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

ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

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      [0001] ABC Radio Collection, 1943-1971, RG 200 ABC [sound recordings]

      Location: Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001

      Description: 27,000 radio broadcasts of news and public affairs programs from 1943 to 1971. This collection includes approximately 350 ABC audio sound recordings of 15-minute radio broadcasts by Drew Pearson numbering approximately 350 items spanning May 13, 1945, to December 28, 1952.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.archives.gov/research/guides/catalog-film-sound-video.html

      http://www.library.american.edu/pearson/other_collections.html

      [0002] ADAH Vertical File Pamphlet Collection [partially digital collection]

      Location: Alabama Department of Archives and History, P.O. Box 300100, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

      Description: Contains copies of Kloran, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ([Atlanta] Ku Klux Press, c1916); Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan ([S.l.: s.n., 194-?]); The public school problem in America: outlining fully the policies and the program of the Knights of Ku Klux Klan toward the public school system, by H.W. Evans ([United States]: K.K.K., c1924); Ku Klux Klan [by Mrs. S.E.F. Rose ([West Point, Miss.] West Point Leader Print [1909]); and A Ku Klux uniform, by Elizabeth M. Howe ([Buffalo, N.Y., 1921]).

      Catalogue search engine:

      http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/­search.do?vid=01ALABAMA

      Finding aid to digital collection:

      Includes a copy of An open letter on suffrage restriction, and against certain proposals of the platform of the State Convention, by Edgar Gardner Murphy (1901) [opposing the platform of Alabama Democratic State Convention to limit black suffrage and opposing white supremacy]

      http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/search/searchterm/"Vertical%20File%20Pamphlet%20Collection"/order/date

      [0003] ALERT (Against Legalised Euthanasia Research and Teaching) Records

      Location: ALERT, 27 Walpole Street, London, SW3 4QS, UK

      Description: ALERT (Against Legalised Euthanasia Research and Teaching), created in 1991, is a UK campaigning organisation opposing euthanasia and related practices, such as living wills. It provides information, and co-ordinates concerned individuals and organisations. ALERT defines euthanasia as 'any action or omission which is intended to end the life of a patient.' The records include correspondence, promotional material, and other publications.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.alertuk.org/index.htm

      http://www.dango.bham.ac.uk/record_details.asp?recordType=ngo&id=31

      http://www.dango.bham.ac.uk/record_details.asp?id=60&recordType=coll

      http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O118506

      http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/N13553312

      [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