Archie Henderson - Conservatism, the Right Wing, and the Far Right - A Guide to Archives

Finding aids:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00017.xml

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=right&docId=vcu-cab%2Fvircu00017.xml&chunk.id=

[0090] American Civil Liberties Union Washington, D.C. Office Records, 1948-1970, MC190

Location: American Civil Liberties Union Washington, D.C. Office Records; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library, 2001 Princeton University Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

Description: The ACLU is a leading defender of civil liberties in the United States. Founded in 1920, it has been the recipient of sharp criticism for its willingness to defend unpopular causes and has participated in a majority of the landmark cases to come before the Supreme Court in the twentieth century. This collection consists of the papers received and generated by the staff of the Washington, D.C. Office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) during the 1950s and 1960s.Series 1, Irving Ferman Records, 1948-1959, documents Irving Ferman's tenure as director of the ACLU's Washington, D.C. Office. The Legislative Investigating Committees section contains records related to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) and several folders on U.S. v. Lattimore, a case in which Owen Lattimore was charged with perjury for having falsely represented his Communist associations. The Civil Rights section, 1953-1959, documents the Washington Office's involvement with school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas, Equal Rights Amendment, and opposition to the Bricker Amendment. The Rights of Mentally Ill section, 1955-1958, contains a file on Ezra Pound. The Loyalty/Security section, 1948-1965, contains a file on a Gwinn Amendment test case. Series 2, Lawrence Speiser Records, 1951-1970, relates to his work in Washington, D.C., and in San Francisco in connection with the National ACLU and the Northern California affiliate. The Voting Rights section, 1960-1966, contains files on Literacy Tests and poll taxes and several folders on reapportionment and the Dirksen Amendment. The Court Proceedings section, 1959-1969, contains a file on Edwin A. Walker: Psychiatric Exam, 1963. The Military Justice section, 1955-1970, contains a file on Right Wing Speech: Edwin A. Walker. The Assembly & Public Protest section, 1964-1969, contains a file on Koel v. Resor regarding the defense of the American Nazi Party's right to wear their uniforms at the burial of George Lincoln Rockwell in a national cemetery. The Loyalty and Security section, 1952-1969, contains files on test cases about the requirement of an oath for tenants to live in public housing (part of the Gwinn Amendment) and on Otto Otepka.

Finding aids:

http://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/MC190

http://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/MC190.pdf

[0091] American Committee for Cultural Freedom Records, 1939-1957, TAM.023

Location: Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University Libraries, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

Description: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom was formed in the 1950s as an affiliate of the International Congress for Cultural Freedom and membership included prominent liberal and leftist artists and intellectuals across a broad political spectrum. The group's activity involved the organization and execution of numerous anti-Communist campaigns and programs. Series III: American Committee for Cultural Freedom. Subseries A: Correspondence, General, contains correspondence with Aware, Inc., Whittaker Chambers, Ford Foundation, Fund for the Republic, Sidney Hook, Irving Kristol/Encounter, George S. Schuyler, and Peter Viereck. Subseries F: Public Activities. Sub-subseries 1: Topics, includes a file on Facts Forum Radio Show Proposal (Protest) (1954). Sub-subseries 2: Individuals' Cases, contains files on William Buckley/Haverford News Case (Ethical Issue) (1955) [Buckley spoke before the Forum for Free Speech at Haverford, Mar. 14, 1955], Milovan Djilas Case (Arrest and Book Burning) (1956), Alfred Lilienthal Case (Radio Program Cancellation) (1954), and Ezra Pound Case (Institutionalization) (1955). Sub-subseries 3: Miscellaneous, has files on McCarthy and the Communists: Book Reviews and Notices (1954), Alfred Kohlberg Correspondence (1954), and Owen Lattimore Libel Charges (1955). Subseries H: Miscellaneous Activities, has a file on Owen Lattimore Case (Protest Against New Republic Article Supporting Lattimore) (1954-1956). Subseries J: Miscellaneous, has files on Fund for the Republic / ACCF Controversy (1956), Joseph P. Kamp Attacks on ACCF (1954), Submitted Ms.- Anthony Bouscaren (1954-1956), Submitted Ms.- Ernest van der Haag (1952-1956), Americans for Intellectual Freedom (1949), and Facts Forum (1954-1955). Restricted Material includes a file on McCarthy and the Communists: Beacon Press Contract & Correspondence (1954).

Websites with information:

http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/fa_index.html

Finding aid:

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_023/tam_023.html

[0092] American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Records, 1926-1980s, ACPFB

Location: Special Collections Library, Labadie Collection, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (South), 913 S. University Avenue, Office/Gallery 7th Floor; Reading Room 8th Floor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190

Description: The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (ACPFB) was founded in 1933 on the initiative of Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The purpose of the Committee was to defend the constitutional rights of foreign-born persons in the United States. In practice, the Committee assisted individuals facing deportation and those wishing to become naturalized citizens; it attempted to combat harassment and official persecution of the foreign-born; and it worked for the repeal or revision of legislation considered discriminatory. In the 1950s the Committee assisted individuals charged with having Communist affiliations under the Internal Security Act of 1950 (also known as the McCarran Act) or who faced denaturalization or deportation for such activities under the Walter-McCarran Immigration Act. Records include correspondence, administrative files, clippings and publicity files, subject files and case files. Series III: Publicity/Activities, 1934-1977, contains a file on Emergency Conference to Defeat the Hobbs Concentration Camp Bill, May 8, 1941. Series V: Legislation, 1930-1972, contains files on the Walter-McCarran Act. Series VII: Subject Files, 1933-ca. 1974, contains files on anti-alien writings, Fascist literature, Fascism: "This is Fascism" Pamphlet, 1942, William Randolph Hearst, House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Informers (Paul Crouch, Matthew Cvetic, Joseph Zack Kornfeder), Palmer Raids, and Tokyo Rose (Iva d'Aquino).

Websites with information:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/labadie-collection/archives-and-manuscripts-f

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclead/browse.html

Finding aid:

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclead/umich-scl-acpfb?rgn=main;view=text

[0092a] American Committee on Africa records addendum, 1949-2001 (bulk 1970-1997)

Location: Amistad Research Center, Inc., Tilton Hall, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118

Description: The American Committee on Africa (ACOA) was founded in 1953 to support liberation and anti-colonial struggles in Africa. The records addendum covers the era of Africa's liberation (independence) movements against British, Dutch, French, German, and Portuguese colonialism and their imperialistic policy toward the continent, including aspects of both settler and exploitation colonialism, mainly in the African countries of Angola, Guinea Bissau, Namibia, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and South Africa. Series 3: Research, 1949-1997. Sub-Series 2: South Africa, 1953-1997, contains files on Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging; Apartheid; Apartheid and International Law; Politics: White Nationalists; and Right Wing. Sub-Series 3: South Africa-United States, 1954-1997, contains files on Right Wing and Right Wing: Conservative Caucus. Sub-Series 4: Countries, 1949, 1961-1989, contains files on Rhodesia: Apartheid; Rhodesia: Right-Wing Government Information; and Rhodesia: United States (Right Wing Propaganda).