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

Michael J. McVicar, "Constructing the American Right-Wing: Religion, Domestic Intelligence Gathering, and the Making of Conservatism in the United States. Final report on research at Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library," 2014, http://library.columbia.edu/content/dam/libraryweb/about/awards/­McVicar%20-%202014.pdf

Websites with information:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_8412549/

http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/826933881

http://www.worldcat.org/title/americans-united-subject-files-1953-2010/oclc/826933881

Finding aids:

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead//nnc-rb/ldpd_8412549

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_8412549/dsc

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_8412549/print

[0131] The Papers of Leopold Amery, 1858-2007, GBR/0014/AMEL

Location: Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS, United Kingdom

Description: Leopold Stennett Amery (1873-1955) was a British politician. From 1911-45, he was Unionist MP for the Sparkbrook (formerly South) Division of Birmingham. The papers consist of public and political correspondence; political papers; speeches and broadcasts; literary material (articles by Amery and correspondence and papers relating to his publications); press cuttings; photographs; material relating to Amery's extensive travels and tour of the British empire; and diaries and personal papers (including family correspondence, financial records, and material relating to Amery's interest in mountaineering). Series 1. Public and Political, 1881-1962. Subseries 5. General political, 1930s, 1887-1953. Sub-subseries 4. Letters on sanctions: A-Z, Oct 1935, consists of letters received in support of Amery's stand against sanctions being imposed on Italy by the League of Nations, following Italy's invasion of Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]. Correspondents include Ezra Pound. Sub-subseries 36. Trade files, Dec 1933-Mar 1950, includes copies of letters from Amery to correspondents including 1st Lord Hankey. Subseries 7. 1940's and post-war, 1926-1955 (bulk 1940-55). Sub-subseries 24. Bretton Woods, sterling etc., Apr 1944-May 1947, contains publications and general notes on Bretton Woods. Sub-subseries 85. Suez Canal, Jun 1951-May 1954, contains correspondence and papers on the Suez Canal Committee, with correspondents including Kenneth de Courcy; a draft letter from Amery to 1st Lord Hankey on the Committee's increasing anxiety about the Canal; and notes by Julian Amery on the importance of the Canal Zone and negotiations with Egypt. Series 2. Correspondence, 1892-1964. Subseries 1. Correspondence year files, 1906-1964 (bulk 1918-1955), contains correspondence with Julian Amery, Lieutenant-General Mark Clark, Rear-Admiral Sir Barry Domvile, 1st Lord Hankey, Christopher Hollis, Malcolm Muggeridge, Benito Mussolini, and Vilhjálmur Stefánsson. Subseries 2. Special correspondence, 1903-1955, contains correspondence with Dwight D. Eisenhower and Edward Spears. Series 8. Literary, 1895-1974, contains correspondence with 1st Lord Hankey and Julian Amery.

Websites with information:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/1997/97digests/politics.htm

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/2012/12digests/politics.htm

Finding aid:

http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FAMEL;recurse=1

[0132] Amistad Research Center vertical file

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

Description: The Amistad Research Center vertical file consists of an accumulation of hundreds of items, largely ephemeral in nature, in myriad formats and on topics as diverse as the people and institutions who created them. The bulk of the materials are from the 1980s onward. Formats include brochures, event programs, newspaper clippings, buttons, curricula guides, funeral programs, biographical sketches, advertisements, postcards, unpublished conference papers, calendars, genealogical reports, and postage stamps, among other formats and artifacts. Files on David Duke, institutionalized racism, and Huey P. Long - Race relations.

