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

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-mss00309

[0128] Americans for Democratic Action Records, 1932-1965, Mss 3; Micro 854

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

Description: Records of the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), founded in 1947 as a national, independent, liberal organization, and of its predecessor, the Union for Democratic Action, founded in 1941 to combat fascism at home and abroad. Included are correspondence, minutes, reports, membership and financial records, press releases, clippings, and mimeographed and printed materials documenting the organizations' activities. Series 1: Union for Democratic Action Administrative File, 1932, 1935, 1940-1947, 1950, 1951, contains files on Senator Theodore Bilbo; Bretton Woods; Dies Committee; Dumbarton Oaks; Fight for Freedom Inc.; Prof. Friedrich A. Hayek; Frank Kingdon and Robert A. Taft Debate, 1942 July; and Charles A. Lindbergh, Des Moines, Iowa, speech, 1941 September. Series 2: Administrative File, 1946-1965, contains files on Civil Rights; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Douglas MacArthur; Marshall Plan, ERP; Metropolitan government, conference on, 1958;, Westbrook Pegler; Quemoy-Matsu petition, 1955 April-May; Taft-Hartley Act; and United World Federalists. Series 5: Legislative File, 1946-1964, contains files on Brannan Plan, 1950-1952; Bricker Amendment; Civil Rights: Desegregation, School Desegregation, Equal Rights Amendment, Southern Regional Conference on Integration; Civil Rights Bills, 1963-1964; Communism; Communist Party and Fronts; Foundations, Tax-Exempt; House Un-American Activities Committee; Loyalty; Joseph McCarthy; Marshall Plan; Harvey Matusow; Poll Tax; Right Wing; Fulton Lewis, Jr.; School Prayer; Supreme Court; Taft-Hartley; World Court - Connally Amendment; Yalta Conference; and Metropolitan Government - Conference, correspondence, 1957 November-1959 January. Series 7: Public Relations File, 1936, 1946-1965, contains files on Communism, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Facts Forum, Fund for the Republic, Barry Goldwater, Marshall Plan, Joseph McCarthy, National Planning Association, and Right Wing Materials: Americans for Constitutional Action; Christian Anti-Communism Crusade; John Birch Society; and Young Americans for Freedom. Series 8: Campus Division File, 1939-1965, contains files on Communism, House Un-American Activities Committee, Joseph McCarthy, United World Federalists, Civil Rights, and Young Americans for Freedom.

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).

Websites with information:

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=2930

Finding aids:

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00003

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;q1=right%20­wing;rgn

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http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;view=text;­rgn=main;did

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[0129] Americans for the Preservation of the White Race (Jackson, MS Chapter) Collection, 1964-1966, MUM00009

Location: Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848

Description: Collection consists of documents and minutes related to the Jackson, Mississippi, chapter of Americans for the Preservation of the White Race (APWR), a white supremacist organization, created from 1964-1966. Includes a booklet, The White Patriot (published by the Americans for the Preservation of the White Race in Jackson, MS). Mentions Governor Ross Barnett, Citizens Council meeting in Louisiana, Sen. Eastland, Dr. Edward R. Fields, Benjamin Freedman, KKK, Gerald L.K. Smith, and Dr. Swift.

Websites with information:

http://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/Special-Collections-List.pdf

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_intro/alpha.html

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_intro/bynumber.html

http://www.library.olemiss.edu/guides/archives_subject_guide/civil-rights?page=show

Finding aid:

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00009.html

[0130] Americans United Subject Files, 1953-2010, MS#1555

Location: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Butler Library, 6th Floor, Columbia University, 535 West 114th St., New York, NY 10027

Description: Americans United for Separation of Church and State, founded in 1947, is a non-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to church-state separation. The Americans United Subject files are approximately 44 linear feet of secondary research material relating to the religious right and religion in government and schools. Over 300 organizations are represented, with most of the material consisting of clippings, mass mailings, and newsletters. The collection consists of the research and subject files of Americans United, a non-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to church-state separation. Almost all of the 44 linear feet of research files relate to organizations associated with the religious right. Over 300 organizations and individuals are represented, as well as some materials filed by topic. Among the files are those on 700 Club, Acton Institute, Alliance Defense Fund, Alliance for Marriage, American Center for Law and Justice, American Legislative Exchange Council, American Life League, American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property, Army of God, Gary Bauer, William Bennett, Samuel Blumenfeld, Pat Buchanan, Campus Crusade, Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation, Catholic Right Wing, Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Chalcedon Foundation, Christian Coalition, Christian Defense Fund, Christian Family Association, Citizens for God and Country, Citizens for Honest Government, Claremont Institute, Charles Colson, Concerned Women for America, Cops for Christ, Council for National Policy, Council of Conservative Citizens, The Dan Smoot Report, Daughters of the American Revolution, DeMoss Foundation, James C. Dobson, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Jerry Falwell, Family Research Council, Michael Farris, First Things, Focus on the Family (Citizen, Citizen Issues Alert, CitizenLink, Pastor's Weekly Briefing, Prayer Lines-National Day of Prayer, Teachers in Focus), Samuel Francis, Freedom Club, Newt Gingrich, Bishop Rene Gracida, Franklin Graham, Gun Owners of America, Rev. John Hagee, Billy James Hargis, Heritage Foundation, Steve Hotze, Human Life International, Institute for Basic Life Principles, Intercessors for America, John Birch Society, Judicial Watch, D. James Kennedy, Liberty Lobby, LifeLine, Rush Limbaugh, Living Truth Ministries, Thomas Monaghan, Sun Myung Moon, Moral Majority, National Youth Alliance, National Committee Against the UN Takeover, Richard John Neuhaus, New Right, New England Rally for God, Family, and Country, Oliver North, Parents Television Council, Population Research Institute, Priests for Life, Promise Keepers, Radical Right, Ralph Reed, Regent University, Religious Right, Right Wing Jews, Right Wing Women, Right Wing Terrorist Groups, Right Wing Blacks, Pat Robertson, Rutherford Institute, Save America Now, Paul and Robert Schenck, Phyllis Schlafly, Scriptures for America, Secular Humanism, Louis P. Sheldon, Joseph Sobran, Summit Ministries, Cal Thomas, Trinity Broadcasting Network, U.S. Justice Foundation, U.S. Taxpayers Party, Paul Weyrich, and Donald Wildmon.

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