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

[0003a] ARS Audiotape Collection, 1900-1991, Coll. ARS.0070

Location: Archive of Recorded Sound, Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-3076

Description: Miscellaneous tape recordings, mostly small donations, that span the history of the Archive of Recorded Sound. Recordings include Thomas Edison, "Let us not forget" speech (1919); speeches by Francisco Franco; Giovinezza, Inno Dei Fascisti (Fascist marching anthem); Adolf Hitler pre-war speeches (tape); Herbert Hoover recordings; Ku Klux Klan songs from Louisiana; the speech of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh - delivered in the Arena in St. Louis 1941-05-10 (tape); Malcolm Muggeridge Interview 1962-12-24; Ezra Pound, Le Testament de Francois Villon, BBC performance 1962-07 (tape); and speech by G. Sokolsky to Lions Club.

Finding aid:

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8f769x2/entire_text/

[0004] Abele vs. Markle records, 1947-1981 (bulk 1970-1975), RG 009 006

Location: Connecticut State Library, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106

Description: The Abele vs. Markle court case challenged whether Connecticut's anti-abortion law was constitutional. The civil case was argued before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court from March 2, 1971 to April 26, 1973. Series 3. Correspondence, 1970-1980, include correspondence between the Attorney General's Office and Hiltz Publishing Company, "Life or Death", circa 1972 [by Dr. & Mrs. J. C. Willke (1972)]; The New York Legal Defense and Education Fund for the Unborn; Pro-Life Council of Connecticut; and The Value of Life Committee.

Finding aids:

http://www.cslib.org/archives/finding_aids/rg009_006.html

http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/RG009_006.html

[0005] William Aberhart fonds, ca. 1885-1977 (bulk ca. 1918-1943), UARC 2005.075, 2006.010

Location: University of Calgary Archives, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB, Canada

Description: William Aberhart (1878-1943) was a Canadian politician and the seventh Premier of Alberta between 1935 and 1943. Aberhart helped found the Social Credit Party of Alberta, which won the 1935 provincial election and remained in power in the province until the 1971 election. Fonds contains speeches and publications pertaining to Aberhart's political career and research notes, sermons and other material pertaining to his involvement with the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, the "Back to the Bible Hour" and other groups. Includes a copy of Social Credit Manual (1935), a manual written by William Aberhart applying Social Credit principles to the province of Alberta.

Websites with information:

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/william-aberhart-fonds-2

http://archives.ucalgary.ca/private

http://www.asc.ucalgary.ca/collections/archival/political

https://asc.ucalgary.ca/collections/archival/political

Finding aid:

http://archives.ucalgary.ca/files/lcr_archives/aberhart-2005.075-2006.010.pdf

[0006] William Aberhart fonds, 1897-1965, PR1982

Location: Provincial Archives of Alberta, 8555 Roper Rd NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 5W1, Canada

Description: The fonds consists of records of William Aberhart (1878-1943) relating to his involvement in education, religion, and Social Credit, and includes pamphlets and published material, notes and speeches, audio tapes, correspondence, photographs of family and his public life.

Websites with information:

https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR1982&dv=True&deptID=1

http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/Outputs.asp?sessionKey=1143825756048_206_191_57_199&l=-1&coll=1&itm=143973&av=2&f=2&hdg=0&tihdg=0&i=&rt=1

[0007] William Aberhart fonds, 1928-1971 (bulk 1935-1966), GLEN glen-1 [partly digital collection]

Location: Glenbow Archives, 130 - 9 Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0P3, Canada

Description: William "Bible Bill" Aberhart (1878-1943), a radio broadcaster, became interested in the monetary ideas of Major C.H. Douglas in 1932. Douglas espoused state supervision of credit and dividend payments to citizens. Aberhart founded the Social Credit League, and in 1935 became the premier of Alberta when Social Credit swept the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) government from power. The government was unable to implement Aberhart's proposed reforms because the legislation was disallowed by the federal government. Aberhart died in office. Series 1. Memorabilia related to Aberhart.—1928-1971, contains a lecture on Social Credit, given by Aberhart in Edmonton on May 23, 1935. Series 3. Radio broadcasts.—1936-1952, contains recorded radio broadcasts (1936-1940). Series 4. Scanned Document Other records related to Aberhart at Glenbow. --1935-1940, contains transcripts of William Aberhart's radio broadcasts, March-July 1935, made from the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute under the auspices of the Alberta Social Credit League.

Websites with information:

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/william-aberhart-fonds

http://glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/index.cfm

http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/index.cfm

Finding aid:

http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/aberhart.cfm

[0008] Thomas G. Abernethy Collection, 1924-1975 (1943-1972 bulk), MUM00001 [partly digital collection]

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

Description: Thomas G. Abernethy (1903-1998) represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1943 and 1973. The collection contains copies of ACA Index (Americans for Constitutional Action), Liberty Ledger (Liberty Lobby), and Dan Smoot Report, all of which contain voting records ratings. Also, letters from Rep. John M. Ashbrook, Theo G. Bilbo, J. P. Coleman, Rep. William M. Colmer, Rep. William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Sen. James O. Eastland, J. Edgar Hoover, Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox, John E. Rankin, Senator John Stennis, Rep. Jamie L. Whitten, and Rep. John Bell Williams. Files on Anti-Lynch, 1946-1956; Association of Citizens' Councils of Mississippi; Ezra Taft Benson; John Birch Society; Brannan Farm Bill; Bricker Amendment—Judiciary Committee, 1954-1955; Catholic Freedoms Foundation; Citizens' Council, 1964-1967; The Committee of One Million; Communism, including "The Coming Red Dictatorship" broadside; Integration in Mississippi Schools, 1965; Integration—University of Mississippi; Ku Klux Klan (copy of Robert M. Shelton letter to President Nixon, 29 January 1969); Ku Klux Klan Investigation, Un-American Activities Committee; Fulton Lewis Questionnaire; Little Rock, Arkansas—Civil Rights; MacArthur Incident; Dr. Carl McIntire—Federal Communications Commission; James Meredith; Poll Tax, 1943-1952; Poll Tax—Anti-Lynch & Cloture; Segregation—Mr. Hodding Carter; States Rights; and Taft-Hartley Act. Copy of newspaper clipping, "The Motes and the Beams: In Defense of Mississippi," by James J. Kilpatrick, The Roanoke Times, January 8, 1965. Copies of Behind Communism, by Frank L. Britton; "Full Text of MacArthur Hearings," U.S. News and World Report (on the firing of Douglas MacArthur); and "How Red Is The Federal (National) Council of Churches?" (American Council of Christian Laymen, 1959).

Websites with information:

http://www.library.olemiss.edu/guides/archives-subject-guide/journalism-and-mass-media-manuscript-collections?page=show

Finding aid:

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00001.html

Finding aids to digital collection:

http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/abernethy

http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/search/collection/abernethy