Finding aid:

http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=241&q=&rootcontentid=91076#

[0133] Ulius L. Amoss papers, 1941-1964, Coll 005

Location: Special Collections and University Archives, Knight Library, 2nd floor North, Mail: UO Libraries--SPC, 1299 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1299

Description: After his discharge from the army in 1946, Ulius "Pete" Louis Amoss (1895-1961) formed the International Services of Information Foundation, Incorporated (ISI), a non-profit, privately owned and operated intelligence service whose purpose was to collect and disseminate information from overseas countries. He also formed the U.L. Amoss Syndicate in 1948, which in turn invested in other corporations. In 1954, Amoss discovered the hair restoring product Grecian Formula 16; Amoss sold his stock in the formula in 1957 after discovering it had undesirable side effects. Amoss also wrote articles for magazines and gave numerous speeches promoting ISI. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, espionage material, military material, and some printed matter. Files on National Review and Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Websites with information:

http://researchguides.uoregon.edu/scua-politics/conservative

http://library.uoregon.edu/speccoll/nwdalinks.html

http://library.uoregon.edu/tools/blogs/scua/check-out-ulius-l-amoss-papers/

http://library.uoregon.edu/speccoll/guides/conservative.html

http://janus.uoregon.edu/record=b3440601

Finding aids:

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv35579

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/print/ark:/80444/xv35579

http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35579/

[0133a] Michael Amrine Papers, 1933-1971 (bulk 1940-1970), GTM.760826

Location: Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Georgetown University Library, 37th & O Streets NW, Washington, DC 20057-1174

Description: Michael Amrine was a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer and formerly the editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Correspondents include Vannevar Bush, James F. Byrnes, Whittaker Chambers (reviews of "Witness"), Barry Goldwater, Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, and William Allen White. Files on Cold War, Communism, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Richard Nixon. Printed article and two typed manuscripts (1950) on Vision of America, a proposal by U.S. Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota for an international television broadcast equivalent to the Voice of America.

Websites with information:

https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/558780

https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/558685/browse?type=title&rpp=50

https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/551516/8-Literature%20and%20­Linguist

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Finding aid:

https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/558780/GTM.760826.html?sequence=1

[0133b] Amsterdam News photograph archive, Series B-MT, 1920-2012 (bulk mid-1940s-mid-1990s), Call number 8084

Location: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, 2B Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

Description: Founded in 1909 by James H. Anderson, the New York Amsterdam News is one of the oldest African-American owned and run newspapers in the country. The collection includes photographs and related materials covering a broad range of topics, with a particular focus on day-to-day life in New York's African-American community during the 20th century. In addition to photographs, the collection includes ephemera and manuscript material, including newspaper article drafts, typescript and mimeographed speeches, correspondence, event programs, magazine and newspaper clippings, employment applications, press releases, and newspaper production materials. Series B. Inactive File, contains an article draft regarding a statement given to the Malcolm X Inquiry Committee by William F. Buckley; a 2-leaf "Statement Issued by Dr. King on Statement of J. Edgar Hoover Regarding F.B.I. Agents"; "George S. Schuyler: Fainting Traveler" by Henry F. Winslow, Sr., reprinted from the Midwest Journal vol. 5, no. 2 (Summer 1953), pp. 24 ff.; "If Powell Comes In, Will 14th Amendment Go Out?" by David Lawrence, U.S. News and World Report LXII.12 (March 20, 1967), p. 124; a letter from Gerald R. Ford to Harrison H. Cain, dated 3-15-1967; 3 issues of newsletter "Your Washington Review" by Gerald R. Ford (dated Mar. 1, 8, and 15, 1967), with attached Jan/Feb. 1967 supplement and one newspaper clipping; a press release dated 2-24-45 concerning Rep. John Rankin's insinuation that Rep. Frank Hook and Adam Clayton Powell had communist ties; a press release dated 5-31-1951 titled "MacArthur Kept Jim Crow, Walter White Asserts" (1 leaf); press release dated 7-6-1951 concerning White's testimony that race prejudice was responsible for a decline of ethics in government; "Max Yergan Warns Negro of True Aims of Communism" by Alice A. Dunnigan; and a letter from Frank E. Gannett to C.B. Powell dated 2-4-1948. Series H. Transfer File, contains a photocopied statement from Richard Nixon on Roy Wilkins' 70th birthday. Series MT. Mel Tapley Collection, contains a letter from the Republican Presidential Task Force, signed by John Heinz.