for UN peacekeeping generally.

Series consists of records related to NATO meetings held in Greece, Koblenez, and NATO Headquarters in Brussels in June, October, and November (respectfully) in 1993. The material from these meetings consists of discussion papers concerning NATO and peacekeeping, as well as a few press releases. The aide-memoire and material from course eighty-three, taught at the NATO Defence College in Rome, Italy, in November of 1993, is also contained in this series.

Series consists of records related to peacekeeping collected by Alan James and organized chronologically. The records include newspaper clippings, papers, handwritten notes, correspondence, United Nations (UN) documents, and newsletters. The mains subjects are nuclear arms in North Korea and United Nations peacekeeping operations in Africa, the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia.

Series consists of records relating to peacekeeping in Grenada from 1983 to 1984 and in Haiti from 1993 to 1994. The majority of the series consists of United Nations documents and newspaper clippings.

Series consists of records relating to peacekeeping in Nicaragua from 1989 to 1994, and in El Salvador from 1990 to 1995. These records consist of newspaper clippings and United Nations documents concerning the United Nations Observer Mission to Verify the Electoral Process in Nicaragua (ONUVEN) and the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL). The series also contains of general records relating to peacekeeping in Central America and the United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) from 1987 to 1993.

Series consists of records relating to peacekeeping mission in fourteen African countries: Angola, Benin, Chad, Egypt, Republic of Guinea, Liberia, Libya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Transkei, South Africa, Western sahara and Zaire. The majority of the records consist of newspaper clippings, magazines articles, United Nations documents, correspondence and handwritten notes of Alan James.

Series consists of newspaper clippings, United Nations documents, and press releases of the Sri Lankian government, the majority of which concern the Tamil Eelam separatist movement. There are also various addresses and published works of Sri Lanakian Presidents J.R. Jayewardene and R Premadasa., President and Prime Mininser (respectively) of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Series consists of material written by Alan James between 1957 and 1998. Includes articles, book reviews, lecture texts and book chapters, which were published in a variety of peacekeeping journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Subjects covered include the United Nations generally, and specifically in relation to international relations, the Cold War and disarmament, and UN peacekeeping in general as well as specific peacekeeping operations. The series also contains two books by Alan James. Sovereign Statehood: The Basis of International Society, was published in 1986 as part of the Key Concepts in International Relations Series, and Britain and the Congo Crisis: 1960-1963 was published in 1996.

Series consists of records relating to seven countries within the Middle East collected by Alan James from 1960 to 1998. General files concerning all Middle Eastern countries contain newspaper clippings and United Nations documents from 1969 to 1995. The Iran / Iraq files contains records of the Iran and Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIMOG), records concerning the Gulf War in 1987 and 1989, the Gulf Cease Fire from 1988 to 1990 and newspaper clippings on the Iranian Airbus Incident in 1988. The records relating to peacekeeping in Lebanon constitute the majority of the series. These records relate to the Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon as well as the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The series also contains records relating to mines found in the Red Sea in 1984, and the hijacking of the Italian Cruiser “Achille Lauro” by Palestinian gunmen in 1985.

Series consists of United Nations documents relating to the break up of the Soviet Union in 1992, the subsequent Soviet states of Chechnya, Georgia, Tajikistan, and Nagorno/Karabakh. Also includes documents relating to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia and the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan. Includes letters addressed to the President of the Security Council, notes by the President of the Security Council, reports of the Secretary-General, resolutions and news summaries. There are also newspaper clippings.