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

Location: Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706-1417

Description: The American Federation of Labor is composed of national and international unions, which are organized on craft lines, such as carpenters or machinists. Records include files of AFL Presidents Samuel Gompers and William Green; files of various AFL officials and departments; and general files on federal and state legislation, industry and labor developments, strikes and agreements, and other topics. Series 3: State Legislation Files, 1942-1951, contains correspondence of William Green, including telegrams, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other materials concerning pending bills and legislation in state legislatures, including those dealing with anti-labor laws and right to work legislation. Series 8: Files of the Director of Research, Subseries: File A: General File, contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, clippings, reports, pamphlets, and other materials relative to economic, social, and political problems of interest to Florence Thorne as Director of Research of the AFL. There are files on the Bretton Woods Agreement, Communism, Dumbarton Oaks, and Garet Garrett. Series 11: Files of the Office of the President, 1881-1952, Subseries: File B: William Green Papers, 1915-1945, contains correspondence on the subject of Mussolini.

Reference:

Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt and Carolyn J. Mattern, Social Action Collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: A Guide (Madison: The Society, 1983).

Finding aid:

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us00117a

[0100a] American Historical Manuscripts, 1765-1982

Location: Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Kent State University, 1125 Risman Dr., Kent, OH 44242

Description: This collection contains miscellaneous historical manuscripts by Americans. Files on Charles Austin Beard, William Edgar Borah, Calvin Coolidge, Hamilton Fish, Gerald R. Ford, Herbert Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Henry Louis Mencken, Ronald Reagan, and Eddie Rickenbacker.

Finding aid:

http://www.library.kent.edu/american-historical-manuscripts

[0100b] American Immigration and Citizenship Conference records, 1932-1968, SW 128

Location: Social Welfare History Archives, 320 Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, 222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Description: The American Immigration and Citizenship Conference (AICC) was formed in 1960 as a result of the merger of the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship (NCNC) and the American Immigration Conference (AIC). AICC served as a clearinghouse of information and coordinated activities for organizations and agencies committed to reforming immigration policy. Its efforts were recognized as influential in shaping the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. In 1982, AICC became a part of the National Immigration Forum. Series 1. National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship 1932-1960. Series 1.7. Subject Files, contains a file on McCarran-Walter Act and Refugee Relief Act 1953. Series 2. American Immigration Conference (AIC) 1954-1961. Series 2.2. Board and Committee Materials. [Subseries] Committee on Legislation 1952-1963, contains a file on McCarran-Walter Act 1952-1960. Series 3.2. Committee Structure 1957-1968. [Subseries] Committee on Legislation 1957-1968, contains files on Legislation 1960-1964; Legislation 1961-1962; HR 6300, Walter Bill 1961; Hart Bill 1962; Hart Bill S 747 1963; Rep. Michael A. Feighan; and Fact Sheet: "The Immigration Act of 1965. Public Law 89-236" June 17, 1966. Series 3.7. Non-Government Agencies, contains a file on Organizations not Sympathetic 1962. The series Publications and Print Materials 1946-1969, contains a copy of "Communist Political Subversion: The Campaign to Destroy the Security Programs of the United States Government," Committee on Un-American Activities 1957, and a file on Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives 1950-1958.

Finding aid:

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/sw0128.xml

[0101] American Immigration Conference Board Records, 1929-1939, MS 614

Location: Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, 128 Wall Street, P.O. Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520

Description: The American Immigration Conference Board Papers, taken from the files of the periodical Uncensored, consists of the correspondence, writings, and printed materials relating to the question of the immigration and deportation of aliens. Active in the late 1930s, the aims of the American Immigration Conference Board (AICB) were to severely limit immigration, both legal and illegal, limit relief benefits only to United States citizens, deport alien criminals and aliens who were continuously on relief, and to "give American Jobs to Americans First." The AICB accordingly gave support to the Reynolds-Starnes Bills, sponsored by Congressman Joe Starnes and Senator Robert R. Reynolds, and opposed passage of the Dies Alien Deportation Bill, which permitted a number of aliens, otherwise subject to deportation, to remain in the United States. The AICB was also strongly anti-Communist. Series I. Correspondence, contains correspondence between officials of the AICB (in particular John Cecil, the president, and Lester M. Gray, the executive secretary) and members of the public who sponsored their policies. Series III. Writings and Publications, contains addresses by Allied Patriotic Societies Inc., Hon. William E. Borah, John Cecil, Hon. Martin Dies, and Senator Robert R. Reynolds. Publications derive from "America in Danger!", The American Coalition, American Nationalist Press, American School of Christian Democracy, Defenders of the Constitution, Inc., Robert Edward Edmondson, German American Bund (Fritz Kuhn, Chairman), Hearings before the Special Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives (Statement of Walter S. Steele), League for Constitutional Government, League for Sound Americanism Inc., and John B. Snow.

Finding aids:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0614

http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedora/get/mssa:ms.0614/PDF

[0102] Records of the American Jewish Committee, Alphabetical Files (GEN-12), 1924-1981 (bulk 1933-1962), RG 347.17.12

Location: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

Description: This collection consists of general reference files from the New York City headquarters of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Materials originated in various AJC departments and were maintained by a Central Records office until 1962, when records retention policy was decentralized. Document types include correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and published materials concerning individuals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations related to the work of the AJC. Files on Einar Åberg, All American Conference to Combat Communism, Frank Altschul, America Plus, Inc., American Action, Inc., American Nationalist Party, American Mercury, American Legion, George W. Armstrong Foundation, Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr., John O. Beaty (Iron Curtain Over America/Darlington), John Birch Society, John Birch Society— Robert Welch, Boris Brasol, Christian Front, Christian Anti-Communism Crusade, Upton Close, Committee for Constitutional Government, Congress of Freedom, Crusade for Freedom, George W. Ebey, Béla Fábián, Facts Forum, Henry Ford, Ford Foundation — Fund for the Republic, Ford Foundation, Foreign Policy Association, Benjamin H. Freedman, Freedom House, Merwin K. Hart, Prof. William E. Hocking, Henry Hoke, Joseph Kamp, Ku Klux Klan, Ku Klux Klan — Father Foley, Alfred M. Lilienthal, Charles Lindbergh, Henry Cabot Lodge, General Douglas MacArthur, Senator Joseph McCarthy — "McCarthyism Under the Magnolias", Senator Joseph McCarthy — Polls, Conde McGinley — Common Sense, Minute Women of America, Minutemen, Moral Re-Armament, Felix Morley (Human Events), Merwin K. Hart — National Economic Council, National Council for American Education, National States Rights Party, National Association for the Advancement of White People, Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, John O'Donnell, Westbrook Pegler, Congressman John Rankin, Red Channels, George Lincoln Rockwell — American National Socialist White Peoples Party (Investigative), George Lincoln Rockwell, George Lincoln Rockwell — American Nazi Party (Investigative), Rabbi Benjamin Schultz, Fred C. Schwarz, Gerald L. K. Smith, George Sokolsky, Senator Jack Tenney, Father Arthur W. Terminiello, Dorothy Thompson, United States Government — States Rights (Interposition), United States Government — Loyalty and Security Program — McCarthyism, United States Government — Congress — Committee on Communist Aggression (House), United States Government — Tax Exemption — Reece Committee, United States Government — Loyalty and Security Program — McCarthyism — Roy Cohn, United States Government — Committees — House Un-American Activities Committee, Congressman Harold H. Velde, Edwin A. Walker, White Citizens Council, Gerald Winrod, Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense, and Allen Zoll.